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BlitNoVBL
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Shows how to draw directly to the screen without syncing to the VBL of the monitor.
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2003-01-14
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BlitVBL
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(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to have Mac OS X try its best to sync to the VBL for you.
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2003-01-14
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Coalesced Updates
(HTML)
TN2133: How to achieve the maxium frame rate in your Mac OS X application
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Technical Notes |
2006-01-20
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Cocoa OpenGL
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates using Cocoa with OpenGL, including window setup and event handling.
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2007-10-22
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Debugging Graphics with QuartzDebug
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QA1236: Explains how to use QuartzDebug to debug graphics issues.
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Technical Q&As |
2006-01-12
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Disabling Processor Cores on a Multi-Core System
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QA1141: Describes how to disable processor cores on a multi-core system for testing purposes.
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Technical Q&As |
2008-09-16
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Drawing Performance Guidelines
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(PDF)
Guidelines for improving the speed of drawing code.
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Guides |
2006-04-04
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Enabling multi-threaded execution of the OpenGL framework
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TN2085: OpenGL on Intel-based Macintosh systems can use multi-threading to increase the performance of CPU-bound OpenGL-based applications.
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Technical Notes |
2006-11-07
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FBOBunnies
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use framebuffer objects (FBO)
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2006-09-18
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GeekGameBoard
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use Core Animation for the user interface of a board or card game.
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2007-12-19
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How can I optimize a Quartz Composer composition depending on the hardware it runs on?
(HTML)
QA1433: Explains how to design compositions that adapt to the hardware limitations.
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Technical Q&As |
2005-06-01
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How do I tell if a particular display is being hardware accelerated by Quartz Extreme?
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QA1218: Describes how to use CGDisplayUsesOpenGLAcceleration to see if a display is accelerated or not.
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Technical Q&As |
2002-12-04
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icon cache demo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of an icon cache to limit the search for icon resource to one resource file.
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2003-01-30
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Is ColorSync thread safe?
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QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
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Technical Q&As |
2003-04-17
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Leopard Technology Series for Developers: Graphics & Media Overview
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Describes Leopard's graphics and media capabilities.
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Articles |
2007-12-11
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MassiveImage
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use a CGDataProvider to save a very large image with Image IO
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2007-09-27
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Maximizing Mac OS X Application Performance
(HTML)
Learn how to achieve better performance on Mac OS X.
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Articles |
2003-06-23
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OpenGL Filter Basics Cocoa
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to use Objective-C and MVC design patterns in installing and utilizing filters in an OpenGL rendering pipeline
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2008-02-06
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OpenGL Release Highlights - Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
(HTML)
TN2131: Contains a list of bugs along with a short description on a release-by-release basis
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Technical Notes |
2005-02-04
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QDFlushPortBuffer
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QD65: Describes a possible solution for window update problems under Carbon.
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Technical Q&As |
2000-11-08
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Quartz 2D Thread Safety
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QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
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Technical Q&As |
2003-02-25
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QuartzCache
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates several caching techniques using CGBitmapContext, CGImageRef re-use, CGLayerRefs, CGImageSource.
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2005-06-01
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QuartzLines
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Drawing Lines using Quartz's CGPath & CGContextStrokeLineSegments functions.
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2005-06-01
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Real world profiling with the OpenGL Profiler
(HTML)
TN2178: This document describes how to use OpenGL Profiler, a very powerful tool for your OpenGL development.
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Technical Notes |
2008-09-16
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Requirements for Quartz GL
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QA1536: Describes the requirements for enabling Quartz GL.
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Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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Specifiying if the CPU or the GPU should be used for rendering.
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QA1416: Which processor will be used for rendering in Core Image and how to affect it.
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Technical Q&As |
2005-08-16
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Synchronizing OpenGL rendering updates to the vertical refresh of the display
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QA1521: How to avoid tearing by synchronizing your rendering to the display VBL
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Technical Q&As |
2007-07-16
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Taking Advantage of the Accelerate Framework
(HTML)
Learn how your application can run on PowerPC- or Intel-based Macs without processor-specific customization.
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Articles |
2005-10-03
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vDSP Examples
(HTML)
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(ZIP)
vDSP sample code
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2007-05-10
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VelEng FFT
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
G4 Velocity Engine implementation of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and associated convolution/correlation routines.
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2003-01-14
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VideoViewer
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Simple example of video rendering using QuickTime visual contexts, OpenGL, Core Video and Core Image.
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2005-08-01
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vImage Alpha Compositing Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for high-performance alpha compositing operations.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Conversion Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for high performance image conversion operations.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Convolution Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for high performance image convolution operations.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Data Types and Constants Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the data types and constants used by the vImage framework.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Decompression Filtering Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for decompression filtering operations.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Geometry Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for high performance geometric operations on images.
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2007-07-12
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vImage Histogram Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for high performance image histogram operations.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Morphology Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for high performance morphological operations on images.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use the C programming interface for high-speed vector image processing.
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Guides |
2008-10-15
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vImage Reference Collection
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C programming interface for high-performance image processing.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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vImage Transform Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the programming interface for high performance image transform operations.
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Reference |
2007-07-12
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