Graphics & Imaging Release Notes

	Leopard Release Notes Graphics & Imaging Graphics and imaging on Mac OS X consists of three main developer technologies: Quartz, an advanced drawing engine and windowing environment; OpenGL, an Apple implementation of this 3D graphics industry-standard API; and QuickTime, the cross-platform multimedia technology for handling video, sound, and text.


Getting Started A guided introduction for developers new to Mac OS X graphics and imaging.	Fundamentals Essential information for developers working with graphics and imaging.	Frameworks C and Objective-C API references organized by framework.



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Carbon C APIs for creating 2D, 3D, and PDF content in Carbon applications.	Cocoa Object-oriented APIs for creating graphics content in Cocoa applications.	Games APIs for creating a game's visual environment.



Java Resources for implementing graphics features in Java applications.	OpenGL The cross-platform standard for portable 2D and 3D graphics applications.	Quartz Technologies at the heart of the Mac OS X graphics and windowing environment.



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