Apple
Game Sprockets
Apple
Game Sprockets is a set of libraries that supports the creation
of games for the Mac OS. The libraries provide services for
working with sound, imaging, user input, and network gaming. |
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Carbon
Printing Manager
The
Carbon Printing Manager defines a set of APIs that Carbon applications
use for printing their documents. For Carbon applications, this
API set replaces that of the original Printing Manager. The
Carbon Printing Manager will allow applications to print both
on Mac OS 8 and 9 with existing printer drivers and on Mac OS
X with new printer drivers. |
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Color
Picker Manager
The
Color Picker Manager provides a standard user interface for
soliciting color choices. |
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ColorSync
Manager
The
ColorSync Manager provides an industry-standard color management
system that includes services for color matching, color conversion,
and gamut checking. Your application or device driver can use
ColorSync to provide fast, accurate, and consistent color calibration,
proofing, and reproduction. |
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Cursor
Utilities
Cursor
utilities are the part of the Mac OS you use to work with the
cursor (the small image, typically an arrow, that a user manipulates
with the mouse to select objects or areas on the screen). For
example, you can get and set the cursor, show and hide the cursor,
and animate the cursor. |
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Display
Manager
The
Display Manager allows users to dynamically change the arrangement
and display modes of the monitors attached to their computers.
Applications can use the Display Manager API to optimize window
arrangements and to optimize screen imaging according to the
available display modes. (Display mode characteristics include
the refresh rate, number of onscreen pixels, and scan timings
for displays.) |
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HTML
Rendering Library
The
HTML Rendering Library provides basic rendering functionality,
including resolving file addresses, loading data, defining the
rendering area, and managing the drawing environment. |
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Offscreen
Graphics Worlds
An offscreen
graphics world is a sophisticated environment for preparing
complex color or black-and-white images before displaying them
on the screen.
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Palette
Manager
The
Palette Manager provides services for displaying the best set
of available colors on displays with limited color capabilities. |
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Picture
Utilities
Picture
Utilities provide services for examining the contents of a picture
and extracting information such as color, comments, fonts, and
resolution. |
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Printing
Manager
The
Printing Manager is a collection of system software routines
your application can use to print from the Mac OS. |
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QuickDraw
QuickDraw
is a collection of system software routines you use to perform
most image-manipulation operations in the Mac OS. Color QuickDraw
supports the display of up to millions of colors on capable
displays. It is available with all new Macintosh computers.
Color QuickDraw supports all of the features of basic QuickDraw,
which was used in earlier Macintosh computers. |
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QuickDraw
3D
QuickDraw
3D is a cross-platform graphics library you can use to create
three-dimensional models, apply colors and other attributes
to parts of the models, and display images of those models on
a screen, printer, or other output device. |
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QuickTime
QuickTime
supports the use of video, sound, music, 3D, and virtual reality
for Macintosh and Windows. |
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Sound
Manager
The
Sound Manager controls the production and manipulation of sounds.
You can use the Sound Manager to create and manipulate a wide
variety of sounds. |
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Speech
Manager
The
Speech Manager provides support for synthesized speech in applications.
The Speech Manager is under evaluation for Carbon. |
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Mac OS 8 and 9 Developer Documentation > Multimedia and Graphics
