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- From: strat@sportster.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Davis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Converting Structured Graphics Formats
- Date: 27 Aug 1992 10:17:04 -0500
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- cunniff@cup.portal.com (Ross Alan Cunniff) writes:
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- >What exactly don't you like about DR2D? What do you find lacking?
- >The major needs we at Stylus currently see are:
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- > * Clipping paths
- > * Arbitrary transformations
- > * Better text support
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- >Other than that, it is functionally equivalent to PostScript (other
- >than being limited to 64k colors, which should certainly be adequate
- >for most purposes).
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- * Color gradiation.
- * Color text.
- * Clipped bitmaps.
- * Perspective (Give rotation coordinates for an entire object)
- * Transparency
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- And how about a public rendering engine?
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- Stratocaster
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