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Optimizing Animations Using Direct2D: (click image for larger view) ( video from Tom's Blog ) In my previous post I demonstrated rendering text in the style of the Star Wars opening credits. The demo works and the animation is smooth (on my machine at least), but the CPU consumption is much Read More...
Posted 31 October 08 06:00 by Tom_Mulcahy | 1 Comments
Filed under 2D Direct2D D2D, D2D, Direct2D, D3D, SciFi, Star Wars, 3D, Direct3D, Performance, Optimization, Animation, Perf, Gamma
Attachment(s): SciFiText-WithFade.zip
Rendering Text In The Style Of The Star Wars Opening Credits Using Direct2D with Direct3D interop: (Click the image for a larger view) This is a fun little sample I created. I based it off of a Hands On Lab that was presented at PDC. If you remember two spinning cubes, one rotating around the other, that's the one. My version is very similar. The main Read More...
Posted 31 October 08 02:45 by Tom_Mulcahy | 3 Comments
Filed under 2D, D2D, Direct2D, D3D, SciFi, Star Wars, 3D, Direct3D, interop
Attachment(s): SciFiText.zip