Re: High-performance 2D vector graphics library for Linux and OS X

On a sunny day (Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:47:07 +0100) it happened Jon Harrop
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Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:45:10 +0100) it happened Jon Harrop
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Smoke is a 2D vector graphics library that renders efficiently using
OpenGL and isotropic multiresolution techniques:

Too bad I have no clue what 'isotropic multiresolution' is,
new buzz word?

Old buzz word. This is the technique used by Google Earth to render the
whole planet and allow you to zoom into tiny detail (e.g. your house).

Smoke does the same thing but for vector graphics (like PostScript) rather
than a huge spherical texture map. The tiger demo illustrates this: you can
zoom into the eye of the tiger and Smoke will maintain interactive frame
rates.

That's the "multiresolution". The "isotropic" refers to the fact that Smoke
retains performance even when you apply arbitrary affine transformations.

Thank you for explaning :-)
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