References

  1. Mac OS X home page for Cocoa drawing and imaging:

    http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/TasksAndConcepts/ProgrammingTopics/Misc/DrawingPage.html

  2. Home page for Apple’s Quartz system (mainly for Carbon programmers):

    http://developer.apple.com/quartz/

    At this site, you will find:

    “Quartz Primer”

    An introduction to drawing with Quartz. This document explains how Quartz is different from Mac OS 9’s QuickDraw and explains issues such as color management, transparency, and the Quartz graphics primitives. It is designed for Carbon programmers.

    “Drawing with Quartz 2D”

    This document provides more information about drawing with Quartz. It is also aimed at Carbon programmers.

    “Quartz 2D Reference”

    This document includes the entire Quartz 2D API that is accessible from Carbon.

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