Advanced Topics

What follows are some advanced topics that we are unable to cover to the extent that they deserve. We have provided enough information to allow you to understand the basics of each topic. We have also provided code samples so that you'll be able to experiment with these features without having to worry about getting things set up and running.

RenderedOps Versus RenderableOps

In some situations a RenderedOp is created without knowing how its RenderedImage is going to be used. For example, it could be displayed on a low resolution monitor or a high resolution printer. Similarly, it could be displayed as a thumbnail image or it could be scaled to fit a user specified region. The user could specify that it be rendered with an emphasis ...

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