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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What's in a TColor value?
2. Why is the Canvas.Pixels[i,j] property so slow?  How can I use Scanline?
3. How can I print a TBitmap on a variety of Windows printers?   (Also see Printer Demo #1)
4. How can I clear a TImage?  
5. How can I clear a Canvas?
6. How can I convert from graphics format X to graphics format Y?
7. Why is double buffering important?
8. How can I display a rotated font?  How can I print a rotated font?
9. How can I rotate a bitmap?
10. How can I use OpenGL? DirectX?
11. How can I prevent flickering?
12. How can I display a true color BMP in 256-color mode?
13. How do I create a palette?
14. How can I make a gradient palette?
15. What is a "mask"? How can I use one?
16. What are suggestions to optimize graphics operations for speed?
17. What is the fastest way to update the screen?  Using Direct-X
18. How can I create an AVI file from a series of BMP files? 
    See Rob Anderson's AVIBUILD (D3, non-pf24bit BMPs).

Tutorial (Auf Deutsch -- in German)
Grafikprogrammierung mit Delphi
www.tmg.musin.de/delphi1.htm 

GDI+ for Delphi 5/6
http://www.progdigy.com/gdiplus.htm

Links Verified 19 Mar 2000
Updated 26 Feb 2005

since 1 Nov 1998