Everything about DirectDraw
Old API of Microsoft's DirectX API
DirectDraw (ddraw.dll) is an API that used to be a part of Microsoft's DirectX API. DirectDraw is used to accelerate rendering of 2D graphics in applications. DirectDraw also allows applications to run fullscreen or embedded in a window such as most other MS Windows applications. DirectDraw uses hardware acceleration if it is available on the client's computer. DirectDraw allows direct access to video memory, hardware overlays, hardware blitters, and page flipping. Its video memory manager can manipulate video memory with ease, taking full advantage of the blitting and color decompression capabilities of different types of display adapters. Wikipedia →
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Windows Graphics ProgrammingFeng Yuan · 2000
DirectDraw programmingBret Timmins · 1996
High perfomance Windows graphics programmingStan Trujillo · 1998
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