Graphics Programming with GDI+ and DirectX

Providing a look ahead at some of the most promising innovations in graphics technologies, this guide covers the GDI+ graphical library, the .NET Framework platform, C#, and the DirectX library. Theoretical aspects of graphics, algorithms for solving common problems, and examples of their practical implementation are covered. The support of popular graphic file formats, such as BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, EXI, PNG, ICO, WMF, and EMF, as well as bitmap redrawing with the application of the external alpha channel are discussed. Resizing, stretching, distorting, and rotating bitmaps are addressed in detail, as is gradient filling and support for transparency.

Alex Polyakov is a former principal engineer of Moonlight Cordless, a software project management tool used in digital video processing. Vitaly Brusentsev is an expert in workflow automation systems, a developer of mathematical models for metal-processing technologies, and a creator of algorithmic libraries for the graphical representation of experimental results using color gradients and 3D images. His articles have appeared in RSDN Magazine.