Quartz (graphics layer)
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Quartz is the marketing name of the graphics layer of the Mac OS X operating system. Quartz is part of the Core Graphics framework. In Mac OS X 10.4, Core Image and Core Video extend Quartz to provide real-time video and graphics manipulation.
[edit] Capabilities
There are two components that make up Quartz: Quartz Compositor, a compositing windowing system that manages and composites off-screen window bitmaps to create the Mac OS X user interface; and Quartz 2D, a two dimensional text and graphics drawing library based on the paradigms of the Portable Document Format.
Quartz directly supports Aqua by displaying two-dimensional graphics to create the user interface, including on-the-fly rendering and anti-aliasing. Quartz can render text with sub-pixel precision; graphics are limited to more traditional anti-aliasing, which is the
[edit] Use of PDF
It is widely stated that Quartz "uses PDF" internally, often by people making comparisons with the Display PostScript technology used in NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. Quartz's internal imaging model correlates well with the PDF imaging model, making it easy to output PDF to multiple devices, but Quartz does not use PDF as an internal representation.
[edit] External links
- Why Apple didn't use X for the window system (Mike Paquette, slashdot.org)
- Quartz in Tiger (from a review of Mac OS X 10.4 in Ars Technica)
- Apple's Quartz page
- Apple's Quartz page for developers
- Introduction to OS X graphics APIs
- Programming with Quartz by David Gelphman and Bunny Laden
- Cocoa Graphics with Quartz: Part 1
- Cocoa Graphics with Quartz: Part 2
Applications
Address Book • Automator • Backup • Calculator • Chess • Dashboard • Dictionary •
DVD Player • Finder • Front Row • Grapher • iCal • iChat • iSync • iTunes • Mail • Photo Booth • Preview • QuickTime Player • Safari • Sherlock • Stickies • TextEdit
Utilities
Activity Monitor • AirPort Admin Utility • Audio MIDI Setup • Bluetooth File Exchange • BOMArchiveHelper • Classic • ColorSync Utility • Console • Crash Reporter • DigitalColor Meter • Directory Access • DiskImageMounter • Disk Utility • Font Book • Grab • Help Viewer • Image Capture • Installer • Internet Connect • Keychain Access • Migration Assistant • NetInfo Manager • Network Utility • ODBC Administrator • Printer Setup Utility •
Software Update • System Preferences • System Profiler • Terminal •
Universal Access • VoiceOver • X11
Technology & User interface (future features italicized)
⌘ • ⌥ • Apple Advanced Typography • AppleScript • Aqua • ATSUI • Audio Units • Bonjour • Boot Camp • Carbon • Cocoa • ColorSync • Core Animation • Core Audio • Core Data • Core Foundation • Core Image • Core Video • CUPS • Darwin • Exposé • FileVault • Inkwell • icns • Keychain • Mach-O • OpenGL • plist • Quartz • QuickTime • Rosetta • Smart folder • Spaces • Spotlight • Time Machine • Uniform Type Identifier • Universal binary • WebKit • Xgrid • XNU
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