Direct2D Sample Videos

re: Direct2D Sample Videos

sysrpl — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:44:57 GMT

Tom,

I really like the concept of path animation. I believe it's going to result in many creative ideas for applications, games, and data visualization. I'm also glad you've included the tangent vector.

As just a normal programmer, not a MVP or subscribing to any developer programs (MSDN), what's the best route I can follow to get these bits early? I'm quite eager to test D2D out.

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Thomas.Olsen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:03:37 GMT

I really like the concept of path animation. I believe it's going to result in many creative ideas for applications, games, and data visualization. I'm also glad you've included the tangent vector.

Thank you, I agree. The rich geometry API in Direct2D will make it easier for developers to create some really interesting applications. On a related note, Windows 7 will include a cool new animation API that you can preview at the very end of the PDC session video for Direct2D and DWrite. It's definitely worth checking out.

http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC18/

As just a normal programmer, not a MVP or subscribing to any developer programs (MSDN), what's the best route I can follow to get these bits early? I'm quite eager to test D2D out.

A lot of people have asked that same question. I've asked my management for more information, and I will let you know as soon as possible. Meanwhile, if you like, send me an email (via the link to above right), and I will put you in touch with our program manager for developer engagements.

re: Direct2D Sample Videos

sysrpl — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:23:53 GMT

Tom,

Today an idea popped into my head. Are you guys going to support a few different pixel blending operations to replicate the now standard concepts of layer: normal, darken, lighten, screen, dodge, burn, overlay, luminance, etc?

re: Direct2D Sample Videos

Thomas.Olsen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:20:18 GMT

@sysrpl:

D2D provides two fundamental pixel blending operations: Normal (Source Over) and Alpha; however, I should point out that our rich D3D interop support makes it possible to implement any blend operation with a pixel shader. Which is ultimately more flexible for customers than a limited subset.

re: Direct2D Sample Videos

sysrpl — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:57:10 GMT

Tom,

Ah okay, I haven't done too much (or anything at all) with HLSL, which I assume is what language we will need to use to blend pixels together.

I have used other shading languages. I am guessing we can forego the fragment vertext shader, and just provide our own custom pixel/fragment shader.

Hrm, but if you provide our own fragment shader, wouldn't that eliminate antialiasing?

Also, I had another question regarding paths. Will Direct2D include a feature to allow us to expand and contract paths? You know, something like offsetting a path along the tangent vector using an arbitrary distance (could be positive or negative)?

re: Direct2D Sample Videos

sysrpl — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:27:44 GMT

Correction from above:

".. I am guessing we can forego the vertex shader .."

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Thomas.Olsen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:01:15 GMT

@sysrpl:

Ah okay, I haven't done too much (or anything at all) with HLSL, which I assume is what language we will need to use to blend pixels together.,

Correct.

I have used other shading languages. I am guessing we can forego the fragment vertext shader, and just provide our own custom pixel/fragment shader.

Yes.

Hrm, but if you provide our own fragment shader, wouldn't that eliminate antialiasing?

If you have provide both the source and destination textures as inputs to the shader, you have complete control over how the pixels are blended.

We do have the ability to widen (expand and contract) arbitrary geometries. You may have to do a little work to calculate the stroke width, of course, but we do most of the heavy lifting. :-)

HRESULT ID2D1Geometry::Widen(

FLOAT strokeWidth,

__in_opt ID2D1StrokeStyle *strokeStyle,

__in_opt CONST D2D1_MATRIX_3X2_F *worldTransform,

FLOAT flatteningTolerance,

__in ID2D1SimplifiedGeometrySink *geometrySink

) CONST PURE;

re: Direct2D Sample Videos

Thomas.Olsen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:13:21 GMT

@sysrpl:

".. I am guessing we can forego the vertex shader .."

Correct.

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PeterG — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:55:09 GMT

Is Direct2D also useful if the application render target is the system memory (from gdi:createDIBSection)?

Can Direct2D directly render to system memory or will it automatically read back

from video memory? Please note that system memory is very useful for many

application developers (optimal pixel access in any language).

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Thomas.Olsen — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:05:56 GMT

@PeterG:

Is Direct2D also useful if the application render target is the system memory (from gdi:createDIBSection)? Can Direct2D directly render to system memory or will it automatically read back from video memory?

Direct2D can render directly to system memory. We understand that this scenario is important to many developers.

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Anthony Hodsdon — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:34:29 GMT

@sysrpl:

Geometry expansion/contraction can be achieved by Widen()ing the geometry and then Combine()ing the result with the original geometry with either D2D1_COMBINE_MODE_UNION or D2D1_COMBINE_MODE_EXCLUDE, respectively.

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Seth — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:55:51 GMT

Direct2D and DirectWrite look amazing. I cannot wait to play around with these APIs. The most exciting aspect to me is the Direct3D interop; the possibilities really are endless!

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anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:57:33 GMT

If Direct2D is part of DirectX and DirectX 11 is going to be available on Vista, does this men Direct2D will be available on Vista as well?

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Thomas.Olsen — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:26:05 GMT

@anonymous:

If Direct2D is part of DirectX and DirectX 11 is going to be available on Vista, does this men Direct2D will be available on Vista as well?

Yes, we announced at PDC that Direct2D will be available on Vista.

re: Direct2D Sample Videos

Matt C. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:15:56 GMT

I know this post is nearly a year old but hopefully I'll still get a response. Is the source available for these examples? It would be nice to have a look at how these examples were put together.