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| | GDI+: Next-Generation Graphics Device Interface: Draft March 10, 1999 |
 | | It provides an overview of GDI+ from a hardware perspective, and describes the GDI+ driver model, required and recommended acceleration support for display hardware, implications for supporting windows layering, support for CPU memory controller and display hardware integration, and implications to printer hardware for the GDI+ continuous tone model. |
 | | GDI+ will create the infrastructure for new desktop user interface innovation, will permit easy integration of 2-D and 3-D, will bring digital imaging to the desktop, and will raise the bar on desktop graphics and performance. |
 | | The GDI+ painting model permits the programmer to assume a destination surface with full continuous tone support, allowing the programmer to employ features such as alpha blending without having to consider the underlying format of the frame buffer. |
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