Hi,
the hot topic of the day is Direct2D Applications :badgrin:, based on the forum topic http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=7000.msg103834#msg103834 (Direct2D_2.zip)
Direct2d Reference - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct2d/direct2d-portal
Direct2d PDF Reference -https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/opbuildpdf/direct2d/toc.pdf?branch=live (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/opbuildpdf/direct2d/toc.pdf?branch=live)
Mostly C port of Microsoft's Simple Direct2D tutorial - https://github.com/fanc999/d2d-sample-mostly-c and https://github.com/fanc999/d2d-sample-mostly-c/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
Downloadable content of the book "Direct2D programming in a nutshell" - https://github.com/fkhydra/direct2d_nutshell/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
Programming Direct2D – Part 1 - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/95054/Programming-Direct2D-Part-1
Programming Direct2D – Part 2 – Basic Geometry - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/112584/Programming-Direct-D-Part-Basic-Geometry
Direct2D Tutorial Part 1: RenderTarget - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5269188/Direct2D-Tutorial-Part-1-RenderTarget
Direct2D Tutorial Part 2: Basic Shapes - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5277136/Direct2D-Tutorial-Part-2-Basic-Shapes
Direct2D Tutorial Part 3: Affine Transforms - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5277139/Direct2D-Tutorial-Part-3-Affine-Transforms
Direct2D Tutorial Part 4: Gradient Brush - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5279848/Direct2D-Tutorial-Part-4-Gradient-Brush
Rendering Text with Direct2D & DirectWrite - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/468340/Rendering-Text-with-Direct2D-DirectWrite
Direct2D: Hardware Acceleration in Windows 7 Plotting - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/35890/Direct2D-Hardware-Acceleration-in-Windows-7-Plotti (d2d.zip)
GDI+ has many features all right, but it is somewhat slow. Microsoft introduced Direct2D in Windows 7, a featured hardware-accelerated API that you can now use for applications. My first usage of Direct2D was in my Turbo Play project, which without it takes 28ms to draw screen. With it, it takes < 1 ms!
The good thing about Direct2D is that it can be easily combined with GDI, GDI+, or Direct3D.
A Modern Direct2D Color Picker for Plain Win32 - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5270027/A-Modern-Direct2D-Color-Picker-for-Plain-Win32
https://github.com/WindowsNT/ColorPicker/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
https://github.com/WindowsNT/ColorPicker