Re: Drawing higher depth images

[John Cupitt <jcupitt gmail com>]

On 6/30/05, David Necas (Yeti) <yeti physics muni cz> wrote:
> Is it possible to use Gdk drawing functions (gdk_draw_arc(),
> etc.) to draw images of higher depth than system and save
> them?

My understanding is unfortunately no. X servers can only draw to the
visuals they know about, and if a server only has (for example) 8 bpp
visuals, it means it does not have code (or hardware) to draw to 24
bpp visuals.

I think you will have to use a client side library (libart etc.) to do
the drawing if you must have 24 bpp drawing on all systems.

John