how are graphic's API's created such as DirectX and OpenGL. And is using GDI which is the graphic portion of the winapi, a graphic API itself? or are you able to create your own with C++ for 2D rendering instead of using anyone elses. Or does writing an API involve assembly.
cam875 1 Junior Poster
CoolGamer48 65 Posting Pro in Training
To my knowledge, both DirectX and OpenGL are written with C or C++. You could write an API like them yourself using C++. On Windows, you can use SetPixel() to set a pixel on a screen. I believe that's one of the most basic graphical functions you can use (in the Windows API). Then it's up to you to write bitmap loaders and the like.
cam875 1 Junior Poster
so are directx and openGL just MASSIVELY modified versions of GDI with the winapi so that it can handle 3d rendering and all that good stuff.
CoolGamer48 65 Posting Pro in Training
I guess you could classify DirectX as that. OpenGL, on the other hand, is multi-platform, so it can't always be using the Windows API. I'm not sure how OpenGL handles being multi-platform. Perhaps the different versions of OpenGL for different platforms are coded slightly differently internally. I can't say for sure.
Tigran 14 Junior Poster in Training
perhaps the drivers of graphics cards also used to know the right memory locations etc for directx and opengl...
at the end, GDI also has been made by man kind, so i think parts of some rlly low-level things are asm.
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