Specifications

Contents
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Chapter 1 Overview
About This Software........................................................... 1-1
Hardware and Software Requirements.......................... 1-1
About This Manual............................................................. 1-2
Manual Organization ..................................................... 1-2
Function Descriptions.................................................... 1-4
Audience for This Manual.............................................. 1-4
Online Version............................................................... 1-5
Sources of Related Information..................................... 1-5
Notational Conventions...................................................... 1-5
Font Conventions.......................................................... 1-5
Naming Conventions..................................................... 1-6
Function Name Conventions ......................................... 1-6
X-Y Argument Order Convention................................... 1-7
Chapter 2 Image Architecture
Data Architecture............................................................... 2-1
Color Models................................................................. 2-1
Data Types and Palettes............................................... 2-2
The Sequence and Order of Color Channels................. 2-3
Coordinate Systems...................................................... 2-4
Image Regions of Interest ............................................. 2-4
Alpha (Opacity) Channel ............................................... 2-7
Scanline Alignment........................................................ 2-7
Image Dimensions......................................................... 2-7
Execution Architecture....................................................... 2-8