Effects
The Direct2D effects API is an addition to Direct2D that provides image effect processing. Direct2D effects is GPU accelerated, immediate-mode, and is integrated with Direct2D.
With Direct2D effects you can combine multiple effects into a graph that is all processed at render time. This graph can include several different categories of Built-in Effects and also enables you to implement your own effects.
For more information, see Effects Overview.
| Supported runtime environments | COM |
| Recommended programming languages | C/C++ |
| Minimum supported Client | Windows 8 |
| Minimum supported Server | Windows Server 2012 |
| Getting started | Effects Overview |
In this section
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An overview of Direct2D effects. |
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How to load an image into Direct2D Effects using the FilePicker |
Shows how to use the Windows::Storage::Pickers::FileOpenPicker to load an image into Direct2D effects. |
This topic shows how to use IWICImageEncoder to save content in the form of an ID2D1Image to an encoded image file such as JPEG. |
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This topic shows how to apply a series of effect to Direct2D and DirectWrite primitives. |
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Direct2D effects provides this set of built-in effects. |
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Direct2D effects is part of Direct2D and is built on top of Direct3D.
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Direct2D is a hardware-accelerated, immediate-mode, 2-D graphics API that provides high performance and high-quality rendering for 2-D geometry, bitmaps, and text. The Direct2D API interoperates well with GDI, GDI+, and Direct3D. |
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Direct2D effects is built on top of Direct3D to take advantage of the GPU. |
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The basic image effects sample shows how to load an image and apply the Gaussian blur effect to it. |
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