> On 2014 Dec 17, at 05:59, Ken Thomases <[email protected]> wrote: > > When you draw a single time using -lockFocus, your image can only be > appropriate for one or the other. So, it will either be drawn at standard > resolution, in which case it will look fuzzy or blocky on a high-resolution > screen; or it will be drawn at high resolution, in which case it will waste > RAM/VRAM and rendering work if it's only going to be displayed on a > standard-resolution screen. It might also be very slightly less sharp than > it would otherwise have been. It will be down-sampled to display on the > standard-resolution screen, which usually works pretty well (especially at a > 2:1 ratio) but does have some effect.
Excellent, Ken. I just submitted Feedback on the "High Resolution Guidelines for OS X”, suggesting that the relevant text be replaced with yours. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
