DirectFB online book

DirectFB is a Linux library for drawing graphics, and mixing graphics. This online book you will help you to understand how DirectFB works; explain some of the more confusing aspects of DirectFB and learn how to use it. Some of the topics it covers are:

• get the capabilities of a DirectFB hardware platform
• initialize DirectFB display layers and windows appropriately
• draw graphics and text (fonts)
• render images and video
• mix graphic and video windows and hardware layers
• use BitBlat operations to copy graphics and images

It also provides a searchable function reference and a glossary of worked examples.

The contents of this book are taken from our highly respected DirectFB course material to give good understanding of DirectFB and how to use it. The book takes a practical approach and does not assume a lot of prior knowledge.

If you want to check that our approach suits you, or see the standard of the materials then take a look at the sample pages below.