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Are there any references to support this? My understanding was that Direct2D is meant as a replacement for GDI, not DirectDraw. In particular:

• Direct2D does not support full screen (except on Windows 8). ^[1]
• Direct2D has primitives for drawing lines, circles, etc. using textured brushes. ^[2]
• Direct2D supports high-quality (but slow) typography, preferebly with the aid of DirectWrite. ^[3] In fact, if you draw text without DirectWrite, Direct2D will use it internally. ^[4]
• Direct2D does not give you direct access to the frame buffer, at least not as far as I can tell.
• Direct2D doesn't provide accurate access to the pixels; it provides "device independent pixels" which are then scaled to match the actual hardware. ^[5]

Compare to the features for DirectDraw:

• Bit-block transfers (blits)
• Page flipping and multiple back buffers
• Overlays, which is placing one image surface over another on the video display
• Alpha source over destination blending, which is blending two surfaces using the source alpha image component
• Video YUV pixel formats and color conversion
• Direct video access to the frame buffer

Quoted from Microsoft. ^[6]

References:

74.94.163.145 ( talk) 15:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC) reply

Well, I guess it's wrong then. Feel free to correct. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 17:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC) reply