Re: [pygame] New transformations for future Pygame releases

[Richard Goedeken <SirRichard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Fisher wrote:
> look here:
> http://antigrain.com/demo/image_perspective.jpg
> the perspective mapping is optional, it can do bilinear mapping to an
> arbitrary quad.
> in fact, you probably just want to browse all these:
> http://antigrain.com/demo/index.html
>
> trust me, agg has it all. moreover, since it's really just a c++
> template based graphics pipeline system, it's really pretty easy to
> extend. However it's not really a library of various operations either
> - if pygame were to use it, it's not an issue of making binding to
> feature X, it's an issue of putting together the appropriate pieces to
> do the desired operation.

Yep, you're right; I was looking in the wrong place.  AGG does look quite 
impressive.  It's big enough that it probably deserves its own pygame module if 
it were to be integrated.  One possible concern that should be considered is 
speed.  Since pygame is designed for games, these operations need to be fast 
enough to be practical for pygame-based games.  Usually there is a trade-off 
between speed and quality, and it looks like AGG is targeting maximum image quality.

Richard