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Advanced Drawing Techniques

Creating an effective and beautiful Mac OS X application often requires the use of many different techniques. Beyond the basic drawing of paths and images in views, there are other ways to create more complex imagery for your application. The following sections cover many of the most commonly used techniques supported by Cocoa.

Contents:

Adding Shadows to Drawn Paths
Creating Gradient Fills
Drawing to the Screen
Using NSTimer for Animated Content
Using Cocoa Animation Objects
Optimizing Your Drawing Code

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