>>>There must be something better than using COPYMASK, _transparent,
>>>or lasso copied PICTs. It's too slow, even on my G3 266.
>>>And MUCH too slow on my old PPC 603.
>>>
>>>What is the method used by the BIG GUYS ?
>>>
>>>Any code you could show me to get me started ?
>>>
>>>Derek ?  Bill ?  Jonathan ?
>>
>>Gee, I'm a "big guy"??? I hate to admit that I use COPYMASK _transparent,
>>and lasso the PICTs...
>>
>>Bill

Sylvain this is a considerable shock to see one's name here.
I'm sure that you must mean Jonathan Durkee (where is mars when we need
him?)

Apart from that:
COPYBITS ain't that slow, it's what you do with it. (Yes you can can write
faster stuff, optimised for specific situations, but you want write a faster
generalist than COPYBITS).

Go back to tricks of the mac game programming gurus and read the chapters on
optimising COPYBITS, particularly the stuff about only copying the parts of
an image that you redraw, not the whole thing each time round.

1/ create zones that need refreshing in a dirty file, optimise them for
length, and use copybits on just them. It's quite easy to get at least 30
fps on a decent PPC.. you may find that the bottleneck is in fact in what
you are drawing in the GWorld, not in the COPYBITS.


> Or maybe i should have said BIG BOYS ?
> Sorry...i can't stop laughing...
>
> Does this turned out as an insult ?  I hope not.
>
> You know, english is not my native language.
I believe that Alain has been putting together a french FB mailing list -
although it's only in test at the moment, but this might interest folks
whose native language has garlic in it (or even those who wish to add some
garlic to it). mail <apastor@...> and ask him if he'll let you be a
beta tester ;-)

> Sylvain
jonathan (the small one)