About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Device Contexts -- The Brush Object -- The Pen Object -- The Font Object -- Lines, Curves, and Shapes -- The Bitmap Object -- Device-Independent Bitmaps -- Regions and Paths -- Palettes -- Coordinate Spaces -- The IDirectDraw7 Interface -- DirectDraw Display Modes -- DirectDraw Surfaces -- DirectDraw Clippers -- DirectDraw Colors and Palettes -- Image Color Management -- Image Manipulation -- Image File Formats -- A Brief Review of Matrices and Vectors -- Other Resources -- Index -- What's On The CD-ROM.