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2d Graphics

vvvv's 2d rendering engine VL.Skia is based on SkiaSharp and ships with the vvvv installation.

Skia is an open source 2D graphics library which provides common APIs that work across a variety of hardware and software platforms. It serves as the graphics engine for Google Chrome and Chrome OS, Android, Flutter, Mozilla Firefox and Firefox OS, and many other products.

It comes with an extensive collection of help patches documenting the different aspects of the library. Browse them via the HelpBrowser.

Skia Features

  • Drawing 2d primitives and paths
  • Drawing images and SVGs
  • Drawing text
  • Rendering of Lottie animations
  • Export as image, SVG or PDF

Additional Libraries

  • NuGet: VL.Elementa is an advanced widget and layouting library for VL.Skia
  • NuGet: VL.CEF.Skia is a HTML renderer
  • NuGet: VL.PolyTools extends VL.Skia Paths with high level polygon and polypath objects