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diff --git a/krita/doc/dirty.txt b/krita/doc/dirty.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 91a870bf..00000000 --- a/krita/doc/dirty.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -Dirty marking and rendering - -Krita organizes layers in the form of a tree, with a grouplayer at the root: - -group1 == image->rootLayer() - layer2 - layer3 - layer4 - group2 - layer6 - layer7 - adjustmentlayer 1 - layer9 - group3 - adjustmentlayer 2 - layer10 - layer11 - group4 - layer12 - layer13 - - -In this example, group1 is the rootlayer; layer13 is group3 is shown topmost -in the layerbox, with group4 right under that, and layer13 is the "highest" -paint layer in the complete tree. - -Compositing - -At every group level, a projection layer caches the result of compositing -the layerstack in a projection paint device. The cached projection is then -composited with the layers of that level, etc, until everything is composited -onto the projection or the root layer. The image does _not_ have a projection -anymore. - -We composite from layer2 downwards onto the projection of rootLayer, group1. - - -Dirty marking - -In order to do the least possible amount of work (which is very important, -especially with large amounts of layers and adjustment layers), we keep track -of which layer is dirty. Groups without dirty layers are not recomposited; this -dirtiness of course travels upwards, meaning that the rootlayer will always be -dirty. - -XXX: Should we keep a structure with dirty rects for every layer, so we -can determine whether the changed rect in a layer is actually in the area -we are recompositing? I don't think so, since we should always try to keep - -Adjustment layers also keep a copy of the result of their work; if in group 2, -layer 9 is adjusted, we do not want to composite layer 6 and 7 and filter the -result through adjustmentlayer 1; we want to composite the changes in layer 9 -directly onto the cached result of the adjustment layer.
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