Re: Filter Templates

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Alex Danilo <alex@abbra.com> wrote:

> Ignoring side-effects, one of the main advantages of a property
> over a filter is no need for any sort of intermediate bitmap.
>
> The object being blended can be rasterized and alpha blended
> with the correct blend mode directly to the canvas. So the
> performance is significantly higher, especially if you are
> trying to composite lots of graphics on top of live HD video
> where memory bandwidth actually matters.
>

That optimization can be done whether you're using a filter or a dedicated
property.

Rob
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