Quartz

E229050
2D graphics library graphics rendering engine

Quartz is Apple's 2D graphics rendering and compositing engine that underpins the visual display system in macOS.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quartz canonical 4
Quartz Core 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 2D graphics library ⓘ
graphics rendering engine ⓘ
component Quartz 2D ⓘ
Quartz Compositor ⓘ
Quartz Extreme ⓘ
Quartz Extreme ⓘ
surface form: QuartzGL
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
exposedAs Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form: Core Graphics framework
feature hardware acceleration ⓘ
resolution independence ⓘ
subpixel rendering ⓘ
fileFormatSupport JPEG ⓘ
Portable Document Format ⓘ
surface form: PDF

PNG ⓘ
TIFF ⓘ
hardwareAccelerationVia Core Image ⓘ
Metal (through higher-level frameworks) ⓘ
Quartz Extreme ⓘ
introducedIn macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS X
introducedWithVersion Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah ⓘ
languageBinding C ⓘ
Objective-C ⓘ
Swift ⓘ
operatingSystem iOS ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
tvOS ⓘ
partOf Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form: Core Graphics

Quartz technologies ⓘ
platform Apple silicon ⓘ
surface form: Apple silicon Mac

Intel-based Mac ⓘ
Power Macintosh ⓘ
surface form: PowerPC Macintosh
programmingInterface Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form: Core Graphics API

Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form: Quartz 2D API
relatedTechnology Core Animation ⓘ
Core Image ⓘ
Metal ⓘ
replaced QuickDraw graphics system ⓘ
surface form: QuickDraw (for most 2D rendering)
supports 2D vector graphics ⓘ
PDF rendering ⓘ
alpha compositing ⓘ
anti-aliased drawing ⓘ
bitmap graphics ⓘ
color management ⓘ
image compositing ⓘ
text rendering ⓘ
underpins Aqua user interface ⓘ
macOS visual display system ⓘ
macOS windowing system ⓘ
usedBy macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: AppKit

Cocoa ⓘ
UIKit ⓘ
uses PDF imaging model ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah → includesComponent → Quartz ⓘ
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar → includesTechnology → Quartz ⓘ
GTK (for graphical interface) → supportsPlatform → Quartz ⓘ
subject surface form: GTK
Cheetah → graphicsLayer → Quartz ⓘ
Core Animation → partOf → Quartz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quartz Core