title: “User Documentation” linkTitle: “User Documentation”

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If you want to write code that uses the Skia library, this is the place for you.

The Skia graphics library can be used for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images:

  • 3x3 matrices w/ perspective
  • antialiasing, transparency, filters
  • shaders, xfermodes, maskfilters, patheffects
  • subpixel text

Device backends for Skia currently include:

  • Raster
  • OpenGL
  • PDF
  • XPS
  • SVG
  • Picture (for recording and then playing back into another Canvas)