Head First C# Code: Chapter 13, Controls and Graphics

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Sometimes you have to take graphics into your own hands.

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We've spent a lot of time on relying on controls to handle everything visual in our applications. But sometimes that's not enough—like when you want to animate a picture. And once you get into animation, you'll end up creating your own controls for your .NET programs, maybe adding a little double buffering, and even drawing directly onto your forms. It all begins with the Graphics object, Bitmaps, and a determination to not accept the graphics status quo.

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Beehive Simulator (controls): Beehive Simulator (graphics): Zoomer: