[SWT/RCP] Alpha blending is slow on linux
- by elgcom
we are developing an SWT/RCP(Eclipse 3.5) application on both Windows and Linux (on identical hardware).
The application is a GIS app which shows several layered maps(PNG images) rendered with alpha blending.
org.eclipse.draw2d.Graphics.setAlpha(...);
org.eclipse.draw2d.Graphics.drawImage(...);
On Windows the performance is pretty good, but on…