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<td><h3>PGraphics</h3></td>

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<td><div class="example"><img src="/reference/pgraphics.jpg" alt="example pic" /><pre class="margin">PGraphics pg;

void setup() {

size(100, 100);

pg = createGraphics(80, 80, P3D);

}

void draw() {

pg.beginDraw();

pg.background(102);

pg.stroke(255);

pg.line(40, 40, mouseX, mouseY);

pg.endDraw();

image(pg, 10, 10);

}</pre></div></td>

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<td><p>Main graphics and rendering context, as well as the base API implementation for processing "core".

Use this class if you need to draw into an off-screen graphics buffer. A PGraphics object can be constructed with the <b>createGraphics()</b> function.

The <b>beginDraw()</b> and <b>endDraw()</b> methods (see above example) are necessary to set up the buffer and to finalize it.

The fields and methods for this class are extensive; for a complete list visit the developer's reference: http://dev.processing.org/reference/core/</p></td>

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<th scope="row"><a href="../reference/PGraphics_beginDraw_">beginDraw()</a></th>

<td>Sets up the rendering context</td>

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<th scope="row"><a href="../reference/PGraphics_endDraw_">endDraw()</a></th>

<td>Finalizes the renderering context</td>

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<td><pre>PGraphics()</pre><br />

<pre>PGraphics(<kbd>width</kbd>,<kbd>height</kbd>)</pre><br />

<pre>PGraphics(<kbd>width</kbd>,<kbd>height</kbd>,<kbd>applet</kbd>)</pre><br /></td>

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<th scope="row">width</th>

<td>int: width in pixels</td>

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<th scope="row">height</th>

<td>int: height in pixels</td>

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<th scope="row">applet</th>

<td>PApplet</td>

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<td>Web & Application</td>

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<th scope="row">Related</th>

<td><a href="../reference/createGraphics_">createGraphics()</a></td>

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