Hi,
I'm quite new in processing, but I'm experienced in object oriented programming.

Here's my question:
Is there a class for graphical objects that have methods for translations, like moving them around, resizing them, or rotating them? I know, there is the draw() function and I can clear the stage and draw the objects at a different position etc in the new frame step. But this seems to me a little low level and simply redrawing the whole canvas is not very efficient, especially if the difference between the last and the current frame is just local. If I only animate one object in front of a plain background I could just fill the area where the object was in the last step with the background color and then draw the object at the new position. But what if the background is not plain or if there is another graphical not moving object partly behind the moving object? I don't want to redraw the parts of the static object that don't change at all in the new step.

In short: Is there a more clever/efficient mechanism for redrawing the canvas or are there objects that represent grafical artifacts I can access later on, instead of just using drawing routines that don't remember any objects?

Hope I made myself clear enough.
Cheers, Grit