A method of generating an image or a video stream is disclosed, in which a
composition space within a standard display tool is utilized. In an
embodiment, a video editor is configured to control a timer and a frame
grabber of the standard display tool, which is configured to receive a
document encoded in a standard display language. The video editor
controls the timing according to quality requirements, the standard
display tool composes an image from the document in the composition
space, the frame grabber transmits the image to a destination, such as a
video compressor, which may collect a series of images as frames and
generate a video stream from the images.