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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:14 PM

Another Look at the Pixel-Plotting Tests

Thanks to codeimp's comment on my previous post, I went back to my pixel-plotting test app to add-in a LockBits method to see how it would stand up to the pure GDI+ methods. As it turns out, I found that a poorly-placed "End If" was causing...
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Monday, February 09, 2009 8:20 PM

Interesting Pixel-Plotting Efficiency Test Results

I recently ran a little experiment to see which would be the fastest way to plot a bunch of single pixels using the methods available in the System.Drawing namespace. It turns out, for those who haven't looked, that there is no set-pixel type method...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:58 PM

Making GDI+ Nimble

One thing that the GDI+ (System.Drawing namespace in VB.Net) system is *not* is overly quick. It does a great job of certain things required by a more general, modern OS-based drawing system -- fonts, alpha, lines & shapes, etc. But it isn't game...
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