SetPixel is too slow. Is there a faster way to draw to bitmap?

Question

I have a small paint program that I am working on. I am using SetPixel on a bitmap to do that drawing of lines. When the brush size gets large, like 25 pixels across there i

Answer 1

You can lock the bitmap data and use pointers to manually set the values. It's much faster. Though you'll have to use unsafe code.

public override void PaintPoint(Layer layer, Point position)
    {
        // Rasterise the pencil tool

        // Assume it is square

        // Check the pixel to be set is witin the bounds of the layer

        // Set the tool size rect to the locate on of the point to be painted
        m_toolArea.Location = position;

        // Get the area to be painted
        Rectangle areaToPaint = new Rectangle();
        areaToPaint = Rectangle.Intersect(layer.GetRectangle(), m_toolArea);

        Bitmap bmp;
        BitmapData data = bmp.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
        int stride = data.Stride;
        unsafe
        {
            byte* ptr = (byte*)data.Scan0;
            // Check this is not a null area
            if (!areaToPaint.IsEmpty)
            {
                // Go through the draw area and set the pixels as they should be
                for (int y = areaToPaint.Top; y < areaToPaint.Bottom; y++)
                {
                    for (int x = areaToPaint.Left; x < areaToPaint.Right; x++)
                    {
                        // layer.GetBitmap().SetPixel(x, y, m_colour);
                        ptr[(x * 3) + y * stride] = m_colour.B;
                        ptr[(x * 3) + y * stride + 1] = m_colour.G;
                        ptr[(x * 3) + y * stride + 2] = m_colour.R;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        bmp.UnlockBits(data);
    }