Processing on large bitmaps (up to 3GB)

Question

I\'m working on some university project and got stuck with memory issue. I load a bitmap which takes about 1,5GB on HDD with code below:

Bitmap bmp = new Bi         


        

Answer 1

Consider using Memory Mapped Files to access your HUGE data :). An example focused on what you need can be found here: http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/06/23/memory-mapped-files.aspx It's in managed code but you might as well use it from equivalent native code.

Let me know if you need more details.