How to create a Bitmap deep copy

Question

I\'m dealing with Bitmaps in my application and for some purposes I need to create a deep copy of the Bitmap. Is there an elegant way how to do it?

I tried

Answer 1

Suppose you already have a bitmap called original with something in it

Bitmap original = new Bitmap( 200, 200 );     
Bitmap copy = new Bitmap(original.Width, original.Height);
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(copy))
{
  Rectangle imageRectangle = new Rectangle(0, 0, copy.Width, copy.Height);
  graphics.DrawImage( original, imageRectangle, imageRectangle, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
}

This should create a copy of the same size, and draw the original into the copy.