Is there a fast alternative to creating a Texture2D from a Bitmap object in XNA?

Question

I\'ve looked around a lot and the only methods I\'ve found for creating a Texture2D from a Bitmap are:

using  (MemoryStream s = new  MemoryStream())
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Answer 1

I found I had to specify the PixelFormat as .Format32bppArgb when using LockBits as you suggest to grab webcam images.

        BitmapData bmd = bmp.LockBits(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height),
            System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
        int bufferSize = bmd.Height * bmd.Stride;
        //create data buffer 
        byte[] bytes = new byte[bufferSize];
        // copy bitmap data into buffer
        Marshal.Copy(bmd.Scan0, bytes, 0, bytes.Length);

        // copy our buffer to the texture
        Texture2D t2d = new Texture2D(_graphics.GraphicsDevice, bmp.Width, bmp.Height, 1, TextureUsage.None, SurfaceFormat.Color);
        t2d.SetData(bytes);
        // unlock the bitmap data
        bmp.UnlockBits(bmd);
        return t2d;