The memory used by an image is usually a bit more than width*height*4. ---------------------------------- Peace and love, Tweety [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] YahooID: tweety_04_01
> -----Original Message----- > From: a_hartmann_andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Microsofts_C_Sharp] Caching Images > > > > Hi > > I'm working on a small viewer application for viewing my jpeg pics. > > I order to speed things up a bit, I want to cache some of the images > I work with within the application. > I need a method to return the amount of memory the image > (System.Drawing.Image) uses. > How do I do that? > An other thing I have see while working on this is the difference in > the size of the compressed jpeg image and the memeory used when the > image is displayed in a PictureBox > (System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox). > The strange thing is that it uses way more memory that e.g. the > Microsoft explorer does when displaying the same image scaled to the > same size as my application. > Any smart things to do in order to save memory while displaying > images in an application. > > Thanks > > /Anders > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XGgtlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/XGgtlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Microsofts_C_Sharp/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
