Manipulating a bitmap programmatically
Bitmaps are used in one form or another mainly to display existing images. These typically are placed as a source of an Image element. When a static image is added to a project and set to the Image.Source property, a BitmapImage is created behind the scenes. This simple class provides a read-only view to the bitmap's bits.
Sometime it's desirable to manipulate a bitmap's bit values dynamically based on a runtime algorithm. WPF provides the WriteableBitmap that allows us to do just that. Let's look at how to use this capability.
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