Speed up loading an image from disk in a windows forms (c#.net) app

Question

I\'m currently working on an app that allows the user to play (automatically scroll) through a series of local images. Usually there will be five or six on screen at once.

Answer 1

Check out the concept of double buffering. What you want to be doing is have a second thread that can be loading the next set of images while you are displaying the first set. Once the 1/6 time gate hits, you switch the one set of images out and start loading the next set.