I want to use a Texture2d as a system.drawing.bitmap

Question

XNA.Texture2D to System.Drawing.Bitmap I am sure this answered my question but it linked an external site and is no longer available.

I am using a windows form in an

Answer 1

You can use two methods that allow you to create a Bitmap, use Texture2D.SaveAsJpeg() or Texture2D.SaveAsPng().

MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
Texture2D texture = Content.Load<Texture2D>( "Images\\test" );
texture.SaveAsJpeg( memoryStream, texture.Width, texture.Height ); //Or SaveAsPng( memoryStream, texture.Width, texture.Height )

System.Drawing.Bitmap bmp = new System.Drawing.Bitmap( memoryStream );

Answer 2

This works for me. If there are problems with it please let me know.

public static Image Texture2Image(Texture2D texture)
{
   Image img;
   using (MemoryStream MS = new MemoryStream())
   {
       texture.SaveAsPng(MS, texture.Width, texture.Height);
       //Go To the  beginning of the stream.
       MS.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
       //Create the image based on the stream.
       img = Bitmap.FromStream(MS);
   }
   return img;
}