If you can track down FlameDuck on IRC, he has a nice demo that uses LockedPixels.
The demo (if we're talking about the same one that is) is available very much as-is from my website (you'll want the file called bp-colorblend-win32.rar). There are a few things to note: a) it's totally unoptimized at this point and b) It'll only work in ARGB 32-bit. I have some code to convert between the formats but I figured the example as it is now is more academic. u=(hu Shr 8)And$1FF
Anybody have any suggestions, resources, or tutorials on this kind of thing?
Not really. Short of suggesting a Google search for "Binary Arithmetic" and asking questions on this forum, I'm fresh out of ideas. If you're feeling particularilly adventurous you could teach yourself some assembly language. :o> Anybody have any suggestions, resources, or tutorials on this kind of thing?