Pixmaps - never used one before

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Question: Assuming I use LoadPixMap do I still have to lock / unlock in order to ReadPixel ?

JazzieB, can you suggest alternatives, if this really is as slow as you say ? All I need is to determine the colour of a pixel on an offscreen image at position x,y ? I need to do this 4 times per frame.