Hi all, does anybody know a faster way to grab the color of the pixels of the desktop? At the momen i use GetPixel (see the code-example) but its really too slow for greater sections!! I know in C++ you can create DIB-Sections and then u have a very fast direct access. Sure, i know Perl is not a the first adress to manipulate pixels but may be there is in Perl also a possibility?? May anybody has already a good understanding code-snippet or a good tip? It would be very fine, thanks a lot for any help!! 
...
my $a = 800;  # width
my $b = 600;  # height
my $desktop = new Win32::GUI::DC("DISPLAY");

foreach $x (1..$a)
{
  foreach $y (1..$b)
  {
    $pix = $desktop -> GetPixel ($x, $y);
    .... make something with that pix
  }
}

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best regards, michbach

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