Scaling a portion of a bitmap

[rab1]

Is there any way to convert a Bitmap back to an EncodedImage in order to scale it?

I have a large bitmap created from an EncodedImage. I scaled it fine and displayed it. The next step is to draw the same bitmap starting at a specified x and y, but I need to scale it too. The drawBitmap allows me to draw starting at a specified destination (ie. x,y) but the scaling is part of the EncodedImage. How do I translate the portion of the bitmap back to an Image in order to scale it?
Or is there another way to do this.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

[simon.hain]

you can create an array from the bitmap, rework the array according to your wishes and build a new image from it.

[rab1]

Originally Posted by simon.hain

you can create an array from the bitmap, rework the array according to your wishes and build a new image from it.

THe question I still have, is that how can I access the data ( given an offset) from the bitmap so that I can build a new Image.

For example I would like to access the data in the bitmap starting at (x= 50, y =50). I need to read the data in a byte array so that I can manipulate it using EncodedImage. How to access/read the data back from the bitmap.

Thanks

[richard.puckett]

getARGB will give you the data array. You can then use the width and height of the bitmap to step through that data however you want.