_getpixel(3)

💖 _getpixel(3) — the Allegro manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro game programming library ✨ this one is all about the faster specific versions of getpixel(), and yes, they are iconic for exactly one reason: speed 💅

✨ NAME ✨

_getpixel, _getpixel15, _getpixel16, _getpixel24, _getpixel32 — faster specific version of getpixel(). Allegro game programming library 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int _getpixel(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y);

int _getpixel15(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y);

int _getpixel16(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y);

int _getpixel24(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y);

int _getpixel32(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so these are the faster inline versions of getpixel() for specific color depths, and that is literally the whole point of them 💖 they are giving “I know exactly what depth you are and I am not wasting a single clock cycle about it” energy ✨

but bestie, listen closely, because there are two things you absolutely cannot ignore:

• These won't work in mode-X. no cap, not even a little bit 💀
• They don't do any clipping. like, zero. none. the clipping department is empty.

so you must make sure the point lies inside the bitmap. not near it, not “basically inside,” inside inside. if you don't, that is on you, and the vibe check will fail in a way that is very much not slay 😭

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

returns the value of the pixel in the color format you specified ✨ simple as that, queen 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• getpixel(3) — the regular one, for when you are not feeling specific 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this Allegro manual moment is from version 4.4.3, and the _getpixel(3) page itself is the date-stamped footer energy we are sending off with a little kiss 😘💖 mwah, go read getpixel(3) next, ily, bye ✨🎀🦋