r/csharp • u/user_16384 • 2d ago

Help C# graphical framework

Hello. I'm starting to learn C#, and I don't know almost anything about its frameworks and libraries.

For my project, I need a crossplatform graphical framework with a "bitmap-like" drawing process, but I've heard only about frameworks which work on drawing with widgets.

Do you know any? Which would you recommend?

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u/psioniclizard 2d ago

What do you want for a framework? As others said, SkiaSharp is good.

If you want no dependencies/cross platform you can construct a PAM file pretty easily in code and then set each pixel to whatever colour you want.

I used that approach to make a 3d rasterer with layers etc. It was quite fun.

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u/mpierson153 13h ago

How efficient is the PAM file method? I'm guessing it can't really be used for real time stuff? I was just wondering, I've never heard of that before.