How can I get and set pixel data in XNA?

Question

I have a texture2D where I want to get the color of a specified pixel. Do something with it and put a new color in an other texture2D.

I will need to do this with all the pixels in the texture. How can I do this.

No pixel shader's please. It need to be in C#

Isn't that what pixel shader's are for? Why wouldn't you want one? — Nate
How big are your textures? setting data onto a texture isn't too bad but getting data from a texture can be very slow... — Martin
I am trying to do a 2d water animation. Go here:freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/graphics/x_water.htm. The textures are not very big. I think that they are 400 x 300. I will keep experimenting to see how big I can make them. — Aaron de Windt

David Brown David Brown · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-16T20:00:33

The Texture2D class contains the GetData and SetData methods that should do exactly what you want.