Drawing just an sf::Image?

[TheCommunistDuck]

Hi.

sf::Image doesn't actually derive from sf::Drawable, so how would you draw one to the screen?
I ask because my current project requires me to edit pixels in an sf::Image and then draw it to the screen. I've tried plugging it into an sf::Sprite and then GetImage(), but that returns a const sf::Image which I can't modify. Any ideas anyone, for either way?

Thanks.

[nulloid]

What if you just have your sf::Image in your memory, modify it asyouwant, and whenever you want it to draw, just make an sf::Sprite from it, and draw that to the screen?

[TheCommunistDuck]

Wouldn't that consume a lot of memory, doing it 60 times a second though?

[Laurent]

Wouldn't that consume a lot of memory, doing it 60 times a second though?

No
But you don't have to setup a new sprite every frame, you can just create it once. You don't even need to call SetImage after modifying the image.

[nulloid]

But you don't have to setup a new sprite every frame, you can just create it once. You don't even need to call SetImage after modifying the image.

Wow... There is always something to learn

[Spodi]

That is what I am currently doing. The way my rendering system was already set up before using SFML kinda required it. Same goes for drawing text. I just create a single Sprite and String2D and set it up before each draw. Very simple and low overhead.