# Resource-\>ReadPixels is very slow... faster way?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/resource-readpixels-is-very-slow-faster-way/345352>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** rendertarget, unreal-engine, render-target, Rendering, CPP, question\
**Created:** [January 25, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/resource-readpixels-is-very-slow-faster-way/345352 "2016-01-25T22:23:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiris](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Spiris](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Spiris)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/resource-readpixels-is-very-slow-faster-way/345352/8 "2018-03-02T01:56:12Z")

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Great article, It was actually a launch point for this class in my code. Which I also wrote an article for. Enjoy!

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