# Copypixel and memory

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copypixel-and-memory/298820
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 26, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copypixel-and-memory/298820 "2009-10-26T01:53:01Z")
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### Author: ![costa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@costa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/costa)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copypixel-and-memory/298820/1 "2009-10-26T01:53:01Z")

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Hi all,

I am going to start using copypixel and I wonder if I am understanding the concept well. I am having doubts about memory use. This is my question: If I have an external image (tile map) I loaded , each time I use copypixel to copy a region from this tile map, I am using additional memory or only the map is located in memory?

In my application I need to copy a bitmap region from a tile map to a variable (var 1) and then copy another region from this var 1 to a second one (var 2). My concern is to increase the use of memory.

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Costa