create an empty BitmapSource in C#

Question

Waht is the fatest (few lines of code and low resource usage) way to create an empty (0x0px or 1x1px and fully transparent) BitmapSource instance in c# that wehn used renders nothing.

Answer 1

Use the Create method.

Example stolen from MSDN: :)

        int width = 128;
        int height = width;
        int stride = width/8;
        byte[] pixels = new byte[height*stride];

        // Try creating a new image with a custom palette.
        List<System.Windows.Media.Color> colors = new List<System.Windows.Media.Color>();
        colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Red);
        colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Blue);
        colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Green);
        BitmapPalette myPalette = new BitmapPalette(colors);

        // Creates a new empty image with the pre-defined palette

        BitmapSource image = BitmapSource.Create(
            width,
            height,
            96,
            96,
            PixelFormats.Indexed1,
            myPalette, 
            pixels, 
            stride);

Answer 2

Thanks to Arcutus hint I have this now (wich works fine):

var i = BitmapImage.Create(
    2,
    2,
    96,
    96,
    PixelFormats.Indexed1,
    new BitmapPalette(new List<Color> { Colors.Transparent }),
    new byte[] { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
    1);

If I make this image smaller I get an ArgumentException. I have no clue why I can't create a smaller image that 2x2px.