In most cases, GDI+ speeds up your programming of Graphics because (1) It is not a thin veneer over the Windows SDK (2) It makes sense. However, whenever you lose granularity to create a simpler to use architecture, you tend to lose some functionality. Form Capture is one of these cases. In the cases where you say to yourself: Hey! I could do that in GDI, why can't I do that in GDI+??. The answer is you can.