Get texture data from TOP

is there a way to get the (raw) texture data of a top without using .sample for each pixel?

What do you mean “raw”? Do you mean the values? You could use a TOP To CHOP and set it to full image mode in the Crop settings of the TOP To CHOP, is that what you’re looking for?

yeah, I’m after the RGBA values… TOP to CHOP is better than sample, but feels a bit cumbersome…