C Specification

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef VkFlags VkImageUsageFlags;

Description

VkImageUsageFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero or more VkImageUsageFlagBits.

When creating a VkImageView one of the following VkImageUsageFlagBits must be set:

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_BIT_EXT

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DST_BIT_KHR

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DPB_BIT_KHR

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_SRC_BIT_KHR

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DPB_BIT_KHR

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_BIT_QCOM

  • VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLE_BLOCK_MATCH_BIT_QCOM

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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