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VkImageViewCreateInfo(3)
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Name
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VkImageViewCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created image view

C Specification
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// refBegin VkImageViewCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created image view

The sname:VkImageViewCreateInfo structure is defined as:

include::../structs/VkImageViewCreateInfo.txt[]


Members
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  * pname:sType is the type of this structure.
  * pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
  * pname:flags is reserved for future use.
  * pname:image is a sname:VkImage on which the view will be created.
  * pname:viewType is the type of the image view.
  * pname:format is a elink:VkFormat describing the format and type used to
    interpret data elements in the image.
  * pname:components specifies a remapping of color components (or of depth
    or stencil components after they have been converted into color
    components). See slink:VkComponentMapping.
  * pname:subresourceRange selects the set of mipmap levels and array layers
    to be accessible to the view.


Description
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If pname:image was created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT
flag, pname:format can: be different from the image's format, but if they
are not equal they must: be _compatible_. Image format compatibility is
defined in the <<features-formats-compatibility-classes,Format Compatibility
Classes>> section.

[[resources-image-views-compatibility]]
.Image and image view parameter compatibility requirements
[cols="20%h,35%,45%",options="header"]
|========================================
| Dim, Arrayed, MS | Image parameters | View parameters
| 1D, 0, 0 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_1D +
width >= 1 +
height = 1 +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 1 +
samples = 1 |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_1D +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers = 1
| 1D, 1, 0 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_1D +
width >= 1 +
height = 1 +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 1 +
samples = 1 |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers >= 1
| 2D, 0, 0 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
width >= 1 +
height >= 1 +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 1 +
samples = 1 |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_2D +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers = 1
| 2D, 1, 0 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
width >= 1 +
height >= 1 +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 1 +
samples = 1 |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers >= 1
| 2D, 0, 1 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
width >= 1 +
height >= 1 +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 1 +
samples > 1 |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_2D +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers = 1
| 2D, 1, 1 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
width >= 1 +
height >= 1 +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 1 +
samples > 1 |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers >= 1
| CUBE, 0, 0 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
width >= 1 +
height = width +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 6 +
samples = 1 +
flags include ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_CUBE +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers = 6
| CUBE, 1, 0 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
width >= 1 +
height = width +
depth = 1 +
arrayLayers >= 6×N +
samples = 1 +
flags include ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY +
baseArrayLayer >= 0 +
arrayLayers = 6×N
| 3D, 0, 0 |
imageType = IMAGE_TYPE_3D +
width >= 1 +
height >= 1 +
depth >= 1 +
arrayLayers = 1 +
samples = 1 |
viewType = VIEW_TYPE_3D +
baseArrayLayer = 0 +
arrayLayers = 1
|========================================

The pname:subresourceRange member is of type slink:VkImageSubresourceRange.

include::../validity/structs/VkImageViewCreateInfo.txt[]


See Also
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slink:VkComponentMapping, elink:VkFormat, slink:VkImage, slink:VkImageSubresourceRange, elink:VkImageViewCreateFlags, elink:VkImageViewType, elink:VkStructureType, flink:vkCreateImageView


Document Notes
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For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/xhtml/vkspec.html#VkImageViewCreateInfo

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

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