VkImageUsageFlags(3)

# VkImageUsageFlags(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkImageUsageFlags - Bitmask of VkImageUsageFlagBits

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## 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`

- `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_QUANTIZATION_DELTA_MAP_BIT_KHR`

- `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_EMPHASIS_MAP_BIT_KHR`

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkFlags, VkFramebufferAttachmentImageInfo, VkImageCreateInfo, VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo, VkImageUsageFlagBits, VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo, VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedSparseAddressSpacePropertiesNV, VkPhysicalDeviceImageFormatInfo2, VkPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatInfo2, VkPhysicalDeviceVideoFormatInfoKHR, VkSharedPresentSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR, VkSurfaceCapabilities2EXT, VkSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR, VkSwapchainCreateInfoKHR, VkVideoFormatPropertiesKHR, vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalImageFormatPropertiesNV, vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties

## 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.

## Copyright

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