vkCmdBlitImage2(3)

# vkCmdBlitImage2(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCmdBlitImage2 - Copy regions of an image, potentially performing format conversion,

## C Specification

To copy regions of a source image into a destination image, potentially performing format conversion, arbitrary scaling, and filtering, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_3
    void vkCmdBlitImage2(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        const VkBlitImageInfo2*                     pBlitImageInfo);

    // Provided by VK_KHR_copy_commands2
    // Equivalent to vkCmdBlitImage2
    void vkCmdBlitImage2KHR(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        const VkBlitImageInfo2*                     pBlitImageInfo);

## Parameters

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

- `pBlitImageInfo` is a pointer to a VkBlitImageInfo2 structure describing the blit parameters.

## Description

This command is functionally identical to vkCmdBlitImage, but includes extensible sub-structures that include `sType` and `pNext` parameters, allowing them to be more easily extended.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-commandBuffer-01834
  If `commandBuffer` is an unprotected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, `srcImage` must not be a protected image

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-commandBuffer-01835
  If `commandBuffer` is an unprotected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, `dstImage` must not be a protected image

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-commandBuffer-01836
  If `commandBuffer` is a protected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, `dstImage` must not be an unprotected image

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-pBlitImageInfo-parameter
  `pBlitImageInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkBlitImageInfo2 structure

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT operations

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-renderpass
  This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-suspended
  This command must not be called between suspended render pass instances

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage2-videocoding
  This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `commandBuffer` must be externally synchronized

- Host access to the `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels | Render Pass Scope | Video Coding Scope | Supported Queue Types | Command Type
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Primary Secondary | Outside | Outside | VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT | Action

Conditional Rendering

vkCmdBlitImage2 is not affected by conditional rendering

## See Also

VK_KHR_copy_commands2, VK_VERSION_1_3, VkBlitImageInfo2, VkCommandBuffer

## 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

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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