VkImageAspectFlagBits(3)

# VkImageAspectFlagBits(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkImageAspectFlagBits - Bitmask specifying which aspects of an image are included in a view

## C Specification

Bits which can be set in an aspect mask to specify aspects of an image for purposes such as identifying a subresource, are:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef enum VkImageAspectFlagBits {
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT = 0x00000001,
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT = 0x00000002,
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT = 0x00000004,
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_METADATA_BIT = 0x00000008,
      // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT = 0x00000010,
      // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT = 0x00000020,
      // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT = 0x00000040,
      // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_3
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_NONE = 0,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_0_BIT_EXT = 0x00000080,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_1_BIT_EXT = 0x00000100,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_2_BIT_EXT = 0x00000200,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_3_BIT_EXT = 0x00000400,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT_KHR = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT_KHR = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT_KHR = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance4
        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_NONE_KHR = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_NONE,
    } VkImageAspectFlagBits;

## Description

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_NONE specifies no image aspect, or the image aspect is not applicable.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT specifies the color aspect.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT specifies the depth aspect.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT specifies the stencil aspect.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_METADATA_BIT specifies the metadata aspect used for sparse resource operations.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT specifies plane 0 of a multi-planar image format.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT specifies plane 1 of a multi-planar image format.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT specifies plane 2 of a multi-planar image format.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_0_BIT_EXT specifies memory plane 0.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_1_BIT_EXT specifies memory plane 1.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_2_BIT_EXT specifies memory plane 2.

- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_MEMORY_PLANE_3_BIT_EXT specifies memory plane 3.

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo, VkDeviceImageMemoryRequirements, VkExportMetalTextureInfoEXT, VkImageAspectFlags, VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo, VkImportMetalTextureInfoEXT

## 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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