VkImageCompressionFlagBitsEXT(3)

# VkImageCompressionFlagBitsEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkImageCompressionFlagBitsEXT - Bitmask specifying image compression controls

## C Specification

Possible values of VkImageCompressionControlEXT::`flags`, specifying compression controls for an image, are:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_image_compression_control
    typedef enum VkImageCompressionFlagBitsEXT {
        VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DEFAULT_EXT = 0,
        VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_FIXED_RATE_DEFAULT_EXT = 0x00000001,
        VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_FIXED_RATE_EXPLICIT_EXT = 0x00000002,
        VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DISABLED_EXT = 0x00000004,
    } VkImageCompressionFlagBitsEXT;

## Description

- VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DEFAULT_EXT specifies that the default image compression setting is used. Implementations must not apply fixed-rate compression.

- VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_FIXED_RATE_DEFAULT_EXT specifies that the implementation may choose any supported fixed-rate compression setting in an implementation-defined manner based on the properties of the image.

- VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_FIXED_RATE_EXPLICIT_EXT specifies that fixed-rate compression may be used and that the allowed compression rates are specified by VkImageCompressionControlEXT::`pFixedRateFlags`.

- VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DISABLED_EXT specifies that all lossless and fixed-rate compression should be disabled.

If VkImageCompressionControlEXT::`flags` is VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_FIXED_RATE_EXPLICIT_EXT, then the `i`th member of the `pFixedRateFlags` array specifies the allowed compression rates for the image’s `i`th plane.

Note | If VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DISABLED_EXT is included in VkImageCompressionControlEXT::`flags`, both lossless and fixed-rate compression will be disabled. This is likely to have a negative impact on performance and is only intended to be used for debugging purposes.

## See Also

VK_EXT_image_compression_control, VkImageCompressionFlagsEXT

## 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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