C Specification
Bits which can be set in
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VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo:: usage
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VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo:: stencilUsage
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VkImageCreateInfo:: usage
specify intended usage of an image, and are:
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef enum VkImageUsageFlagBits {
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT = 0x00000001,
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT = 0x00000002,
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT = 0x00000004,
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT = 0x00000008,
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT = 0x00000010,
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT = 0x00000020,
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT = 0x00000040,
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT = 0x00000080,
  // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_4
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_HOST_TRANSFER_BIT = 0x00400000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DST_BIT_KHR = 0x00000400,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_SRC_BIT_KHR = 0x00000800,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DPB_BIT_KHR = 0x00001000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_fragment_density_map
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_BIT_EXT = 0x00000200,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR = 0x00000100,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_queue
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DST_BIT_KHR = 0x00002000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_queue
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_SRC_BIT_KHR = 0x00004000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_queue
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DPB_BIT_KHR = 0x00008000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_ATTACHMENT_FEEDBACK_LOOP_BIT_EXT = 0x00080000,
  // Provided by VK_HUAWEI_invocation_mask
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INVOCATION_MASK_BIT_HUAWEI = 0x00040000,
  // Provided by VK_QCOM_image_processing
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_BIT_QCOM = 0x00100000,
  // Provided by VK_QCOM_image_processing
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLE_BLOCK_MATCH_BIT_QCOM = 0x00200000,
  // Provided by VK_ARM_tensors
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TENSOR_ALIASING_BIT_ARM = 0x00800000,
  // Provided by VK_QCOM_tile_memory_heap
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TILE_MEMORY_BIT_QCOM = 0x08000000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_QUANTIZATION_DELTA_MAP_BIT_KHR = 0x02000000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_EMPHASIS_MAP_BIT_KHR = 0x04000000,
  // Provided by VK_NV_shading_rate_image
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SHADING_RATE_IMAGE_BIT_NV = VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_host_image_copy
    VK_IMAGE_USAGE_HOST_TRANSFER_BIT_EXT = VK_IMAGE_USAGE_HOST_TRANSFER_BIT,
} VkImageUsageFlagBits;Description
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BITspecifies that the image can be used as the source of a transfer command.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BITspecifies that the image can be used as the destination of a transfer command.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BITspecifies that the image can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for occupying aVkDescriptorSetslot either of typeVK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGEorVK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and be sampled by a shader.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BITspecifies that the image can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for occupying aVkDescriptorSetslot of typeVK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BITspecifies that the image can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for use as a color or resolve attachment in aVkFramebuffer.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BITspecifies that the image can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for use as a depth/stencil or depth/stencil resolve attachment in aVkFramebuffer.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BITspecifies that implementations may support using memory allocations with theVK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_LAZILY_ALLOCATED_BITto back an image with this usage. This bit can be set for any image that can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for use as a color, resolve, depth/stencil, or input attachment.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BITspecifies that the image can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for occupyingVkDescriptorSetslot of typeVK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT; be read from a shader as an input attachment; and be used as an input attachment in a framebuffer.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_BIT_EXTspecifies that the image can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for use as a fragment density map image.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHRspecifies that the image can be used to create aVkImageViewsuitable for use as a fragment shading rate attachment or shading rate image
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DST_BIT_KHRspecifies that the image can be used as a decode output picture in a video decode operation.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_SRC_BIT_KHRis reserved for future use.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DPB_BIT_KHRspecifies that the image can be used as an output reconstructed picture or an input reference picture in a video decode operation.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DST_BIT_KHRis reserved for future use.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_SRC_BIT_KHRspecifies that the image can be used as an encode input picture in a video encode operation.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DPB_BIT_KHRspecifies that the image can be used as an output reconstructed picture or an input reference picture in a video encode operation.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_ATTACHMENT_FEEDBACK_LOOP_BIT_EXTspecifies that the image can be used as a color or depth/stencil attachment with feedback loop enabled.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TILE_MEMORY_BIT_QCOMspecifies that the image can be bound toVkDeviceMemoryallocated from a VkMemoryHeap with theVK_MEMORY_HEAP_TILE_MEMORY_BIT_QCOMproperty.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_HOST_TRANSFER_BITspecifies that the image can be used with host copy commands and host layout transitions.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_QUANTIZATION_DELTA_MAP_BIT_KHRspecifies that the image can be used as a quantization delta map in a video encode operation.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_EMPHASIS_MAP_BIT_KHRspecifies that the image can be used as an emphasis map in a video encode operation.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_HOST_TRANSFER_BIT_EXTspecifies that the image can be used with host copy commands and host layout transitions.
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VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TENSOR_ALIASING_BIT_ARMspecifies that the image can be transitioned to theVK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TENSOR_ALIASING_ARMlayout. See https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#resources-memory-aliasing for a complete set of rules for tensor/image aliasing.
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.