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;

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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.

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