vkCmdBlitImage(3)

# vkCmdBlitImage(3) Manual Page

## Name

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

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## 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_0
    void vkCmdBlitImage(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        VkImage                                     srcImage,
        VkImageLayout                               srcImageLayout,
        VkImage                                     dstImage,
        VkImageLayout                               dstImageLayout,
        uint32_t                                    regionCount,
        const VkImageBlit*                          pRegions,
        VkFilter                                    filter);

## Parameters

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

- `srcImage` is the source image.

- `srcImageLayout` is the layout of the source image subresources for the blit.

- `dstImage` is the destination image.

- `dstImageLayout` is the layout of the destination image subresources for the blit.

- `regionCount` is the number of regions to blit.

- `pRegions` is a pointer to an array of VkImageBlit structures specifying the regions to blit.

- `filter` is a VkFilter specifying the filter to apply if the blits require scaling.

## Description

`vkCmdBlitImage` must not be used for multisampled source or destination images. Use vkCmdResolveImage for this purpose.

As the sizes of the source and destination extents can differ in any dimension, texels in the source extent are scaled and filtered to the destination extent. Scaling occurs via the following operations:

- For each destination texel, the integer coordinate of that texel is converted to an unnormalized texture coordinate, using the effective inverse of the equations described in unnormalized to integer conversion:

    ubase = i + ½

    vbase = j + ½

    wbase = k + ½

- These base coordinates are then offset by the first destination offset:

    uoffset = ubase - xdst0

    voffset = vbase - ydst0

    woffset = wbase - zdst0

    aoffset = a - `baseArrayCount`dst

- The scale is determined from the source and destination regions, and applied to the offset coordinates:

    scaleu = (xsrc1 - xsrc0) / (xdst1 - xdst0)

    scalev = (ysrc1 - ysrc0) / (ydst1 - ydst0)

    scalew = (zsrc1 - zsrc0) / (zdst1 - zdst0)

    uscaled = uoffset × scaleu

    vscaled = voffset × scalev

    wscaled = woffset × scalew

- Finally the source offset is added to the scaled coordinates, to determine the final unnormalized coordinates used to sample from `srcImage`:

    u = uscaled + xsrc0

    v = vscaled + ysrc0

    w = wscaled + zsrc0

    q = `mipLevel`

    a = aoffset + `baseArrayCount`src

These coordinates are used to sample from the source image, as described in Image Operations chapter, with the filter mode equal to that of `filter`, a mipmap mode of `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_NEAREST` and an address mode of `VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_CLAMP_TO_EDGE`. Implementations must clamp at the edge of the source image, and may additionally clamp to the edge of the source region.

Note | Due to allowable rounding errors in the generation of the source texture coordinates, it is not always possible to guarantee exactly which source texels will be sampled for a given blit. As rounding errors are implementation-dependent, the exact results of a blitting operation are also implementation-dependent.

Blits are done layer by layer starting with the `baseArrayLayer` member of `srcSubresource` for the source and `dstSubresource` for the destination. `layerCount` layers are blitted to the destination image.

When blitting 3D textures, slices in the destination region bounded by `dstOffsets`[0].z and `dstOffsets`[1].z are sampled from slices in the source region bounded by `srcOffsets`[0].z and `srcOffsets`[1].z. If the `filter` parameter is `VK_FILTER_LINEAR` then the value sampled from the source image is taken by doing linear filtering using the interpolated z coordinate represented by w in the previous equations. If the `filter` parameter is `VK_FILTER_NEAREST` then the value sampled from the source image is taken from the single nearest slice, with an implementation-dependent arithmetic rounding mode.

The following filtering and conversion rules apply:

- Integer formats can only be converted to other integer formats with the same signedness.

- No format conversion is supported between depth/stencil images. The formats must match.

- Format conversions on unorm, snorm, scaled and packed float formats of the copied aspect of the image are performed by first converting the pixels to float values.

- For sRGB source formats, nonlinear RGB values are converted to linear representation prior to filtering.

- After filtering, the float values are first clamped and then cast to the destination image format. In case of sRGB destination format, linear RGB values are converted to nonlinear representation before writing the pixel to the image.

Signed and unsigned integers are converted by first clamping to the representable range of the destination format, then casting the value.

Valid Usage

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

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

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

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-pRegions-00217
  The union of all destination regions, specified by the elements of `pRegions`, must not overlap in memory with any texel that may be sampled during the blit operation

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-01999
  The format features of `srcImage` must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-06421
  `srcImage` must not use a format that requires a sampler Y′CBCR conversion

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00219
  `srcImage` must have been created with `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT` usage flag

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00220
  If `srcImage` is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single `VkDeviceMemory` object

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImageLayout-00221
  `srcImageLayout` must specify the layout of the image subresources of `srcImage` specified in `pRegions` at the time this command is executed on a `VkDevice`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImageLayout-01398
  `srcImageLayout` must be `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHARED_PRESENT_KHR`, `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL` or `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-09459
  If `srcImage` and `dstImage` are the same, and an elements of `pRegions` contains the `srcSubresource` and `dstSubresource` with matching `mipLevel` and overlapping array layers, then the `srcImageLayout` and `dstImageLayout` must be `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL` or `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHARED_PRESENT_KHR`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-02000
  The format features of `dstImage` must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-06422
  `dstImage` must not use a format that requires a sampler Y′CBCR conversion

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-00224
  `dstImage` must have been created with `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT` usage flag

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-00225
  If `dstImage` is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single `VkDeviceMemory` object

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImageLayout-00226
  `dstImageLayout` must specify the layout of the image subresources of `dstImage` specified in `pRegions` at the time this command is executed on a `VkDevice`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImageLayout-01399
  `dstImageLayout` must be `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHARED_PRESENT_KHR`, `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL` or `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00229
  If either of `srcImage` or `dstImage` was created with a signed integer VkFormat, the other must also have been created with a signed integer VkFormat

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00230
  If either of `srcImage` or `dstImage` was created with an unsigned integer VkFormat, the other must also have been created with an unsigned integer VkFormat

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00231
  If either of `srcImage` or `dstImage` was created with a depth/stencil format, the other must have exactly the same format

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00232
  If `srcImage` was created with a depth/stencil format, `filter` must be `VK_FILTER_NEAREST`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00233
  `srcImage` must have been created with a `samples` value of `VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-00234
  `dstImage` must have been created with a `samples` value of `VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-filter-02001
  If `filter` is `VK_FILTER_LINEAR`, then the format features of `srcImage` must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-filter-02002
  If `filter` is `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT`, then the format features of `srcImage` must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_CUBIC_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-filter-00237
  If `filter` is `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT`, `srcImage` must be of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcSubresource-01705
  The `srcSubresource.mipLevel` member of each element of `pRegions` must be less than the `mipLevels` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `srcImage` was created

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstSubresource-01706
  The `dstSubresource.mipLevel` member of each element of `pRegions` must be less than the `mipLevels` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `dstImage` was created

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcSubresource-01707
  If `srcSubresource.layerCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, `srcSubresource.baseArrayLayer` + `srcSubresource.layerCount` of each element of `pRegions` must be less than or equal to the `arrayLayers` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `srcImage` was created

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstSubresource-01708
  If `dstSubresource.layerCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, `dstSubresource.baseArrayLayer` + `dstSubresource.layerCount` of each element of `pRegions` must be less than or equal to the `arrayLayers` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `dstImage` was created

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-02545
  `dstImage` and `srcImage` must not have been created with `flags` containing `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SUBSAMPLED_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-maintenance8-10207
  If the `maintenance8` feature is enabled and `srcImage` is of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, `srcSubresource.baseArrayLayer` must be `0`, and `srcSubresource.layerCount` and `dstSubresource.layerCount` must each be `1`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-maintenance8-10208
  If the `maintenance8` feature is enabled and `dstImage` is of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, `dstSubresource.baseArrayLayer` must be `0`, and `srcSubresource.layerCount` and `dstSubresource.layerCount` must each be `1`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-maintenance8-10579
  If the `maintenance8` feature is enabled, `dstImage` is `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`, and `srcImage` is not of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, the absolute difference of the `z` member of each member of `dstOffsets` must equal `srcSubresource.layerCount`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-maintenance8-10580
  If the `maintenance8` feature is enabled, `srcImage` is `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`, and `dstImage` is not of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, the absolute difference of the `z` member of each member of `srcOffsets` must equal `dstSubresource.layerCount`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00240
  If the `maintenance8` feature is not enabled and either `srcImage` or `dstImage` is of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, `srcSubresource.baseArrayLayer` and `dstSubresource.baseArrayLayer` must each be `0`, and `srcSubresource.layerCount` and `dstSubresource.layerCount` must each be `1`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-aspectMask-00241
  For each element of `pRegions`, `srcSubresource.aspectMask` must specify aspects present in `srcImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-aspectMask-00242
  For each element of `pRegions`, `dstSubresource.aspectMask` must specify aspects present in `dstImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcOffset-00243
  For each element of `pRegions`, `srcOffsets`[0].x and `srcOffsets`[1].x must both be greater than or equal to `0` and less than or equal to the width of the specified `srcSubresource` of `srcImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcOffset-00244
  For each element of `pRegions`, `srcOffsets`[0].y and `srcOffsets`[1].y must both be greater than or equal to `0` and less than or equal to the height of the specified `srcSubresource` of `srcImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00245
  If `srcImage` is of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, `srcOffsets`[0].y must be `0` and `srcOffsets`[1].y must be `1`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcOffset-00246
  For each element of `pRegions`, `srcOffsets`[0].z and `srcOffsets`[1].z must both be greater than or equal to `0` and less than or equal to the depth of the specified `srcSubresource` of `srcImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-00247
  If `srcImage` is of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D` or `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, `srcOffsets`[0].z must be `0` and `srcOffsets`[1].z must be `1`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstOffset-00248
  For each element of `pRegions`, `dstOffsets`[0].x and `dstOffsets`[1].x must both be greater than or equal to `0` and less than or equal to the width of the specified `dstSubresource` of `dstImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstOffset-00249
  For each element of `pRegions`, `dstOffsets`[0].y and `dstOffsets`[1].y must both be greater than or equal to `0` and less than or equal to the height of the specified `dstSubresource` of `dstImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-00250
  If `dstImage` is of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, `dstOffsets`[0].y must be `0` and `dstOffsets`[1].y must be `1`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstOffset-00251
  For each element of `pRegions`, `dstOffsets`[0].z and `dstOffsets`[1].z must both be greater than or equal to `0` and less than or equal to the depth of the specified `dstSubresource` of `dstImage`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-00252
  If `dstImage` is of type `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D` or `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D`, then for each element of `pRegions`, `dstOffsets`[0].z must be `0` and `dstOffsets`[1].z must be `1`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImage-parameter
  `srcImage` must be a valid VkImage handle

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-srcImageLayout-parameter
  `srcImageLayout` must be a valid VkImageLayout value

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImage-parameter
  `dstImage` must be a valid VkImage handle

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-dstImageLayout-parameter
  `dstImageLayout` must be a valid VkImageLayout value

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-pRegions-parameter
  `pRegions` must be a valid pointer to an array of `regionCount` valid VkImageBlit structures

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-filter-parameter
  `filter` must be a valid VkFilter value

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

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support graphics operations

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

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

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-regionCount-arraylength
  `regionCount` must be greater than `0`

- VUID-vkCmdBlitImage-commonparent
  Each of `commandBuffer`, `dstImage`, and `srcImage` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

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 | Graphics | Action

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkCommandBuffer, VkFilter, VkImage, VkImageBlit, VkImageLayout

## 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 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

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