# VkImageViewCreateInfo(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkImageViewCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created image view

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## C Specification

The `VkImageViewCreateInfo` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef struct VkImageViewCreateInfo {
        VkStructureType            sType;
        const void*                pNext;
        VkImageViewCreateFlags     flags;
        VkImage                    image;
        VkImageViewType            viewType;
        VkFormat                   format;
        VkComponentMapping         components;
        VkImageSubresourceRange    subresourceRange;
    } VkImageViewCreateInfo;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `flags` is a bitmask of VkImageViewCreateFlagBits specifying additional parameters of the image view.

- `image` is a VkImage on which the view will be created.

- `viewType` is a VkImageViewType value specifying the type of the image view.

- `format` is a VkFormat specifying the format and type used to interpret texel blocks of the image.

- `components` is a VkComponentMapping structure specifying a remapping of color components (or of depth or stencil components after they have been converted into color components).

- `subresourceRange` is a VkImageSubresourceRange structure selecting the set of mipmap levels and array layers to be accessible to the view.

## Description

Some of the `image` creation parameters are inherited by the view. In particular, image view creation inherits the implicit parameter `usage` specifying the allowed usages of the image view that, by default, takes the value of the corresponding `usage` parameter specified in VkImageCreateInfo at image creation time. The implicit `usage` can be overridden by adding a VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure to the `pNext` chain, but the view usage must be a subset of the image usage. If `image` has a depth-stencil format and was created with a VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain of VkImageCreateInfo, the usage is calculated based on the `subresource.aspectMask` provided:

- If `aspectMask` includes only `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT`, the implicit `usage` is equal to VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo::`stencilUsage`.

- If `aspectMask` includes only `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT`, the implicit `usage` is equal to VkImageCreateInfo::`usage`.

- If both aspects are included in `aspectMask`, the implicit `usage` is equal to the intersection of VkImageCreateInfo::`usage` and VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo::`stencilUsage`.

If `image` is a 3D image, its Z range can be restricted to a subset by adding a VkImageViewSlicedCreateInfoEXT to the `pNext` chain.

If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT` flag, and if the `format` of the image is not multi-planar, `format` can be different from the image’s format, but if `image` was created without the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT` flag and they are not equal they must be compatible. Image format compatibility is defined in the Format Compatibility Classes section. Views of compatible formats will have the same mapping between texel coordinates and memory locations irrespective of the `format`, with only the interpretation of the bit pattern changing.

If `image` was created with a multi-planar format, and the image view’s `aspectMask` is one of `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT`, `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT` or `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT`, the view’s aspect mask is considered to be equivalent to `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT` when used as a framebuffer attachment.

Note | Values intended to be used with one view format may not be exactly preserved when written or read through a different format. For example, an integer value that happens to have the bit pattern of a floating-point denorm or NaN may be flushed or canonicalized when written or read through a view with a floating-point format. Similarly, a value written through a signed normalized format that has a bit pattern exactly equal to -2b may be changed to -2b + 1 as described in Conversion from Normalized Fixed-Point to Floating-Point.

If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT` flag, `format` must be compatible with the image’s format as described above; or must be an uncompressed format, in which case it must be size-compatible with the image’s format. In this case, the resulting image view’s texel dimensions equal the dimensions of the selected mip level divided by the compressed texel block size and rounded up.

The VkComponentMapping `components` member describes a remapping from components of the image to components of the vector returned by shader image instructions. This remapping must be the identity swizzle for storage image descriptors, input attachment descriptors, framebuffer attachments, and any `VkImageView` used with a combined image sampler that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion.

If the image view is to be used with a sampler which supports sampler Y′CBCR conversion, an identically defined object of type VkSamplerYcbcrConversion to that used to create the sampler must be passed to vkCreateImageView in a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo included in the `pNext` chain of VkImageViewCreateInfo. Conversely, if a VkSamplerYcbcrConversion object is passed to vkCreateImageView, an identically defined VkSamplerYcbcrConversion object must be used when sampling the image.

If the image has a multi-planar `format`, `subresourceRange.aspectMask` is `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT`, and `usage` includes `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT`, then the `format` must be identical to the image `format` and the sampler to be used with the image view must enable sampler Y′CBCR conversion.

When such an image is used in a video coding operation, the sampler Y′CBCR conversion has no effect.

If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT` and the image has a multi-planar `format`, and if `subresourceRange.aspectMask` is `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT`, `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT`, or `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT`, `format` must be compatible with the corresponding plane of the image, and the sampler to be used with the image view must not enable sampler Y′CBCR conversion. The `width` and `height` of the single-plane image view must be derived from the multi-planar image’s dimensions in the manner listed for plane compatibility for the plane.

Any view of an image plane will have the same mapping between texel coordinates and memory locations as used by the components of the color aspect, subject to the formulae relating texel coordinates to lower-resolution planes as described in Chroma Reconstruction. That is, if an R or B plane has a reduced resolution relative to the G plane of the multi-planar image, the image view operates using the (uplane, vplane) unnormalized coordinates of the reduced-resolution plane, and these coordinates access the same memory locations as the (ucolor, vcolor) unnormalized coordinates of the color aspect for which chroma reconstruction operations operate on the same (uplane, vplane) or (iplane, jplane) coordinates.

Table 1. Image Type and Image View Type Compatibility Requirements
Image View Type | Compatible Image Types
--- | ---
`VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D` | `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D`
`VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY` | `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D`
`VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` | `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D` , `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`
`VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY` | `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D` , `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`
`VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE` | `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D`
`VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY` | `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D`
`VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D` | `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D`

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01003
  If `image` was not created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT` then `viewType` must not be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-viewType-01004
  If the `imageCubeArray` feature is not enabled, `viewType` must not be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-06723
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D` but without `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT` set then `viewType` must not be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-06728
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D` but without `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT` or `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT_EXT` set, then `viewType` must not be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-04970
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D` and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY` then `subresourceRange.levelCount` must be 1

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-04972
  If `image` was created with a `samples` value not equal to `VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT` then `viewType` must be either `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-04441
  `image` must have been created with a `usage` value containing at least one of the usages defined in the valid image usage list for image views

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-None-02273
  The format features of the resultant image view must contain at least one bit

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-02274
  If `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT`, then the format features of the resultant image view must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-02275
  If `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-08931
  If `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT` or `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT_NV`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-02277
  If `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08333
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_VIDEO_PROFILE_INDEPENDENT_BIT_KHR` and `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DST_BIT_KHR`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VIDEO_DECODE_OUTPUT_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08334
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_VIDEO_PROFILE_INDEPENDENT_BIT_KHR` and `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VIDEO_DECODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08335
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_VIDEO_PROFILE_INDEPENDENT_BIT_KHR`, then `usage` must not include `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_SRC_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08336
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_VIDEO_PROFILE_INDEPENDENT_BIT_KHR` and `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_SRC_BIT_KHR`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VIDEO_ENCODE_INPUT_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08337
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_VIDEO_PROFILE_INDEPENDENT_BIT_KHR` and `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08338
  If `image` was created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_VIDEO_PROFILE_INDEPENDENT_BIT_KHR`, then `usage` must not include `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DST_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-10259
  If `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_QUANTIZATION_DELTA_MAP_BIT_KHR`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_VIDEO_ENCODE_QUANTIZATION_DELTA_MAP_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-10260
  If `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_EMPHASIS_MAP_BIT_KHR`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_VIDEO_ENCODE_EMPHASIS_MAP_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-08932
  If `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT`, and any of the following is true:

  - the `externalFormatResolve` feature is not enabled

  - the `nullColorAttachmentWithExternalFormatResolve` property is `VK_FALSE`

  - `image` was created with an VkExternalFormatANDROID::`externalFormat` value of 0

  then the image view’s format features must contain at least one of `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT` or `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT` or `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT_NV`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01478
  `subresourceRange.baseMipLevel` must be less than the `mipLevels` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `image` was created

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01718
  If `subresourceRange.levelCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS`, `subresourceRange.baseMipLevel` + `subresourceRange.levelCount` must be less than or equal to the `mipLevels` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `image` was created

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-02571
  If `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_BIT_EXT`, `subresourceRange.levelCount` must be `1`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-06724
  If `image` is not a 3D image created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT` or `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT_EXT` set, or `viewType` is not `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, `subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer` must be less than the `arrayLayers` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `image` was created

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-06725
  If `subresourceRange.layerCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, `image` is not a 3D image created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT` or `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT_EXT` set, or `viewType` is not `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be non-zero and `subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer` + `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be less than or equal to the `arrayLayers` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `image` was created

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-02724
  If `image` is a 3D image created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT` set, and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, `subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer` must be less than the depth computed from `baseMipLevel` and `extent.depth` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `image` was created, according to the formula defined in Image Mip Level Sizing

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-02725
  If `subresourceRange.layerCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, `image` is a 3D image created with `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT` set, and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be non-zero and `subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer` + `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be less than or equal to the depth computed from `baseMipLevel` and `extent.depth` specified in VkImageCreateInfo when `image` was created, according to the formula defined in Image Mip Level Sizing

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01761
  If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT` flag, but without the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT` flag, and if the `format` of the `image` is not a multi-planar format, `format` must be compatible with the `format` used to create `image`, as defined in Format Compatibility Classes

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01583
  If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT` flag, `format` must be compatible with, or must be an uncompressed format that is size-compatible with, the `format` used to create `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-07072
  If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT` flag and `format` is a non-compressed format, the `levelCount` member of `subresourceRange` must be `1`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-09487
  If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT` flag, the `VkPhysicalDeviceMaintenance6Properties`::`blockTexelViewCompatibleMultipleLayers` property is not `VK_TRUE`, and `format` is a non-compressed format, then the `layerCount` member of `subresourceRange` must be `1`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-01585
  If a VkImageFormatListCreateInfo structure was included in the `pNext` chain of the VkImageCreateInfo structure used when creating `image` and VkImageFormatListCreateInfo::`viewFormatCount` is not zero then `format` must be one of the formats in VkImageFormatListCreateInfo::`pViewFormats`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01586
  If `image` was created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT` flag, if the `format` of the `image` is a multi-planar format, and if `subresourceRange.aspectMask` is one of the multi-planar aspect mask bits, then `format` must be compatible with the VkFormat for the plane of the `image` `format` indicated by `subresourceRange.aspectMask`, as defined in https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#formats-compatible-planes

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-07818
  `subresourceRange.aspectMask` must only have at most 1 valid multi-planar aspect mask bit

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01762
  If `image` was not created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT` flag, or if the `format` of the `image` is a multi-planar format and if `subresourceRange.aspectMask` is `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT`, `format` must be identical to the `format` used to create `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-format-06415
  If the image view requires a sampler Y′CBCR conversion and `usage` contains `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT`, then the `pNext` chain must include a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure with a conversion value other than VK_NULL_HANDLE

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-format-04714
  If `format` has a `_422` or `_420` suffix then `image` must have been created with a width that is a multiple of 2

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-format-04715
  If `format` has a `_420` suffix then `image` must have been created with a height that is a multiple of 2

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-01970
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure with a `conversion` value other than VK_NULL_HANDLE, all members of `components` must have the identity swizzle

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06658
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure with a `conversion` value other than VK_NULL_HANDLE, `format` must be the same used in VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo::`format`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01020
  If `image` is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single `VkDeviceMemory` object

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subResourceRange-01021
  `viewType` must be compatible with the type of `image` as shown in the view type compatibility table

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-02399
  If `image` has an Android external format, `format` must be `VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-02400
  If `image` has an Android external format, the `pNext` chain must include a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure with a `conversion` object created with the same external format as `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-02401
  If `image` has an Android external format, all members of `components` must be the identity swizzle

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08957
  If `image` has an QNX Screen external format, `format` must be `VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08958
  If `image` has an QNX Screen external format, the `pNext` chain must include a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure with a `conversion` object created with the same external format as `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-08959
  If `image` has an QNX Screen external format, all members of `components` must be the identity swizzle

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-02086
  If `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR`, `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-02087
  If the `shadingRateImage` feature is enabled, and If `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SHADING_RATE_IMAGE_BIT_NV`, `format` must be `VK_FORMAT_R8_UINT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-04550
  If the `attachmentFragmentShadingRate` feature is enabled, and the `usage` for the image view includes `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR`, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-usage-04551
  If the `attachmentFragmentShadingRate` feature is enabled, the `usage` for the image view includes `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR`, and `layeredShadingRateAttachments` is `VK_FALSE`, `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be `1`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-flags-02572
  If the `fragmentDensityMapDynamic` feature is not enabled, `flags` must not contain `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_DYNAMIC_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-flags-03567
  If the `fragmentDensityMapDeferred` feature is not enabled, `flags` must not contain `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_DEFERRED_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-flags-03568
  If `flags` contains `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_DEFERRED_BIT_EXT`, `flags` must not contain `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_DYNAMIC_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-03569
  If `image` was created with `flags` containing `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SUBSAMPLED_BIT_EXT` and `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT`, `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentDensityMap2PropertiesEXT`::`maxSubsampledArrayLayers`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-invocationMask-04993
  If the `invocationMask` feature is enabled, and if `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INVOCATION_MASK_BIT_HUAWEI`, `format` must be `VK_FORMAT_R8_UINT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-flags-04116
  If `flags` does not contain `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_DYNAMIC_BIT_EXT` and `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_BIT_EXT`, its `flags` must not contain any of `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT`, `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT`, `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT`, or `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-02662
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure, and `image` was not created with a VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain of VkImageCreateInfo, its `usage` member must not include any bits that were not set in the `usage` member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure used to create `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-02663
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure, `image` was created with a VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain of VkImageCreateInfo, and `subresourceRange.aspectMask` includes `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT`, the `usage` member of the VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure must not include any bits that were not set in the `usage` member of the VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo structure used to create `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-02664
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure, `image` was created with a VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain of VkImageCreateInfo, and `subresourceRange.aspectMask` includes bits other than `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT`, the `usage` member of the VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure must not include any bits that were not set in the `usage` member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure used to create `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-imageViewType-04973
  If `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D`, `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D`, or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D`; and `subresourceRange.layerCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, then `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be 1

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-imageViewType-04974
  If `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D`, `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D`, or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D`; and `subresourceRange.layerCount` is `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, then the remaining number of layers must be 1

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-viewType-02960
  If `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE` and `subresourceRange.layerCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be `6`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-viewType-02961
  If `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY` and `subresourceRange.layerCount` is not `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be a multiple of `6`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-viewType-02962
  If `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE` and `subresourceRange.layerCount` is `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, the remaining number of layers must be `6`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-viewType-02963
  If `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY` and `subresourceRange.layerCount` is `VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS`, the remaining number of layers must be a multiple of `6`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-imageViewFormatSwizzle-04465
  If the `VK_KHR_portability_subset` extension is enabled, and VkPhysicalDevicePortabilitySubsetFeaturesKHR::`imageViewFormatSwizzle` is `VK_FALSE`, all elements of `components` must have the identity swizzle

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-imageViewFormatReinterpretation-04466
  If the `VK_KHR_portability_subset` extension is enabled, and VkPhysicalDevicePortabilitySubsetFeaturesKHR::`imageViewFormatReinterpretation` is `VK_FALSE`, the VkFormat in `format` must not contain a different number of components, or a different number of bits in each component, than the format of the `VkImage` in `image`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-04817
  If `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DST_BIT_KHR`, `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_SRC_BIT_KHR`, or `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_DECODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`, then the `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-04818
  If `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DST_BIT_KHR`, `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_SRC_BIT_KHR`, or `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_DPB_BIT_KHR`, then the `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-10261
  If `image` was created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_QUANTIZATION_DELTA_MAP_BIT_KHR` or `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_VIDEO_ENCODE_EMPHASIS_MAP_BIT_KHR`, then `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-flags-08106
  If `flags` includes `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT_EXT`, the `descriptorBufferCaptureReplay` feature must be enabled

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-08107
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkOpaqueCaptureDescriptorDataCreateInfoEXT structure, `flags` must contain `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06787
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkExportMetalObjectCreateInfoEXT structure, its `exportObjectType` member must be `VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_TEXTURE_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06944
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure, then `textureSampleWeighted` feature must be enabled

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06945
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure, then `image` must have been created with `usage` containing `VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06946
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure, then `components` must be `VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY` for all components

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06947
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure, then `subresourceRange.aspectMask` must be `VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06948
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure, then `subresourceRange.levelCount` must be `1`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06949
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure, then `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06950
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure and if `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY`, then `image` must have been created with `imageType` `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06951
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY`, then `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be equal to `2`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06952
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY`, then `image` must have been created with `width` equal to or greater than (n u m P ha ses×ma x(a l i g n(f i lt er S i ze.w i d t h,4),f i lt er S i ze.h e i g h t))

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06953
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure and if `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, then `image` must have been created with `imageType` `VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06954
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, then `subresourceRange.layerCount` must be equal or greater than numPhases

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06955
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, then `image` must have been created with `width` equal to or greater than `filterSize.width`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06956
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure and `viewType` is `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY`, then `image` must have been created with `height` equal to or greater than `filterSize.height`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-06957
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM structure then VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM::`filterSize.height` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceImageProcessingPropertiesQCOM`::`maxWeightFilterDimension.height`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-09594
  `subresourceRange.aspectMask` must be valid for the `format` the `image` was created with

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_INFO`

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-pNext
  Each `pNext` member of any structure (including this one) in the `pNext` chain must be either `NULL` or a pointer to a valid instance of VkExportMetalObjectCreateInfoEXT, VkImageViewASTCDecodeModeEXT, VkImageViewMinLodCreateInfoEXT, VkImageViewSampleWeightCreateInfoQCOM, VkImageViewSlicedCreateInfoEXT, VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo, VkOpaqueCaptureDescriptorDataCreateInfoEXT, or VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-sType-unique
  The `sType` value of each struct in the `pNext` chain must be unique, with the exception of structures of type VkExportMetalObjectCreateInfoEXT

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-flags-parameter
  `flags` must be a valid combination of VkImageViewCreateFlagBits values

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-parameter
  `image` must be a valid VkImage handle

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-viewType-parameter
  `viewType` must be a valid VkImageViewType value

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-format-parameter
  `format` must be a valid VkFormat value

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-components-parameter
  `components` must be a valid VkComponentMapping structure

- VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-parameter
  `subresourceRange` must be a valid VkImageSubresourceRange structure

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkComponentMapping, VkFormat, VkImage, VkImageSubresourceRange, VkImageViewCreateFlags, VkImageViewType, VkStructureType, vkCreateImageView

## 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 2014-2024 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0