# vkCmdSetColorBlendEquationEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCmdSetColorBlendEquationEXT - Specify the blend factors and operations dynamically for a command buffer

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## C Specification

To dynamically set color blend factors and operations, call:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3, VK_EXT_shader_object
    void vkCmdSetColorBlendEquationEXT(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        uint32_t                                    firstAttachment,
        uint32_t                                    attachmentCount,
        const VkColorBlendEquationEXT*              pColorBlendEquations);

## Parameters

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

- `firstAttachment` the first color attachment the color blend factors and operations apply to.

- `attachmentCount` the number of VkColorBlendEquationEXT elements in the `pColorBlendEquations` array.

- `pColorBlendEquations` an array of VkColorBlendEquationEXT structs that specify the color blend factors and operations for the corresponding attachments.

## Description

This command sets the color blending factors and operations of the specified attachments for subsequent drawing commands when drawing using shader objects, or when the graphics pipeline is created with `VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_COLOR_BLEND_EQUATION_EXT` set in VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo::`pDynamicStates`. Otherwise, this state is specified by the VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState::`srcColorBlendFactor`, VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState::`dstColorBlendFactor`, VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState::`colorBlendOp`, VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState::`srcAlphaBlendFactor`, VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState::`dstAlphaBlendFactor`, and VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState::`alphaBlendOp` values used to create the currently active pipeline.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCmdSetColorBlendEquationEXT-None-09423
  At least one of the following must be true:

  - The `extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendEquation` feature is enabled

  - The `shaderObject` feature is enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkCmdSetColorBlendEquationEXT-pColorBlendEquations-parameter
  `pColorBlendEquations` must be a valid pointer to an array of `attachmentCount` valid VkColorBlendEquationEXT structures

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

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

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

- VUID-vkCmdSetColorBlendEquationEXT-attachmentCount-arraylength
  `attachmentCount` must be greater than `0`

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 | Both | Outside | Graphics | State

## See Also

VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3, VK_EXT_shader_object, VkColorBlendEquationEXT, VkCommandBuffer

## 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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