VkBlitImageInfo2(3)

# VkBlitImageInfo2(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkBlitImageInfo2 - Structure specifying parameters of blit image command

## C Specification

The `VkBlitImageInfo2` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_3
    typedef struct VkBlitImageInfo2 {
        VkStructureType        sType;
        const void*            pNext;
        VkImage                srcImage;
        VkImageLayout          srcImageLayout;
        VkImage                dstImage;
        VkImageLayout          dstImageLayout;
        uint32_t               regionCount;
        const VkImageBlit2*    pRegions;
        VkFilter               filter;
    } VkBlitImageInfo2;

    // Provided by VK_KHR_copy_commands2
    // Equivalent to VkBlitImageInfo2
    typedef VkBlitImageInfo2 VkBlitImageInfo2KHR;

## Members

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

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

- `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 VkImageBlit2 structures specifying the regions to blit.

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

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-01999
  The format features of `srcImage` must contain VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-06421
  `srcImage` must not use a format that requires a sampler Y′CBCR conversion

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-00219
  `srcImage` must have been created with the VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT usage flag set

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-00220
  If `srcImage` is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single `VkDeviceMemory` object

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImageLayout-01398
  `srcImageLayout` must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHARED_PRESENT_KHR, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-09459
  If `srcImage` and `dstImage` are the same, and an element 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-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImage-02000
  The format features of `dstImage` must contain VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImage-06422
  `dstImage` must not use a format that requires a sampler Y′CBCR conversion

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImage-00224
  `dstImage` must have been created with the VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag set

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImage-00225
  If `dstImage` is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single `VkDeviceMemory` object

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImageLayout-01399
  `dstImageLayout` must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHARED_PRESENT_KHR, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-00230
  If either of `srcImage` or `dstImage` was created with an unsigned integer color VkFormat, the other must also have been created with an unsigned integer color VkFormat

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-00231
  If either of `srcImage` or `dstImage` was created with a depth/stencil format, the other must have exactly the same format

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-00232
  If `srcImage` was created with a depth/stencil format, `filter` must be VK_FILTER_NEAREST

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-00233
  `srcImage` must have been created with a `samples` value of VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImage-00234
  `dstImage` must have been created with a `samples` value of VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-filter-00237
  If `filter` is VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT, `srcImage` must be of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImage-02545
  `dstImage` and `srcImage` must not have been created with `flags` containing VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SUBSAMPLED_BIT_EXT

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-aspectMask-00241
  For each element of `pRegions`, `srcSubresource.aspectMask` must specify aspects present in `srcImage`

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-aspectMask-00242
  For each element of `pRegions`, `dstSubresource.aspectMask` must specify aspects present in `dstImage`

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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-VkBlitImageInfo2-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`

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-pRegions-04561
  If any element of `pRegions` contains VkCopyCommandTransformInfoQCOM in its `pNext` chain, then `srcImage` and `dstImage` must not be block-compressed images

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2KHR-pRegions-06207
  If any element of `pRegions` contains VkCopyCommandTransformInfoQCOM in its `pNext` chain, then `srcImage` must be of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2KHR-pRegions-06208
  If any element of `pRegions` contains VkCopyCommandTransformInfoQCOM in its `pNext` chain, then `srcImage` must not have a multi-planar format

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-filter-09204
  If `filter` is VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT and if the selectableCubicWeights feature is not enabled then the cubic weights must be VK_CUBIC_FILTER_WEIGHTS_CATMULL_ROM_QCOM

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BLIT_IMAGE_INFO_2

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL` or a pointer to a valid instance of VkBlitImageCubicWeightsInfoQCOM

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-sType-unique
  The `sType` value of each structure in the `pNext` chain must be unique

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImage-parameter
  `srcImage` must be a valid VkImage handle

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-srcImageLayout-parameter
  `srcImageLayout` must be a valid VkImageLayout value

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImage-parameter
  `dstImage` must be a valid VkImage handle

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-dstImageLayout-parameter
  `dstImageLayout` must be a valid VkImageLayout value

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-pRegions-parameter
  `pRegions` must be a valid pointer to an array of `regionCount` valid VkImageBlit2 structures

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-filter-parameter
  `filter` must be a valid VkFilter value

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-regionCount-arraylength
  `regionCount` must be greater than `0`

- VUID-VkBlitImageInfo2-commonparent
  Both of `dstImage`, and `srcImage` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

## See Also

VK_KHR_copy_commands2, VK_VERSION_1_3, VkFilter, VkImage, VkImageBlit2, VkImageLayout, VkStructureType, vkCmdBlitImage2, vkCmdBlitImage2

## 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 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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