GraphicsFormat

Description

Use this format to create either Textures or RenderTextures from scripts.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Experimental.Rendering;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    TextureCreationFlags flags;
    void Start()
    {
        // Create a new texture and assign it to the material of the renderer.
        var texture = new Texture2D(128, 128, GraphicsFormat.R8G8B8A8_SRGB, flags);
        GetComponent<Renderer>().material.mainTexture = texture;
    }
}

Each graphics card may not support all usages across formats. Use SystemInfo.IsFormatSupported to check which usages the graphics card supports.

Each "format" is represented by a single enum value. The name of a format is based on the following criteria:

• For color formats, the component-format specifies the size of the R, G, B, and A components (if present).
• For depth/stencil formats, the component-format specifies the size of the depth (D) and stencil (S) components (if present).
• UNorm: The components are unsigned normalized values in the range [0,1].
• SNorm: The components are signed normalized values in the range [-1,1].
• UInt: The components are unsigned integer values in the range [0, 2^(n-1)].
• SInt: The components are signed integer values in the range [-2^(n-1),2^(n-1)-1].
• UFloat: The components are unsigned floating-point numbers (used by packed, shared exponent, and some compressed formats).
• SFloat: The components are signed floating-point numbers.
• SRGB: The R, G, and B components are unsigned normalized values that represent values using sRGB nonlinear encoding, while the A component (if one exists) is a regular unsigned normalized value.
• PACKnn: The format is packed into an underlying type with nn bits.

Additional resources: Texture2D, texture assets.

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