BitmapPixelFormat Enum

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Graphics.Imaging

Specifies the pixel format of pixel data. Each enumeration value defines a channel ordering, bit depth, and data type.

public enum class BitmapPixelFormat

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class BitmapPixelFormat

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum BitmapPixelFormat

var value = Windows.Graphics.Imaging.BitmapPixelFormat.unknown

Public Enum BitmapPixelFormat

Inheritance

Enum

BitmapPixelFormat

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name	Value	Description
Unknown	0	The pixel format is unknown.
Rgba16	12	The pixel format is R16G16B16A16 unsigned integer.
Rgba8	30	The pixel format is R8G8B8A8 unsigned integer.
Gray16	57	The pixel format is 16 bpp grayscale.
Gray8	62	The pixel format is 8 bpp grayscale.
Bgra8	87	The pixel format is B8G8R8A8 unsigned integer.
Nv12	103	The pixel format is NV12.
P010	104	The pixel format is P010.
Yuy2	107	The pixel format is YUY2.

Remarks

BitmapPixelFormat is used in conjunction with BitmapAlphaMode to fully describe the pixel data.

The set of pixel formats represented by BitmapPixelFormat is smaller than the set of native pixel formats that can be supported by the bitmap codecs. For example, certain codecs support 32 bit floating point values. In these cases there will be a loss in fidelity when obtaining pixel data from the bitmap.

Version history

Windows version	SDK version	Value added
1803	17134	P010

See also

• BitmapAlphaMode