# vkCreateImageView(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateImageView - Create an image view from an existing image

## C Specification

To create an image view, call:

    VkResult vkCreateImageView(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkImageViewCreateInfo*                pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkImageView*                                pView);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that creates the image view.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a `VkImageViewCreateInfo` structure containing parameters to be used to create the image view.

- `pAllocator` controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

- `pView` is a pointer to a VkImageView handle in which the resulting image view object is returned.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkImageViewCreateInfo structure

- If `pAllocator` is not `NULL`, `pAllocator` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

- `pView` must be a valid pointer to a VkImageView handle

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - `VK_SUCCESS`

On failure, this command returns

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY`

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY`

## See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkImageView, VkImageViewCreateInfo

## 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 (c) 2014-2020 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.