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SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT(3)

A macro for defining custom non-FourCC pixel formats.

NAME

SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT - A macro for defining custom non-FourCC pixel formats.

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3/SDL_pixels.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

#define SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT(type, order, layout, bits, bytes) .BI ((1<<28)|((type)<<24)|((order)<<20)|((layout)<<16)|.BI ((bits) << 8) | ((bytes) << 0))

DESCRIPTION

For example, defining SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8888

looks like this:

SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT(SDL_PIXELTYPE_PACKED32, SDL_PACKEDORDER_RGBA, SDL_PACKEDLAYOUT_8888, 32, 4)

RETURN VALUE

Returns a format value in the style of SDL_PixelFormat .

THREAD SAFETY

It is safe to call this macro from any thread.

AVAILABILITY

This macro is available since SDL 3.2.0.