---
name: "dtk_create_image"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdrawtk-dev"
version: "2.0-2.1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dtk_create_image"
---

# dtk\_create\_image(3)

Create and modify a shape displaying an image

## NAME

dtk\_create\_image - Create and modify a shape displaying an image

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<drawtk.h\>**

**dtk\_hshape dtk\_create\_image(dtk\_hshape** *shp***,** \
                 **float** *x***, float** *y***, float** *width***, float** *height***,**\
                 **const float\*** *color***, dtk\_htex** *image***);**\

## DESCRIPTION

**dtk\_create\_image**() creates a rectangle of size (*height*,*width*) centered at (*cx*,*cy*) containing the image loaded in texture *image*. The image will by stretched to fit the size of the rectangle disregarding the dimension of the image. The *color* argument modulates the pixel values of the image, i.e. to display the image the same way it exist in the image file, color should be white.

*shp* and *color* have the same usage and meaning as for other shape creation function:

- \*

  *shp* can be used to modify a previously created shape. If it is non-null, the handle will be used to modify the shape referenced by *shp*: no new shape is created and the returned value is ensured to be *shp* in case of success, *NULL* otherwise. If *shp* is *NULL*, the function will attempt to create a new shape.

- \*

  *color* should point to a 4 float array containing a normalized RGBA value (i.e. each component is between 0.0 and 1.0).

## RETURN VALUE

In case of success these functions return the handle to the newly created or modified shape. If the *shp* argument is non-null, the handle returned is the same value. In case of error, *NULL* is returned.

## SEE ALSO

[**dtk\_destroy\_shape**(3)](/dtk_destroy_shape/3.md), [**dtk\_load\_image**(3)](/dtk_load_image/3.md)