Web/API/WebGLRenderingContext/texImage2D

The WebGLRenderingContext.texImage2D() method of the WebGL API specifies a two-dimensional texture image.

Syntax

// WebGL1:
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ArrayBufferView? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, ImageData? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, HTMLImageElement? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, HTMLCanvasElement? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, HTMLVideoElement? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, ImageBitmap? pixels);

// WebGL2:
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, GLintptr offset);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, HTMLCanvasElement source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, HTMLImageElement source); 
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, HTMLVideoElement source); 
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ImageBitmap source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ImageData source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ArrayBufferView srcData, srcOffset);

Parameters

target

A GLenum specifying the binding point (target) of the active texture. Possible values:

• gl.TEXTURE_2D: A two-dimensional texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X: Positive X face for a cube-mapped texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X: Negative X face for a cube-mapped texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y: Positive Y face for a cube-mapped texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Y: Negative Y face for a cube-mapped texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Z: Positive Z face for a cube-mapped texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Z: Negative Z face for a cube-mapped texture.

level

A GLint specifying the level of detail. Level 0 is the base image level and level n is the nth mipmap reduction level.

internalformat

A GLenum specifying the color components in the texture.

Possible values in both WebGL1 and WebGL2

Format	Type	Channels	Bytes per pixel
RGBA	UNSIGNED_BYTE	4	4
RGB	UNSIGNED_BYTE	3	3
RGBA	UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4	4	2
RGBA	UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1	4	2
RGB	UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5	3	2
LUMINANCE_ALPHA	UNSIGNED_BYTE	2	2
LUMINANCE	UNSIGNED_BYTE	1	1
ALPHA	UNSIGNED_BYTE	1	1

Other possible values in WebGL2 for the versions of texImage2D that take an ArrayBufferView or a GLintptr offset

Sized Format	Base Format	R bits	G bits	B bits	A bits	Shared bits	Color renderable	Texture filterable
R8	RED	8					●	●
R8_SNORM	RED	s8						●
RG8	RG	8	8				●	●
RG8_SNORM	RG	s8	s8					●
RGB8	RGB	8	8	8			●	●
RGB8_SNORM	RGB	s8	s8	s8				●
RGB565	RGB	5	6	5			●	●
RGBA4	RGBA	4	4	4	4		●	●
RGB5_A1	RGBA	5	5	5	1		●	●
RGBA8	RGBA	8	8	8	8		●	●
RGBA8_SNORM	RGBA	s8	s8	s8	s8			●
RGB10_A2	RGBA	10	10	10	2		●	●
RGB10_A2UI	RGBA	ui10	ui10	ui10	ui2		●
SRGB8	RGB	8	8	8				●
SRGB8_ALPHA8	RGBA	8	8	8	8		●	●
R16F	RED	f16						●
RG16F	RG	f16	f16					●
RGB16F	RGB	f16	f16	f16				●
RGBA16F	RGBA	f16	f16	f16	f16			●
R32F	RED	f32
RG32F	RG	f32	f32
RGB32F	RGB	f32	f32	f32
RGBA32F	RGBA	f32	f32	f32	f32
R11F_G11F_B10F	RGB	f11	f11	f10				●
RGB9_E5	RGB	9	9	9		5		●
R8I	RED	i8					●
R8UI	RED	ui8					●
R16I	RED	i16					●
R16UI	RED	ui16					●
R32I	RED	i32					●
R32UI	RED	ui32					●
RG8I	RG	i8	i8				●
RG8UI	RG	ui8	ui8				●
RG16I	RG	i16	i16				●
RG16UI	RG	ui16	ui16				●
RG32I	RG	i32	i32				●
RG32UI	RG	ui32	ui32				●
RGB8I	RGB	i8	i8	i8
RGB8UI	RGB	ui8	ui8	ui8
RGB16I	RGB	i16	i16	i16
RGB16UI	RGB	ui16	ui16	ui16
RGB32I	RGB	i32	i32	i32
RGB32UI	RGB	ui32	ui32	ui32
RGBA8I	RGBA	i8	i8	i8	i8		●
RGBA8UI	RGBA	ui8	ui8	ui8	ui8		●
RGBA16I	RGBA	i16	i16	i16	i16		●
RGBA16UI	RGBA	ui16	ui16	ui16	ui16		●
RGBA32I	RGBA	i32	i32	i32	i32		●
RGBA32UI	RGBA	ui32	ui32	ui32	ui32		●

Possible values in WebGL2 for the versions of texImage2D that take a texture an HTMLImageElement, HTMLCanvasElement, HTMLVideoElement, ImageBitmap, or ImageData

• gl.ALPHA: Discards the red, green and blue components and reads the alpha component.
• gl.RGB: Discards the alpha components and reads the red, green and blue components.
• gl.RGBA: Red, green, blue and alpha components are read from the color buffer.
• gl.LUMINANCE: Each color component is a luminance component, alpha is 1.0.
• gl.LUMINANCE_ALPHA: Each component is a luminance/alpha component.
• When using the WEBGL_depth_texture extension:
  • gl.DEPTH_COMPONENT
  • gl.DEPTH_STENCIL
• When using the EXT_sRGB extension:
  • ext.SRGB_EXT
  • ext.SRGB_ALPHA_EXT
• When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values are available additionally:
  • gl.R8
  • gl.R16F
  • gl.R32F
  • gl.R8UI
  • gl.RG8
  • gl.RG16F
  • gl.RG32F
  • gl.RG8UI
  • gl.RG16UI
  • gl.RG32UI
  • gl.RGB8
  • gl.SRGB8
  • gl.RGB565
  • gl.R11F_G11F_B10F
  • gl.RGB9_E5
  • gl.RGB16F
  • gl.RGB32F
  • gl.RGB8UI
  • gl.RGBA8
  • gl.SRGB8_ALPHA8
  • gl.RGB5_A1
  • gl.RGB10_A2
  • gl.RGBA4
  • gl.RGBA16F
  • gl.RGBA32F
  • gl.RGBA8UI

width

A GLsizei specifying the width of the texture.

height

A GLsizei specifying the height of the texture.

border

A GLint specifying the width of the border. Must be 0.

format

A GLenum specifying the format of the texel data. In WebGL 1, this must be the same as internalformat (see above). in WebGL 2, the combinations are listed in this table.

type

A GLenum specifying the data type of the texel data. Possible values:

• gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE: 8 bits per channel for gl.RGBA
• gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5: 5 red bits, 6 green bits, 5 blue bits.
• gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4: 4 red bits, 4 green bits, 4 blue bits, 4 alpha bits.
• gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1: 5 red bits, 5 green bits, 5 blue bits, 1 alpha bit.
• When using the WEBGL_depth_texture extension:
  • gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT
  • gl.UNSIGNED_INT
  • ext.UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_WEBGL (constant provided by the extension)
• When using the OES_texture_float extension:
  • gl.FLOAT
• When using the OES_texture_half_float extension:
  • ext.HALF_FLOAT_OES (constant provided by the extension)
• When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values are available additionally:
  • gl.BYTE
  • gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT
  • gl.SHORT
  • gl.UNSIGNED_INT
  • gl.INT
  • gl.HALF_FLOAT
  • gl.FLOAT
  • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV
  • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_10F_11F_11F_REV
  • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_5_9_9_9_REV
  • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_24_8
  • gl.FLOAT_32_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_REV (pixels must be null)

pixels

One of the following objects can be used as a pixel source for the texture:

• ArrayBufferView,
  • A Uint8Array must be used if type is gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE.
  • A Uint16Array must be used if type is either gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT or ext.HALF_FLOAT_OES.
  • A Uint32Array must be used if type is gl.UNSIGNED_INT or ext.UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_WEBGL.
  • A Float32Array must be used if type is gl.FLOAT.
• ImageData,
• HTMLImageElement,
• HTMLCanvasElement,
• HTMLVideoElement,
• ImageBitmap.

offset

(WebGL 2 only) A GLintptr byte offset into the WebGLBuffer's data store. Used to upload data to the currently bound WebGLTexture from the WebGLBuffer bound to the PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER target.

Return value

None.

Examples

gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, image);

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WebGL 1.0The definition of 'texImage2D' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition for WebGL.
OpenGL ES 2.0The definition of 'glTexImage2D' in that specification.	Standard	Man page of the (similar) OpenGL ES 2.0 API.
WebGL 2.0The definition of 'texImage2D' in that specification.	Editor's Draft	Updated definition for WebGL.
OpenGL ES 3.0The definition of 'glTexImage2D' in that specification.	Standard	Man page of the (similar) OpenGL ES 3.0 API.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
texImage2D	Chrome Full support 9	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 11	Opera Full support 12	Safari Full support 5.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 25	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support 12	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5
WebGL2	Chrome Full support 56	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 51	IE No support No	Opera Full support 43	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 58	Chrome Android Full support 58	Firefox Android Full support 51	Opera Android Full support 43	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

See also

• WebGLRenderingContext.createTexture()
• WebGLRenderingContext.bindTexture()
• WebGLRenderingContext.texSubImage2D()
• WebGLRenderingContext.compressedTexImage2D()
• WebGLRenderingContext.copyTexImage2D()
• WebGLRenderingContext.getTexParameter()
• WEBGL_depth_texture
• OES_texture_float
• OES_texture_half_float
• EXT_sRGB

WebGLRenderingContext.texImage2D() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.