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# vImage_AffineTransform

A structure for values that represent an affine transformation.

```
struct vImage_AffineTransform
```

## Overview

This structure represents the 3x2 matrix :

![3 by 2 matrix](images/com.apple.accelerate/media-2557524.gif)

In 32-bit applications, this structure is just like the Core Graphics <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreFoundation/CGAffineTransform> data structure. In 64-bit applications, the Core Graphics data structure is equivalent to [`vImage_AffineTransform_Double`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform_Double). Most of the time, you should use the [`vImage_CGAffineTransform`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_CGAffineTransform) data structure, which changes size depending on architecture.

The <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreGraphics/cgaffinetransform> describes functions for creating and manipulating matrixes of this form.

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init(a:b:c:d:tx:ty:)`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/init(a:b:c:d:tx:ty:)-58fxt)

Returns a new affine transform.

[`init()`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/init())

[`init(a:b:c:d:tx:ty:)`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/init(a:b:c:d:tx:ty:)-6b4yl)

### Affine Transform Matrix Elements

[`a`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/a)

The entry at position `[1,1]` in the matrix.

[`b`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/b)

The entry at position `[1,2]` in the matrix.

[`c`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/c)

The entry at position `[2,1]` in the matrix.

[`d`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/d)

The entry at position `[2,2]` in the matrix.

[`tx`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/tx)

The entry at position `[3,1]` in the matrix.

[`ty`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_AffineTransform/ty)

The entry at position `[3,2]` in the matrix.



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