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# CVMetalTexture

A texture-based image buffer that supplies source image data for use with the Metal framework.

## Overview

A Core Video Metal Texture is a texture-based image buffer that supplies source image data for use with the Metal framework.

## Topics

### Inspecting Textures

[`CVMetalTextureGetTexture`](/documentation/CoreVideo/CVMetalTextureGetTexture(_:))

Returns the Metal texture object for the image buffer.

[`CVMetalTextureGetCleanTexCoords`](/documentation/CoreVideo/CVMetalTextureGetCleanTexCoords(_:_:_:_:_:))

Returns convenient normalized texture coordinates for the part of the image that should be displayed.

[`CVMetalTextureIsFlipped`](/documentation/CoreVideo/CVMetalTextureIsFlipped(_:))

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the texture image is vertically flipped.

[`CVMetalTextureGetTypeID`](/documentation/CoreVideo/CVMetalTextureGetTypeID())

Returns the Core Foundation type identifier for a CoreVideo Metal texture-based image buffer.

### Data Types

[`CVMetalTexture`](/documentation/CoreVideo/CVMetalTexture)

A reference to a CoreVideo Metal texture-based image buffer.


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