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# PHAssetResourceType

Describes the relationship of an asset resource to its owning asset.

```
enum PHAssetResourceType
```

## Topics

### Resource Types

[`PHAssetResourceTypePhoto`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/photo)

Provides the original photo data for its asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeVideo`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/video)

Provides the original video data for its asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeAudio`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/audio)

Provides the original audio data for its asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeAlternatePhoto`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/alternatePhoto)

Provides photo data that isn’t the primary form of its asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeFullSizePhoto`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/fullSizePhoto)

Provides a modified version of the original photo asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeFullSizeVideo`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/fullSizeVideo)

Provides a modified version of the original video asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeAdjustmentData`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/adjustmentData)

Provides data for use in reconstructing recent edits to its asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeAdjustmentBasePhoto`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/adjustmentBasePhoto)

Provides an unaltered version of its photo asset for use in for use in reconstructing recent edits.

[`PHAssetResourceTypePairedVideo`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/pairedVideo)

Provides the original video data component of a Live Photo asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeFullSizePairedVideo`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/fullSizePairedVideo)

Provides the current video data component of a Live Photo asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeAdjustmentBaseVideo`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/adjustmentBaseVideo)

Provides an unaltered version of its video asset.

[`PHAssetResourceTypeAdjustmentBasePairedVideo`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetResourceType/adjustmentBasePairedVideo)

Provides an unaltered version of the video data for a Live Photo asset for use in reconstructing recent edits.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

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