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# texture(from:crop:)

Renders a portion of a node’s contents and returns the rendered image as a SpriteKit texture.

```
func texture(from node: SKNode, crop: CGRect) -> SKTexture?
```

## Parameters

`node`

A node object representing the root node of the tree to be render to the texture.

`crop`

A rectangle in the `node`’s coordinate system that describes the area to be rendered.

## Return Value

A SpriteKit texture that holds the rendered image.

## Discussion

The `node` being rendered does not need to appear in the interface’s presented scene. The new texture is created with a size equal to the size of the `crop` rectangle. If the `node` is not a scene node, it is rendered with a clear background color (`[SKColor clearColor]`).

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