# vImageConvert_ARGB8888ToRGB16U(_:_:_:_:_:_:) Removes the alpha channel from an 8-bit-per-channel ARGB buffer to produce an unsigned 16-bit-per-channel RGB result. ``` func vImageConvert_ARGB8888ToRGB16U(_ src: UnsafePointer, _ dest: UnsafePointer, _ permuteMap: UnsafePointer, _ copyMask: UInt8, _ backgroundColor: UnsafePointer, _ flags: vImage_Flags) -> vImage_Error ``` ## Parameters `src` The source vImage buffer. `dest` A pointer to the destination vImage buffer structure. You’re responsible for filling out the [`height`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_Buffer/height), [`width`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_Buffer/width), and [`rowBytes`](/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_Buffer/rowBytes) fields of this structure, and for allocating a data buffer of the appropriate size. On return, the data buffer this structure points to contains the destination image data. When you no longer need the data buffer, deallocate the memory to prevent memory leaks. `permuteMap` An array of four 8-bit integers with the values `0`, `1`, `2`, and 3, in some order. Each value specifies the channel from the source image that the function copies to the destination channel at the corresponding index.  `copyMask` A bitmask that specifies the channel from the background color that the function copies to the destination channel at the corresponding index. The `1000` bit corresponds to the alpha channel, the `0100` bit corresponds to the red channel, the `0010` corresponds to the green channel, and the `0001` bit corresponds to the blue channel. `backgroundColor` A 16-bit-per-channel, 4-channel pixel value that replaces the destination pixels based on the copy mask. `flags` The options to use when performing the operation. If your code implements its own tiling or its own multithreading, pass [`kvImageDoNotTile`](/documentation/Accelerate/kvImageDoNotTile); otherwise, pass [`kvImageNoFlags`](/documentation/Accelerate/kvImageNoFlags). ## Return Value [`kvImageNoError`](/documentation/Accelerate/kvImageNoError); otherwise, one of the error codes in . ## Discussion This function doesn’t work in place. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)