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# AVVideoApertureMode

A value that describes how a video is scaled or cropped.

```
struct AVVideoApertureMode
```

## Topics

### Aperture modes

[`cleanAperture`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoApertureMode/cleanAperture)

The pixel aspect ratio and clean aperture will be applied.

[`encodedPixels`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoApertureMode/encodedPixels)

The encoded dimensions of the image description are displayed.

[`productionAperture`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoApertureMode/productionAperture)

The pixel aspect ratio will be applied.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoApertureMode/init(rawValue:))

Creates a video aperture mode with a string.


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