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# MTLTextureSwizzle

A set of options to choose from when creating a texture swizzle pattern.

```
enum MTLTextureSwizzle
```

## Topics

### Specifying swizzle channels

[`MTLTextureSwizzle.alpha`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTextureSwizzle/alpha)

The alpha channel of the source pixel is copied to the destination channel.

[`MTLTextureSwizzle.blue`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTextureSwizzle/blue)

The blue channel of the source pixel is copied to the destination channel.

[`MTLTextureSwizzle.green`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTextureSwizzle/green)

The green channel of the source pixel is copied to the destination channel.

[`MTLTextureSwizzle.red`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTextureSwizzle/red)

The red channel of the source pixel is copied to the destination channel.

[`MTLTextureSwizzle.one`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTextureSwizzle/one)

A value of `1.0` is copied to the destination channel.

[`MTLTextureSwizzle.zero`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTextureSwizzle/zero)

A value of `0.0` is copied to the destination channel.


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