love.graphics.newImage
Creates a new Image from a filepath, FileData, an ImageData, or a CompressedImageData, and optionally generates or specifies mipmaps for the image.
This function can be slow if it is called repeatedly, such as from love.update or love.draw. If you need to use a specific resource often, create it once and store it somewhere it can be reused!
Function
Synopsis
image = love.graphics.newImage( filename )
Arguments
string filename- The filepath to the image file.
Returns
Image image- An Image object which can be drawn on screen.
Function
Synopsis
image = love.graphics.newImage( imageData )
Arguments
ImageData imageData- An ImageData object. The Image will use this ImageData to reload itself when love.window.setMode is called.
Returns
Image image- An Image object which can be drawn on screen.
Function
Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.
Synopsis
image = love.graphics.newImage( compressedImageData )
Arguments
CompressedImageData compressedImageData- A CompressedImageData object. The Image will use this CompressedImageData to reload itself when love.window.setMode is called.
Returns
Image image- An Image object which can be drawn on screen.
Function
Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.
Synopsis
image = love.graphics.newImage( filename, flags )
Arguments
string filename- The filepath to the image file (or a FileData or ImageData or CompressedImageData object).
table flags- A table containing the following fields:
boolean linear (false)- True if the image's pixels should be interpreted as being linear RGB rather than sRGB-encoded, if gamma-correct rendering is enabled. Has no effect otherwise.
boolean or table mipmaps (false)- If true, mipmaps for the image will be automatically generated (or taken from the images's file if possible, if the image originated from a CompressedImageData). If this value is a table, it should contain a list of other filenames of images of the same format that have progressively half-sized dimensions, all the way down to 1x1. Those images will be used as this Image's mipmap levels.
Returns
Image image- A new Image object which can be drawn on screen.
Function
Available since LÖVE 0.9.1 and removed in LÖVE 0.10.0
This variant is not supported in earlier or later versions.
Synopsis
image = love.graphics.newImage( filename, format )
Arguments
string filename- The filepath to the image file (or a FileData or ImageData or CompressedImageData object.)
TextureFormat format- The format to interpret the image's data as.
Returns
Image image- An Image object which can be drawn on screen.
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