.\" Generated by the Allegro makedoc utility
.TH bitmap_color_depth 3alleg4 "version 4.4.2" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
bitmap_color_depth \- Returns the color depth of the specified bitmap. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B int bitmap_color_depth(BITMAP *bmp);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Returns the color depth of the specified bitmap (8, 15, 16, 24, or 32).
Example:

.nf
   switch (bitmap_color_depth(screen)) {
      case 8:
         /* Access screen using optimized 8-bit code. */
         break;
      default:
         /* Use generic slow functions. */
         break;
   }
.fi

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR set_color_depth (3alleg4),
.BR bitmap_mask_color (3alleg4),
.BR ex3d (3alleg4),
.BR exlights (3alleg4),
.BR exscn3d (3alleg4),
.BR exswitch (3alleg4),
.BR extrans (3alleg4),
.BR exupdate (3alleg4),
.BR exzbuf (3alleg4)