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.TH SDL_CreateTexture 3 "SDL 3.1.0" "SDL" "SDL3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
SDL_CreateTexture \- Create a texture for a rendering context\[char46]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3/SDL.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "SDL_Texture* SDL_CreateTexture(SDL_Renderer *renderer, Uint32 format, int access, int w, int h);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
You can set the texture scaling method by setting

.BR
.BR SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY
before
creating the texture\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I renderer
the rendering context
.TP
.I format
one of the enumerated values in 
.BR SDL_PixelFormatEnum

.TP
.I access
one of the enumerated values in 
.BR SDL_TextureAccess

.TP
.I w
the width of the texture in pixels
.TP
.I h
the height of the texture in pixels
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a pointer to the created texture or NULL if no rendering context
was active, the format was unsupported, or the width or height were out of
range; call 
.BR SDL_GetError
() for more information\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3\[char46]0\[char46]0\[char46]

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface (3),
.BR SDL_CreateTextureWithProperties (3),
.BR SDL_DestroyTexture (3),
.BR SDL_QueryTexture (3),
.BR SDL_UpdateTexture (3)