love.graphics.newImage

Creates a new Image from a filepath, FileData, an ImageData, or a CompressedImageData.

O.png 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 0.9.1
This variant is not supported in earlier 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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