# GraphicsFormatUtility > This utility class contains helper functions that enable you to query properties of a TextureFormat, RenderTextureFormat, or GraphicsFormat. This class also includes format conversion and size calculation functions. ## Definition * **Type:** Class * **Namespace:** [UnityEngine.Experimental.Rendering](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering.md) * **Assembly:** UnityEngine.CoreModule ```csharp public class GraphicsFormatUtility ``` ## Static Methods | Method | Description | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [ComputeMipChainSize](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/computemipchainsize.md) | Computes the memory size in bytes for a chain of mipmaps. | | [ComputeMipmapSize](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/computemipmapsize.md) | Computes the memory size in bytes for a single mipmap. | | [ConvertToAlphaFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/converttoalphaformat.md) | Input a GraphicsFormat to return an equivalent GraphicsFormat that includes an alpha component. | | [GetAlphaComponentCount](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getalphacomponentcount.md) | Returns the number of alpha components of the format. | | [GetBlockHeight](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getblockheight.md) | Returns the height in texels of a texel block. | | [GetBlockSize](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getblocksize.md) | Returns the memory size in bytes of a texel block. | | [GetBlockWidth](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getblockwidth.md) | Returns the width in texels of a texel block. | | [GetColorComponentCount](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getcolorcomponentcount.md) | Returns the number of color components of the format. | | [GetComponentCount](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getcomponentcount.md) | Returns the number of components this format has. | | [GetDepthBits](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getdepthbits.md) | Returns the number of bits per pixel this format contains for depth. | | [GetDepthStencilFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getdepthstencilformat.md) | Returns a supported depth stencil format that has 'depthBits' of bits for the depth component if a compatible format exists on the current platform. | | [GetFormatString](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getformatstring.md) | Returns a string that represents a format enum value. | | [GetGraphicsFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getgraphicsformat.md) | Translates RenderTextureFormat or TextureFormat into GraphicsFormat. | | [GetLinearFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getlinearformat.md) | Returns the equivalent linear format of a GraphicsFormat. For example, this function returns kFormatR8G8B8A8\_UNorm if the input is kFormatR8G8B8A8\_SRGB. If the input GraphicsFormat is already linear, this function returns the input GraphicsFormat. | | [GetRenderTextureFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getrendertextureformat.md) | Translates GraphicsFormat into RenderTextureFormat. | | [GetSRGBFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getsrgbformat.md) | Returns the equivalent sRGB format of a GraphicsFormat. For example, this function returns kFormatR8G8B8A8\_SRGB if the input is kFormatR8G8B8A8\_UNorm. If the input GraphicsFormat is already sRGB, this function returns the input GraphicsFormat. If there is no equivalent sRGB format, this function returns the input GraphicsFormat. | | [GetSwizzleA](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getswizzlea.md) | Returns a FormatSwizzle enum that is mapped to the alpha channel for a given format. | | [GetSwizzleB](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getswizzleb.md) | Returns a FormatSwizzle enum that is mapped to the blue channel for a given format. | | [GetSwizzleG](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getswizzleg.md) | Returns a FormatSwizzle enum that is mapped to the green channel for a given format. | | [GetSwizzleR](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/getswizzler.md) | Returns FormatSwizzle enum of which channel is mapped to the R channel for a given format. | | [GetTextureFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/gettextureformat.md) | Translates GraphicsFormat into TextureFormat. | | [HasAlphaChannel](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/hasalphachannel.md) | Returns true if the format has an alpha component. Returns false otherwise. | | [Is16BitPackedFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/is16bitpackedformat.md) | Returns true if the format is packed and a 16-bit format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsAlphaOnlyFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isalphaonlyformat.md) | Returns true if the format only has an alpha component. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsAlphaTestFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isalphatestformat.md) | Returns true if the format has an alpha component with only 1 or 2 bits. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsASTCFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isastcformat.md) | Returns true if the format uses ASTC. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsBCFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isbcformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a DXTC, RGTC or BPTC format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsBPTCFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isbptcformat.md) | Returns true if the format uses BPTC. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsCompressedFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/iscompressedformat.md) | Returns true if the format is compressed. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsCrunchFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/iscrunchformat.md) | Returns true if the format data is compressed with Crunch. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsDepthFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isdepthformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a depth format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsDepthStencilFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isdepthstencilformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a depth or stencil format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsDXTCFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isdxtcformat.md) | Returns true if the format uses DXTC. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsEACFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/iseacformat.md) | Returns true if the format uses EAC. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsETCFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isetcformat.md) | Returns true if the format uses ETC and ETC2. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsFloatFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isfloatformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a single precision floating point format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsHalfFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/ishalfformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a half precision floating point format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsHDRFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/ishdrformat.md) | Returns true if the format is capable of representing HDR data. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsIEEE754Format](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isieee754format.md) | Returns true if the format is a floating point format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsIntegerFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isintegerformat.md) | Returns true if the format is an integer format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsNormFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isnormformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a normalized format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsPackedFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/ispackedformat.md) | Returns true if the format is packed. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsRGTCFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isrgtcformat.md) | Returns true if the format uses RGTC. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsSignedFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/issignedformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a signed format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsSIntFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/issintformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a signed and integer format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsSNormFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/issnormformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a signed normalized format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsSRGBFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/issrgbformat.md) | Returns true if the format performs sRGB to linear on read and linear to sRGB on write. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsStencilFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isstencilformat.md) | Returns true if the format is a stencil format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsSwizzleFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isswizzleformat.md) | Returns true if the format is not a RGBA format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsUIntFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isuintformat.md) | Returns true if the format is an unsigned and integer format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsUNormFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isunormformat.md) | Returns true if the format is an unsigned normalized format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsUnsignedFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isunsignedformat.md) | Returns true if the format is an unsigned format. Returns false otherwise. | | [IsXRFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/experimental/rendering/graphicsformatutility/isxrformat.md) | Returns true if the format is an extended range format. With extended range format, the blue, green, and red components are linearly encoded, and their values range from -0.752941 to 1.25098. The alpha component is always clamped to a \[0.0, 1.0] range in sampling, rendering, and writing operations, despite supporting values outside this range. Returns false otherwise. |