# TextureFormat > Format used when creating textures from scripts. ## Definition * **Type:** Enum * **Namespace:** [UnityEngine](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine.md) * **Assembly:** UnityEngine.CoreModule ```csharp public enum TextureFormat ``` ## Remarks ```csharp using UnityEngine; public class Example : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { // Create a new alpha-only texture and assign it // to the renderer's material Texture2D texture = new Texture2D(128, 128, TextureFormat.Alpha8, false); GetComponent().material.mainTexture = texture; } } ``` Note that not all graphics cards support all texture formats, use [SystemInfo.SupportsTextureFormat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/systeminfo/supportstextureformat.md) to check. Also, only the [Texture2D](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/texture2d.md) class supports texture creation from script with Crunch compression texture formats. Additional Resources: [Texture2D](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/texture2d.md), [texture assets](/engine/6000.7/manual/materials-and-shaders/textures/textures-getting-started/textures.md). ## Fields | Value | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | [Alpha8](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/alpha8.md) | Alpha-only texture format, 8 bit integer. | | [ARGB32](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/argb32.md) | Color with alpha texture format, 8-bits per channel. | | [ARGB4444](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/argb4444.md) | A 16 bits/pixel texture format. Texture stores color with an alpha channel. | | [ASTC\_10x10](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-10x10.md) | ASTC (10x10 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) texture format. | | [ASTC\_12x12](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-12x12.md) | ASTC (12x12 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) texture format. | | [ASTC\_4x4](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-4x4.md) | ASTC (4x4 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) texture format. | | [ASTC\_5x5](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-5x5.md) | ASTC (5x5 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) texture format. | | [ASTC\_6x6](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-6x6.md) | ASTC (6x6 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) texture format. | | [ASTC\_8x8](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-8x8.md) | ASTC (8x8 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) texture format. | | [ASTC\_HDR\_10x10](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-hdr-10x10.md) | ASTC (10x10 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) HDR texture format. | | [ASTC\_HDR\_12x12](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-hdr-12x12.md) | ASTC (12x12 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) HDR texture format. | | [ASTC\_HDR\_4x4](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-hdr-4x4.md) | ASTC (4x4 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) HDR texture format. | | [ASTC\_HDR\_5x5](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-hdr-5x5.md) | ASTC (5x5 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) HDR texture format. | | [ASTC\_HDR\_6x6](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-hdr-6x6.md) | ASTC (6x6 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) HDR texture format. | | [ASTC\_HDR\_8x8](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/astc-hdr-8x8.md) | ASTC (8x8 pixel block in 128 bits) compressed RGB(A) texture format. | | [BC4](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/bc4.md) | Compressed one channel (R) texture format. | | [BC5](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/bc5.md) | Compressed two-channel (RG) texture format. | | [BC6H](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/bc6h.md) | HDR compressed color texture format. | | [BC7](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/bc7.md) | High quality compressed color texture format. | | [BGRA32](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/bgra32.md) | Color with alpha texture format, 8-bits per channel. | | [DXT1](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/dxt1.md) | Compressed color texture format. | | [DXT1Crunched](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/dxt1crunched.md) | Compressed color texture format with Crunch compression for smaller storage sizes. | | [DXT5](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/dxt5.md) | Compressed color with alpha channel texture format. | | [DXT5Crunched](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/dxt5crunched.md) | Compressed color with alpha channel texture format with Crunch compression for smaller storage sizes. | | [EAC\_R](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/eac-r.md) | ETC2 / EAC (GL ES 3.0) 4 bits/pixel compressed unsigned single-channel texture format. | | [EAC\_R\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/eac-r-signed.md) | ETC2 / EAC (GL ES 3.0) 4 bits/pixel compressed signed single-channel texture format. | | [EAC\_RG](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/eac-rg.md) | ETC2 / EAC (GL ES 3.0) 8 bits/pixel compressed unsigned dual-channel (RG) texture format. | | [EAC\_RG\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/eac-rg-signed.md) | ETC2 / EAC (GL ES 3.0) 8 bits/pixel compressed signed dual-channel (RG) texture format. | | [ETC2\_RGB](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/etc2-rgb.md) | ETC2 (GL ES 3.0) 4 bits/pixel compressed RGB texture format. | | [ETC2\_RGBA1](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/etc2-rgba1.md) | ETC2 (GL ES 3.0) 4 bits/pixel RGB+1-bit alpha texture format. | | [ETC2\_RGBA8](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/etc2-rgba8.md) | ETC2 (GL ES 3.0) 8 bits/pixel compressed RGBA texture format. | | [ETC2\_RGBA8Crunched](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/etc2-rgba8crunched.md) | Compressed color with alpha channel texture format using Crunch compression for smaller storage sizes. | | [ETC\_RGB4](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/etc-rgb4.md) | ETC (GLES2.0) 4 bits/pixel compressed RGB texture format. | | [ETC\_RGB4Crunched](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/etc-rgb4crunched.md) | Compressed color texture format with Crunch compression for smaller storage sizes. | | [R16](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/r16.md) | Single channel (R) texture format, 16-bits unsigned integer. | | [R16\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/r16-signed.md) | Single channel (R) texture format, 16-bits signed integer. | | [R8](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/r8.md) | Single channel (R) texture format, 8-bits unsigned integer. | | [R8\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/r8-signed.md) | Single channel (R) texture format, 8-bits signed integer. | | [RFloat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rfloat.md) | Scalar (R) texture format, 32 bit floating point. | | [RG16](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rg16.md) | Two channel (RG) texture format, 8-bits unsigned integer per channel. | | [RG16\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rg16-signed.md) | Two channel (RG) texture format, 8-bits signed integer per channel. | | [RG32](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rg32.md) | Two channel (RG) texture format, 16-bits unsigned integer per channel. | | [RG32\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rg32-signed.md) | Two channel (RG) texture format, 16-bits signed integer per channel. | | [RGB24](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgb24.md) | Three channel (RGB) texture format, 8-bits unsigned integer per channel. | | [RGB24\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgb24-signed.md) | Three channel (RGB) texture format, 8-bits signed integer per channel. | | [RGB48](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgb48.md) | Three channel (RGB) texture format, 16-bits unsigned integer per channel. | | [RGB48\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgb48-signed.md) | Three color (RGB) texture format, 16-bits signed integer per channel. | | [RGB565](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgb565.md) | A 16 bit color texture format. | | [RGB9e5Float](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgb9e5float.md) | RGB HDR format, with 9 bit mantissa per channel and a 5 bit shared exponent. | | [RGBA32](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgba32.md) | Four channel (RGBA) texture format, 8-bits unsigned integer per channel. | | [RGBA32\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgba32-signed.md) | Four channel (RGBA) texture format, 8-bits signed integer per channel. | | [RGBA4444](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgba4444.md) | Color and alpha texture format, 4 bit per channel. | | [RGBA64](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgba64.md) | Four channel (RGBA) texture format, 16-bits unsigned integer per channel. | | [RGBA64\_SIGNED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgba64-signed.md) | Four channel (RGBA) texture format, 16-bits signed integer per channel. | | [RGBAFloat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgbafloat.md) | RGB color and alpha texture format, 32-bit floats per channel. | | [RGBAHalf](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgbahalf.md) | RGB color and alpha texture format, 16 bit floating point per channel. | | [RGFloat](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rgfloat.md) | Two color (RG) texture format, 32 bit floating point per channel. | | [RGHalf](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rghalf.md) | Two color (RG) texture format, 16 bit floating point per channel. | | [RHalf](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/rhalf.md) | Scalar (R) texture format, 16 bit floating point. | | [YUY2](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textureformat/yuy2.md) | A format that uses the YUV color space and is often used for video encoding or playback. |