.TH "SDL_CreateRGBSurface" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_CreateRGBSurface \- Create an empty SDL_Surface
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBSDL_Surface *\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurface\fP\fR(\fBUint32 flags, int width, int height, int depth, Uint32 Rmask, Uint32 Gmask, Uint32 Bmask, Uint32 Amask\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocate an empty surface (must be called after \fISDL_SetVideoMode\fR)
.PP
If \fBdepth\fR is 8 bits an empty palette is allocated for the surface, otherwise a \&'packed-pixel\&' \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR is created using the \fB[RGBA]mask\fR\&'s provided (see \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR)\&. The \fBflags\fR specifies the type of surface that should be created, it is an OR\&'d combination of the following possible values\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_SWSURFACE\fP
SDL will create the surface in system memory\&. This improves the performance of pixel level access, however you may not be able to take advantage of some types of hardware blitting\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP
SDL will attempt to create the surface in video memory\&. This will allow SDL to take advantage of Video->Video blits (which are often accelerated)\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_SRCCOLORKEY\fP
This flag turns on colourkeying for blits from this surface\&. If \fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP is also specified and colourkeyed blits are hardware-accelerated, then SDL will attempt to place the surface in video memory\&. Use \fI\fBSDL_SetColorKey\fP\fR to set or clear this flag after surface creation\&.
.TP 20
\fBSDL_SRCALPHA\fP
This flag turns on alpha-blending for blits from this surface\&. If \fBSDL_HWSURFACE\fP is also specified and alpha-blending blits are hardware-accelerated, then the surface will be placed in video memory if possible\&. Use \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR to set or clear this flag after surface creation\&.
.PP
.RS
\fBNote:  
.PP
If an alpha-channel is specified (that is, if \fBAmask\fR is nonzero), then the \fBSDL_SRCALPHA\fP flag is automatically set\&. You may remove this flag by calling \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR after surface creation\&.
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Returns the created surface, or \fBNULL\fR upon error\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
.nf
\f(CW    /* Create a 32-bit surface with the bytes of each pixel in R,G,B,A order,
       as expected by OpenGL for textures */
    SDL_Surface *surface;
    Uint32 rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;

    /* SDL interprets each pixel as a 32-bit number, so our masks must depend
       on the endianness (byte order) of the machine */
#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
    rmask = 0xff000000;
    gmask = 0x00ff0000;
    bmask = 0x0000ff00;
    amask = 0x000000ff;
#else
    rmask = 0x000000ff;
    gmask = 0x0000ff00;
    bmask = 0x00ff0000;
    amask = 0xff000000;
#endif

    surface = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, width, height, 32,
                                   rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);
    if(surface == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "CreateRGBSurface failed: %s
", SDL_GetError());
        exit(1);
    }\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_FreeSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SetVideoMode\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_LockSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PixelFormat\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_Surface\fR\fR \fI\fBSDL_SetAlpha\fP\fR \fI\fBSDL_SetColorKey\fP\fR
.\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01