Class Texture

Create a Texture to apply to a surface or as a reflection or refraction map.

Remarks

After the initial use of a texture, its dimensions, format, and type cannot be changed
Instead, call .dispose() on the Texture and instantiate a new Texture.

Example

// load a texture, set wrap mode to repeat
const texture = new THREE.TextureLoader().load("textures/water.jpg");
texture.wrapS = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
texture.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
texture.repeat.set(4, 4);

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Hierarchy (view full)

Constructors

constructor

Properties

DEFAULT_ANISOTROPY DEFAULT_IMAGE DEFAULT_MAPPING isTexture id uuid name source mipmaps mapping channel wrapS wrapT magFilter minFilter anisotropy format type internalFormat matrix matrixAutoUpdate offset repeat center rotation generateMipmaps premultiplyAlpha flipY unpackAlignment colorSpace isRenderTargetTexture userData version pmremVersion onUpdate

Accessors

image needsUpdate needsPMREMUpdate

Methods

transformUv updateMatrix clone copy toJSON dispose addEventListener hasEventListener removeEventListener dispatchEvent

Constructors

constructor

Properties

StaticDEFAULT_ANISOTROPY

DEFAULT_ANISOTROPY: number

The Global default value for .anisotropy.

Default Value

1.

StaticDEFAULT_IMAGE

DEFAULT_IMAGE: any

The Global default value for .image.

Default Value

null.

StaticDEFAULT_MAPPING

DEFAULT_MAPPING: Mapping

The Global default value for .mapping.

Default Value

THREE.UVMapping

ReadonlyisTexture

isTexture: true

Read-only flag to check if a given object is of type Texture.

Remarks

This is a constant value

Default Value

true

Readonlyid

id: number

Unique number for this Texture instance.

Remarks

Note that ids are assigned in chronological order: 1, 2, 3, ..., incrementing by one for each new object.

uuid

uuid: string

UUID of this object instance.

Remarks

This gets automatically assigned and shouldn't be edited.

name

name: string

Optional name of the object

Remarks

(doesn't need to be unique).

Default Value

""

source

source: Source

The data definition of a texture. A reference to the data source can be shared across textures.
This is often useful in context of spritesheets where multiple textures render the same data
but with different Texture transformations.

mipmaps

mipmaps: any[]

Array of user-specified mipmaps

Default Value

[]

mapping

mapping: AnyMapping

How the image is applied to the object.

Remarks

All Texture types except THREE.CubeTexture expect the values be THREE.Mapping

See

Texture Constants

Default Value

value of THREE.Texture.DEFAULT_MAPPING

channel

channel: number

Lets you select the uv attribute to map the texture to. 0 for uv, 1 for uv1, 2 for uv2 and 3 for
uv3.

wrapS

wrapS: Wrapping

This defines how the Texture is wrapped horizontally and corresponds to U in UV mapping.

Remarks

for WEBGL1 - tiling of images in textures only functions if image dimensions are powers of two
(2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, ...) in terms of pixels.
Individual dimensions need not be equal, but each must be a power of two. This is a limitation of WebGL1, not three.js.
WEBGL2 does not have this limitation.

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Default Value

THREE.ClampToEdgeWrapping

wrapT

wrapT: Wrapping

This defines how the Texture is wrapped vertically and corresponds to V in UV mapping.

Remarks

for WEBGL1 - tiling of images in textures only functions if image dimensions are powers of two
(2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, ...) in terms of pixels.
Individual dimensions need not be equal, but each must be a power of two. This is a limitation of WebGL1, not three.js.
WEBGL2 does not have this limitation.

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Default Value

THREE.ClampToEdgeWrapping

magFilter

magFilter: MagnificationTextureFilter

How the Texture is sampled when a texel covers more than one pixel.

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Default Value

THREE.LinearFilter

minFilter

minFilter: MinificationTextureFilter

How the Texture is sampled when a texel covers less than one pixel.

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Default Value

THREE.LinearMipmapLinearFilter

anisotropy

anisotropy: number

The number of samples taken along the axis through the pixel that has the highest density of texels.

Remarks

A higher value gives a less blurry result than a basic mipmap, at the cost of more Texture samples being used.

Default

value of THREE.Texture.DEFAULT_ANISOTROPY. That is normally 1.

format

format: AnyPixelFormat

These define how elements of a 2D texture, or texels, are read by shaders.

Remarks

All Texture types except THREE.DepthTexture and THREE.CompressedPixelFormat expect the values be THREE.PixelFormat

See

Default Value

THREE.RGBAFormat.

type

type: TextureDataType

This must correspond to the .format.

Remarks

THREE.UnsignedByteType, is the type most used by Texture formats.

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Default Value

THREE.UnsignedByteType

internalFormat

internalFormat: null | PixelFormatGPU

The GPU Pixel Format allows the developer to specify how the data is going to be stored on the GPU.

Remarks

Compatible only with WebGL2RenderingContext | WebGL 2 Rendering Context.

See

Texture Constants

Default Value

The default value is obtained using a combination of .format and .type.

matrix

matrix: Matrix3

The uv-transform matrix for the texture.

Remarks

When .matrixAutoUpdate property is true.
Will be updated by the renderer from the properties:

See

.matrixAutoUpdate

Default Value

new THREE.Matrix3()

matrixAutoUpdate

matrixAutoUpdate: boolean

Whether is to update the texture's uv-transform .matrix.

Remarks

Set this to false if you are specifying the uv-transform matrix directly.

See

.matrix

Default Value

true

offset

offset: Vector2

How much a single repetition of the texture is offset from the beginning, in each direction U and V.

Remarks

Typical range is 0.0 to 1.0.

Default Value

new THREE.Vector2(0, 0)

repeat

repeat: Vector2

How many times the texture is repeated across the surface, in each direction U and V.

Remarks

If repeat is set greater than 1 in either direction, the corresponding Wrap parameter should
also be set to THREE.RepeatWrapping or THREE.MirroredRepeatWrapping to achieve the desired tiling effect.

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Default Value

new THREE.Vector2( 1, 1 )

center

center: Vector2

The point around which rotation occurs.

Remarks

A value of (0.5, 0.5) corresponds to the center of the texture.

Default Value

new THREE.Vector2( 0, 0 ), lower left.

rotation

rotation: number

How much the texture is rotated around the center point, in radians.

Remarks

Positive values are counter-clockwise.

Default Value

0

generateMipmaps

generateMipmaps: boolean

Whether to generate mipmaps, (if possible) for a texture.

Remarks

Set this to false if you are creating mipmaps manually.

Default Value

true

premultiplyAlpha

premultiplyAlpha: boolean

If set to true, the alpha channel, if present, is multiplied into the color channels when the texture is uploaded to the GPU.

Remarks

Note that this property has no effect for ImageBitmap.
You need to configure on bitmap creation instead. See THREE.ImageBitmapLoader | ImageBitmapLoader.

See

THREE.ImageBitmapLoader | ImageBitmapLoader.

Default Value

false

flipY

flipY: boolean

If set to true, the texture is flipped along the vertical axis when uploaded to the GPU.

Remarks

Note that this property has no effect for ImageBitmap.
You need to configure on bitmap creation instead. See THREE.ImageBitmapLoader | ImageBitmapLoader.

See

THREE.ImageBitmapLoader | ImageBitmapLoader.

Default Value

true

unpackAlignment

unpackAlignment: number

Specifies the alignment requirements for the start of each pixel row in memory.

Remarks

The allowable values are:

  • 1 (byte-alignment)
  • 2 (rows aligned to even-numbered bytes)
  • 4 (word-alignment)
  • 8 (rows start on double-word boundaries).

See

glPixelStorei for more information.

Default Value

4

colorSpace

colorSpace: ColorSpace

The Textures | {@link Texture constants} page for details of other color spaces.

Remarks

Textures containing color data should be annotated with THREE.SRGBColorSpace or
THREE.LinearSRGBColorSpace.

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Default Value

THREE.NoColorSpace

isRenderTargetTexture

isRenderTargetTexture: boolean

Indicates whether a texture belongs to a render target or not

Default Value

false

userData

userData: Record<string, any>

An object that can be used to store custom data about the texture.

Remarks

It should not hold references to functions as these will not be cloned.

Default Value

{}

version

version: number

This starts at 0 and counts how many times .needsUpdate is set to true.

Remarks

Expects a Integer

Default Value

0

pmremVersion

pmremVersion: number

Indicates whether this texture should be processed by PMREMGenerator or not (only relevant for render target
textures)

onUpdate

onUpdate: (() => void)

A callback function, called when the texture is updated (e.g., when needsUpdate has been set to true and then the texture is used).

Accessors

image

  • get image(): any

  • An image object, typically created using the THREE.TextureLoader.load | TextureLoader.load() method.

    Returns any

    Remarks

    This can be any image (e.g., PNG, JPG, GIF, DDS) or video (e.g., MP4, OGG/OGV) type supported by three.js.

  • set image(data): void

  • Parameters

    • data: any

    Returns void

needsUpdate

  • set needsUpdate(value): void

  • Set this to true to trigger an update next time the texture is used. Particularly important for setting the wrap mode.

    Parameters

    • value: boolean

    Returns void

needsPMREMUpdate

  • set needsPMREMUpdate(value): void

  • Indicates whether this texture should be processed by THREE.PMREMGenerator or not.

    Parameters

    • value: boolean

    Returns void

    Remarks

    Only relevant for render target textures.

    Default Value

    false

Methods

transformUv

updateMatrix

  • updateMatrix(): void

  • Update the texture's UV-transform .matrix from the texture properties
    .offset,
    .repeat,
    .rotation and
    .center.

    Returns void

clone

  • clone(): this

  • Make copy of the texture

    Returns this

    Remarks

    Note this is not a "deep copy", the image is shared

copy

  • copy(source): this

  • Parameters

    Returns this

toJSON

  • toJSON(meta?): {}

  • Convert the texture to three.js JSON Object/Scene format.

    Parameters

    • Optionalmeta: string | {}

      Optional object containing metadata.

    Returns {}

    dispose

    • dispose(): void

    • Frees the GPU-related resources allocated by this instance

      Returns void

      Remarks

      Call this method whenever this instance is no longer used in your app.

    addEventListener

    • addEventListener<T>(type, listener): void

    • Adds a listener to an event type.

      Type Parameters

      • T extends "dispose"

      Parameters

      • type: T

        The type of event to listen to.

      • listener: EventListener<{
            dispose: {};
        }[T], T, Texture>

        The function that gets called when the event is fired.

      Returns void

    • addEventListener<T>(type, listener): void

    • Type Parameters

      • T extends string

      Parameters

      Returns void

    hasEventListener

    • hasEventListener<T>(type, listener): boolean

    • Checks if listener is added to an event type.

      Type Parameters

      • T extends "dispose"

      Parameters

      • type: T

        The type of event to listen to.

      • listener: EventListener<{
            dispose: {};
        }[T], T, Texture>

        The function that gets called when the event is fired.

      Returns boolean

    • hasEventListener<T>(type, listener): boolean

    • Type Parameters

      • T extends string

      Parameters

      Returns boolean

    removeEventListener

    • removeEventListener<T>(type, listener): void

    • Removes a listener from an event type.

      Type Parameters

      • T extends "dispose"

      Parameters

      • type: T

        The type of the listener that gets removed.

      • listener: EventListener<{
            dispose: {};
        }[T], T, Texture>

        The listener function that gets removed.

      Returns void

    • removeEventListener<T>(type, listener): void

    • Type Parameters

      • T extends string

      Parameters

      Returns void

    dispatchEvent

    • dispatchEvent<T>(event): void

    • Fire an event type.

      Type Parameters

      • T extends "dispose"

      Parameters

      • event: BaseEvent<T> & {
            dispose: {};
        }[T]

        The event that gets fired.

      Returns void

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