(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_SetSurfaceColorspace

Set the colorspace used by a surface.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_surface.h>

Syntax

int SDL_SetSurfaceColorspace(SDL_Surface *surface, SDL_Colorspace colorspace);

Function Parameters

surface the SDL_Surface structure to update
colorspace an SDL_ColorSpace value describing the surface colorspace

Return Value

Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

Setting the colorspace doesn't change the pixels, only how they are interpreted in color operations.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategorySurface