---
title: vImageConstCVImageFormat
framework: accelerate
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: accelerate/vimageconstcvimageformat
---

# vImageConstCVImageFormat

An immutable description of image encoding in a Core Video pixel buffer.

## Declaration

```swift
class vImageConstCVImageFormat
```

## Discussion

Discussion Use vImageCVImageFormat_Copy(_:) to create a mutable copy of a vImageConstCVImageFormat instance.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)

## See Also

### Creating Core Video image formats

- [vImageCVImageFormat](accelerate/vimagecvimageformat.md)
- [vImageCVImageFormat_CreateWithCVPixelBuffer(_:)](accelerate/vimagecvimageformat_createwithcvpixelbuffer(_:).md)
- [vImageCVImageFormat_Create(_:_:_:_:_:)](accelerate/vimagecvimageformat_create(_:_:_:_:_:).md)