---
title: "vImageConvert_16Q12to8(_:_:_:)"
framework: accelerate
role: symbol
role_heading: Function
path: "accelerate/vimageconvert_16q12to8(_:_:_:)"
---

# vImageConvert_16Q12to8(_:_:_:)

Converts a fixed-point 16-bit planar buffer to an 8-bit planar buffer.

## Declaration

```swift
func vImageConvert_16Q12to8(_ src: UnsafePointer<vImage_Buffer>, _ dest: UnsafePointer<vImage_Buffer>, _ flags: vImage_Flags) -> vImage_Error
```

## Parameters

- `src`: The source vImage buffer.
- `dest`: A pointer to the destination vImage buffer structure. You’re responsible for filling out the doc://com.apple.accelerate/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_Buffer/height, doc://com.apple.accelerate/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_Buffer/width, and doc://com.apple.accelerate/documentation/Accelerate/vImage_Buffer/rowBytes fields of this structure, and for allocating a data buffer of the appropriate size. On return, the data buffer this structure points to contains the destination image data. When you no longer need the data buffer, deallocate the memory to prevent memory leaks.
- `flags`: The options to use when performing the operation. If your code implements its own tiling or its own multithreading, pass doc://com.apple.accelerate/documentation/Accelerate/kvImageDoNotTile; otherwise, pass doc://com.apple.accelerate/documentation/Accelerate/kvImageNoFlags.

## Return Value

Return Value kvImageNoError; otherwise, one of the error codes in Data Types and Constants.

## Discussion

Discussion The function uses the following calculation to perform the conversion: uint8_t dest = clamp(src, 0, 4096)*255 + 2048 >> 12 The conversion maps source pixels with a value of 0 to 0 and source pixels with a value of 4088 or greater to 255.

## See Also

### Converting from fixed-point 16-bit-per-channel buffers

- [vImageConvert_16Q12to16U(_:_:_:)](accelerate/vimageconvert_16q12to16u(_:_:_:).md)