---
title: bitmapFormat
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/bitmapformat
---

# bitmapFormat

The format of the bitmap image representation.

## Declaration

```swift
var bitmapFormat: NSBitmapImageRep.Format { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Returns 0 by default. The return value can indicate several different attributes, which are described in NSBitmapImageRep.Format.

## See Also

### Getting Information About Images

- [NSBitmapImageRep.Format](appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/format.md)
- [bitsPerPixel](appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/bitsperpixel.md)
- [bytesPerPlane](appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/bytesperplane.md)
- [bytesPerRow](appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/bytesperrow.md)
- [isPlanar](appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/isplanar.md)
- [numberOfPlanes](appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/numberofplanes.md)
- [samplesPerPixel](appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/samplesperpixel.md)