---
title: "image(at:)"
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "avfoundation/avassetimagegenerator/image(at:)"
---

# image(at:)

Generates an image for a requested time.

## Declaration

```swift
func image(at time: CMTime) async throws -> (image: CGImage, actualTime: CMTime)
```

## Parameters

- `time`: A time in the asset timeline at which to create an image.

## Mentioned in

Creating images from a video asset

## Return Value

Return Value A tuple that contains the image and the time the asset was created.

## See Also

### Generating images

- [images(for:)](avfoundation/avassetimagegenerator/images(for:).md)
- [AVAssetImageGenerator.Images](avfoundation/avassetimagegenerator/images.md)
- [generateCGImageAsynchronously(for:completionHandler:)](avfoundation/avassetimagegenerator/generatecgimageasynchronously(for:completionhandler:).md)
- [generateCGImagesAsynchronously(forTimes:completionHandler:)](avfoundation/avassetimagegenerator/generatecgimagesasynchronously(fortimes:completionhandler:).md)
- [AVAssetImageGeneratorCompletionHandler](avfoundation/avassetimagegeneratorcompletionhandler.md)
- [cancelAllCGImageGeneration()](avfoundation/avassetimagegenerator/cancelallcgimagegeneration().md)
- [copyCGImage(at:actualTime:)](avfoundation/avassetimagegenerator/copycgimage(at:actualtime:).md)