---
title: embeddedThumbnailPhotoFormat
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avcapturephoto/embeddedthumbnailphotoformat
---

# embeddedThumbnailPhotoFormat

A dictionary describing the data format for a preview-sized image accompanying the captured photo.

## Declaration

```swift
var embeddedThumbnailPhotoFormat: [String : Any]? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion See Video settings for possible keys and values. If you requested an embedded thumbnail image by specifying the embeddedThumbnailPhotoFormat property of your photo settings when requesting capture, this property’s value is the resolved video settings dictionary for the embedded thumbnail image. If you did not request an embedded thumbnail image, this property’s value is nil.

## See Also

### Accessing preview photo data

- [previewPixelBuffer](avfoundation/avcapturephoto/previewpixelbuffer.md)