---
title: baseAddress
framework: coreimage
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: coreimage/ciimageprocessorinput/baseaddress
---

# baseAddress

The base address of CPU memory that your Core Image Processor Kernel can read pixels from.

## Declaration

```swift
var baseAddress: UnsafeRawPointer { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion warning: This memory must not be modified by the CIImageProcessorKernel.

## See Also

### Accessing Input Image Data

- [metalTexture](coreimage/ciimageprocessorinput/metaltexture.md)
- [pixelBuffer](coreimage/ciimageprocessorinput/pixelbuffer.md)
- [surface](coreimage/ciimageprocessorinput/surface.md)