---
title: kCVPixelFormatPlanes
framework: corevideo
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: corevideo/kcvpixelformatplanes
---

# kCVPixelFormatPlanes

## Declaration

```swift
let kCVPixelFormatPlanes: CFString
```

## Discussion

Discussion The number of image planes associated with this format (type CFNumber). Each plane may contain a single component or an interleaved set of components. Note that if your pixel format is not planar, you can put the required format keys at the top-level dictionary.

## See Also

### Constants

- [kCVPixelFormatComponentRange](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcomponentrange.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatComponentRange_FullRange](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcomponentrange_fullrange.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatComponentRange_VideoRange](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcomponentrange_videorange.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatComponentRange_WideRange](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcomponentrange_widerange.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatContainsRGB](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcontainsrgb.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatContainsYCbCr](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcontainsycbcr.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatName](corevideo/kcvpixelformatname.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatConstant](corevideo/kcvpixelformatconstant.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatCodecType](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcodectype.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatFourCC](corevideo/kcvpixelformatfourcc.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatContainsAlpha](corevideo/kcvpixelformatcontainsalpha.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatBlockWidth](corevideo/kcvpixelformatblockwidth.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatBlockHeight](corevideo/kcvpixelformatblockheight.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatBitsPerBlock](corevideo/kcvpixelformatbitsperblock.md)
- [kCVPixelFormatBlockHorizontalAlignment](corevideo/kcvpixelformatblockhorizontalalignment.md)