---
title: mipFilter
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: metal/mtlsamplerdescriptor/mipfilter
---

# mipFilter

The filtering option for combining pixels between two mipmap levels.

## Declaration

```swift
var mipFilter: MTLSamplerMipFilter { get set }
```

## Mentioned in

Adding mipmap filtering to samplers

## Discussion

Discussion The default value is MTLSamplerMipFilter.notMipmapped.

## See Also

### Declaring filter modes

- [minFilter](metal/mtlsamplerdescriptor/minfilter.md)
- [magFilter](metal/mtlsamplerdescriptor/magfilter.md)
- [lodMinClamp](metal/mtlsamplerdescriptor/lodminclamp.md)
- [lodMaxClamp](metal/mtlsamplerdescriptor/lodmaxclamp.md)
- [lodAverage](metal/mtlsamplerdescriptor/lodaverage.md)
- [maxAnisotropy](metal/mtlsamplerdescriptor/maxanisotropy.md)
- [MTLSamplerMinMagFilter](metal/mtlsamplerminmagfilter.md)
- [MTLSamplerMipFilter](metal/mtlsamplermipfilter.md)