---
title: textureMatrix()
framework: quartz
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: quartz/qcplugininputimagesource/texturematrix()
---

# textureMatrix()

Returns a texture matrix.

## Declaration

```swift
func textureMatrix() -> UnsafePointer<GLfloat>!
```

## Return Value

Return Value A 4x4 texture matrix created by scaling (from [0, pixels] to [0,1]) and vertically flipping the texture coordinates;  NULL if coordinate  transformation is not required.

## Discussion

Discussion This method is provided as a convenience for 2D textures to take care of two issues: Coordinates for rectangular textures are expressed in pixels rather than the normalized units used for power-of-two textures. The coordinates need to be normalized before you can process the texture. Texture coordinates are typically flipped by OpenGL for processing on the GPU and need to be flipped to the original coordinates. You can take care of these two issues simply by loading a the matrix returned by this method onto the OpenGL stack. If you are not sure that your texture needs either of these operations, you can load the matrix on the OpenGL stack anyway, as it acts as an identity matrix if it’s not needed.

## See Also

### Getting Texture Information

- [texturePixelsWide()](quartz/qcplugininputimagesource/texturepixelswide().md)
- [texturePixelsHigh()](quartz/qcplugininputimagesource/texturepixelshigh().md)
- [textureTarget()](quartz/qcplugininputimagesource/texturetarget().md)
- [textureName()](quartz/qcplugininputimagesource/texturename().md)
- [textureColorSpace()](quartz/qcplugininputimagesource/texturecolorspace().md)
- [textureFlipped()](quartz/qcplugininputimagesource/textureflipped().md)