How to: Initialize a Texture From a File

You can use the Windows Imaging Component API to initialize a texture from a file. To load a texture, you must create a texture and a texture view. This topic shows how to use Windows Imaging Component (WIC) to create the texture and the view separately.

Note

This topic is useful for images that you create as simple 2D textures. For more complex resources, use DDS. For a full-featured DDS file reader, writer, and texture processing pipeline, see DirectXTex and DirectXTK.

 

At the end of this topic, you'll find the full example code. The topic describes the parts of the example code that create the texture and the view.

To initialize a texture and view separately.

  1. Call CoCreateInstance to create the imaging factory interface (IWICImagingFactory).

  2. Call the IWICImagingFactory::CreateDecoderFromFilename method to create a IWICBitmapDecoder object from an image file name.

  3. Call the IWICBitmapDecoder::GetFrame method to retrieve the IWICBitmapFrameDecode interface for the frame of the image.

  4. Call the IWICBitmapSource::GetPixelFormat method (IWICBitmapFrameDecode interface inherits from IWICBitmapSource) to get the pixel format of the image.

  5. Convert the pixel format to a DXGI_FORMAT type according to this table:

    WIC pixel format Equivalent DXGI_FORMAT
    GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFloat DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT
    GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT
    GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
    GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGRA DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM (DXGI 1.1)
    GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGR DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8X8_UNORM (DXGI 1.1)
    GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA1010102XR DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10_XR_BIAS_A2_UNORM (DXGI 1.1)
    GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA1010102 DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM
    GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBE DXGI_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_SHAREDEXP
    GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGRA5551 DXGI_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM (DXGI 1.2)
    GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGR565 DXGI_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM (DXGI 1.2)
    GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppGrayFloat DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT*
    GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppGrayHalf DXGI_FORMAT_R16_FLOAT*
    GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppGray DXGI_FORMAT_R16_UNORM*
    GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppGray DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UNORM*
    GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppAlpha DXGI_FORMAT_A8_UNORM
    GUID_WICPixelFormat96bppRGBFloat (Windows 8 WIC) DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT

     

    * The single-channel DXGI formats are all red channel, so you need HLSL shader swizzles such as .rrr to render these as grayscale.

  6. Call the IWICBitmapSource::CopyPixels method to copy the image pixels into a buffer. Use the DXGI_FORMAT type and the buffer to initialize the 2D texture resource and shader-resource-view object.

  7. Call the ID3D11Device::CreateTexture2D method to initialize the 2D texture resource. In this call, pass the address of an ID3D11Texture2D interface pointer.

        // Create texture
        D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc;
        desc.Width = width;
        desc.Height = height;
        desc.MipLevels = 1;
        desc.ArraySize = 1;
        desc.Format = format;
        desc.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
        desc.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
        desc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT;
        desc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE;
        desc.CPUAccessFlags = 0;
        desc.MiscFlags = 0;
    
        D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA initData;
        initData.pSysMem = temp.get();
        initData.SysMemPitch = static_cast<UINT>( rowPitch );
        initData.SysMemSlicePitch = static_cast<UINT>( imageSize );
    
        ID3D11Texture2D* tex = nullptr;
        hr = d3dDevice->CreateTexture2D( &desc, &initData, &tex );
    
    
  8. Call the ID3D11Device::CreateShaderResourceView method to initialize a shader-resource-view object. Pass either a NULL shader-resource-view description (to get a view with default parameters) or a non-NULL shader-resource-view description (to get a view with non-default parameters). If necessary, determine the texture type by calling ID3D11Resource::GetType and the texture format by calling ID3D11ShaderResourceView::GetDesc.

        if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) && tex != 0 )
        {
            if (textureView != 0)
            {
                D3D11_SHADER_RESOURCE_VIEW_DESC SRVDesc;
                memset( &SRVDesc, 0, sizeof( SRVDesc ) );
                SRVDesc.Format = format;
                SRVDesc.ViewDimension = D3D11_SRV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D;
                SRVDesc.Texture2D.MipLevels = 1;
    
                hr = d3dDevice->CreateShaderResourceView( tex, &SRVDesc, textureView );
                if ( FAILED(hr) )
                {
                    tex->Release();
                    return hr;
                }
            }
       }
    

The preceding example code assumes that the d3dDevice variable is an ID3D11Device object that has been previously initialized.

Here is the header that you can include in your app. The header declares the CreateWICTextureFromFile and CreateWICTextureFromMemory functions that you can call in your app to create a texture from a file and from memory.

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// File: WICTextureLoader.h
//
// Function for loading a WIC image and creating a Direct3D 11 runtime texture for it
// (auto-generating mipmaps if possible)
//
// Note: Assumes application has already called CoInitializeEx
//
// Warning: CreateWICTexture* functions are not thread-safe if given a d3dContext instance for
//          auto-gen mipmap support.
//
// Note these functions are useful for images created as simple 2D textures. For
// more complex resources, DDSTextureLoader is an excellent light-weight runtime loader.
// For a full-featured DDS file reader, writer, and texture processing pipeline see
// the 'Texconv' sample and the 'DirectXTex' library.
//
// THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
// ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
// THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
// PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
//
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
//
// https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248926
// https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248929
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma once
#endif

#include <d3d11.h>

#pragma warning(push)
#pragma warning(disable : 4005)
#include <stdint.h>
#pragma warning(pop)

HRESULT CreateWICTextureFromMemory( _In_ ID3D11Device* d3dDevice,
                                    _In_opt_ ID3D11DeviceContext* d3dContext,
                                    _In_bytecount_(wicDataSize) const uint8_t* wicData,
                                    _In_ size_t wicDataSize,
                                    _Out_opt_ ID3D11Resource** texture,
                                    _Out_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
                                    _In_ size_t maxsize = 0
                                  );

HRESULT CreateWICTextureFromFile( _In_ ID3D11Device* d3dDevice,
                                  _In_opt_ ID3D11DeviceContext* d3dContext,
                                  _In_z_ const wchar_t* szFileName,
                                  _Out_opt_ ID3D11Resource** texture,
                                  _Out_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
                                  _In_ size_t maxsize = 0
                                );

Here is the full source that you can use in your app. The source implements the CreateWICTextureFromFile and CreateWICTextureFromMemory functions.

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// File: WICTextureLoader.cpp
//
// Function for loading a WIC image and creating a Direct3D 11 runtime texture for it
// (auto-generating mipmaps if possible)
//
// Note: Assumes application has already called CoInitializeEx
//
// Warning: CreateWICTexture* functions are not thread-safe if given a d3dContext instance for
//          auto-gen mipmap support.
//
// Note these functions are useful for images created as simple 2D textures. For
// more complex resources, DDSTextureLoader is an excellent light-weight runtime loader.
// For a full-featured DDS file reader, writer, and texture processing pipeline see
// the 'Texconv' sample and the 'DirectXTex' library.
//
// THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
// ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
// THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
// PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
//
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
//
// https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248926
// https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248929
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// We could load multi-frame images (TIFF/GIF) into a texture array.
// For now, we just load the first frame (note: DirectXTex supports multi-frame images)

#include <dxgiformat.h>
#include <assert.h>

#pragma warning(push)
#pragma warning(disable : 4005)
#include <wincodec.h>
#pragma warning(pop)

#include <memory>

#include "WICTextureLoader.h"

#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0602 /*_WIN32_WINNT_WIN8*/) && !defined(DXGI_1_2_FORMATS)
#define DXGI_1_2_FORMATS
#endif

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
template<class T> class ScopedObject
{
public:
    explicit ScopedObject( T *p = 0 ) : _pointer(p) {}
    ~ScopedObject()
    {
        if ( _pointer )
        {
            _pointer->Release();
            _pointer = nullptr;
        }
    }

    bool IsNull() const { return (!_pointer); }

    T& operator*() { return *_pointer; }
    T* operator->() { return _pointer; }
    T** operator&() { return &_pointer; }

    void Reset(T *p = 0) { if ( _pointer ) { _pointer->Release(); } _pointer = p; }

    T* Get() const { return _pointer; }

private:
    ScopedObject(const ScopedObject&);
    ScopedObject& operator=(const ScopedObject&);
        
    T* _pointer;
};

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// WIC Pixel Format Translation Data
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
struct WICTranslate
{
    GUID                wic;
    DXGI_FORMAT         format;
};

static WICTranslate g_WICFormats[] = 
{
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFloat,       DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT },

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf,         DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT },
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA,             DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM },

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA,             DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM },
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGRA,             DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM }, // DXGI 1.1
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGR,              DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8X8_UNORM }, // DXGI 1.1

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA1010102XR,    DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10_XR_BIAS_A2_UNORM }, // DXGI 1.1
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA1010102,      DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM },
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBE,             DXGI_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_SHAREDEXP },

#ifdef DXGI_1_2_FORMATS

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGRA5551,         DXGI_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM },
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGR565,           DXGI_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM },

#endif // DXGI_1_2_FORMATS

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppGrayFloat,        DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT },
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppGrayHalf,         DXGI_FORMAT_R16_FLOAT },
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppGray,             DXGI_FORMAT_R16_UNORM },
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppGray,              DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UNORM },

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppAlpha,             DXGI_FORMAT_A8_UNORM },

#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0602 /*_WIN32_WINNT_WIN8*/)
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat96bppRGBFloat,         DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT },
#endif
};

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// WIC Pixel Format nearest conversion table
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

struct WICConvert
{
    GUID        source;
    GUID        target;
};

static WICConvert g_WICConvert[] = 
{
    // Note target GUID in this conversion table must be one of those directly supported formats (above).

    { GUID_WICPixelFormatBlackWhite,            GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppGray }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UNORM

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat1bppIndexed,           GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat2bppIndexed,           GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat4bppIndexed,           GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppIndexed,           GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat2bppGray,              GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppGray }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat4bppGray,              GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppGray }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UNORM 

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppGrayFixedPoint,   GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppGrayHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppGrayFixedPoint,   GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppGrayFloat }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT 

#ifdef DXGI_1_2_FORMATS

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGR555,           GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGRA5551 }, // DXGI_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM

#else

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGR555,           GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGRA5551,         GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat16bppBGR565,           GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM

#endif // DXGI_1_2_FORMATS

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGR101010,        GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA1010102 }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat24bppBGR,              GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat24bppRGB,              GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppPBGRA,            GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppPRGBA,            GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat48bppRGB,              GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat48bppBGR,              GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppBGRA,             GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppPRGBA,            GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppPBGRA,            GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat48bppRGBFixedPoint,    GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat48bppBGRFixedPoint,    GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAFixedPoint,   GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppBGRAFixedPoint,   GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBFixedPoint,    GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBHalf,          GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat48bppRGBHalf,          GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat96bppRGBFixedPoint,    GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFloat }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppPRGBAFloat,      GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFloat }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBFloat,        GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFloat }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFixedPoint,  GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFloat }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBFixedPoint,   GUID_WICPixelFormat128bppRGBAFloat }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT 

    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppCMYK,             GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM 
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppCMYK,             GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat40bppCMYKAlpha,        GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat80bppCMYKAlpha,        GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM

#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0602 /*_WIN32_WINNT_WIN8*/)
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGB,              GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGB,              GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBA }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
    { GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppPRGBAHalf,        GUID_WICPixelFormat64bppRGBAHalf }, // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT 
#endif

    // We don't support n-channel formats
};

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
static IWICImagingFactory* _GetWIC()
{
    static IWICImagingFactory* s_Factory = nullptr;

    if ( s_Factory )
        return s_Factory;

    HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(
        CLSID_WICImagingFactory,
        nullptr,
        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
        __uuidof(IWICImagingFactory),
        (LPVOID*)&s_Factory
        );

    if ( FAILED(hr) )
    {
        s_Factory = nullptr;
        return nullptr;
    }

    return s_Factory;
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
static DXGI_FORMAT _WICToDXGI( const GUID& guid )
{
    for( size_t i=0; i < _countof(g_WICFormats); ++i )
    {
        if ( memcmp( &g_WICFormats[i].wic, &guid, sizeof(GUID) ) == 0 )
            return g_WICFormats[i].format;
    }

    return DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
static size_t _WICBitsPerPixel( REFGUID targetGuid )
{
    IWICImagingFactory* pWIC = _GetWIC();
    if ( !pWIC )
        return 0;
 
    ScopedObject<IWICComponentInfo> cinfo;
    if ( FAILED( pWIC->CreateComponentInfo( targetGuid, &cinfo ) ) )
        return 0;

    WICComponentType type;
    if ( FAILED( cinfo->GetComponentType( &type ) ) )
        return 0;

    if ( type != WICPixelFormat )
        return 0;

    ScopedObject<IWICPixelFormatInfo> pfinfo;
    if ( FAILED( cinfo->QueryInterface( __uuidof(IWICPixelFormatInfo), reinterpret_cast<void**>( &pfinfo )  ) ) )
        return 0;

    UINT bpp;
    if ( FAILED( pfinfo->GetBitsPerPixel( &bpp ) ) )
        return 0;

    return bpp;
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
static HRESULT CreateTextureFromWIC( _In_ ID3D11Device* d3dDevice,
                                     _In_opt_ ID3D11DeviceContext* d3dContext,
                                     _In_ IWICBitmapFrameDecode *frame,
                                     _Out_opt_ ID3D11Resource** texture,
                                     _Out_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
                                     _In_ size_t maxsize )
{
    UINT width, height;
    HRESULT hr = frame->GetSize( &width, &height );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    assert( width > 0 && height > 0 );

    if ( !maxsize )
    {
        // This is a bit conservative because the hardware could support larger textures than
        // the Feature Level defined minimums, but doing it this way is much easier and more
        // performant for WIC than the 'fail and retry' model used by DDSTextureLoader

        switch( d3dDevice->GetFeatureLevel() )
        {
            case D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1:
            case D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2:
                maxsize = 2048 /*D3D_FL9_1_REQ_TEXTURE2D_U_OR_V_DIMENSION*/;
                break;

            case D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3:
                maxsize = 4096 /*D3D_FL9_3_REQ_TEXTURE2D_U_OR_V_DIMENSION*/;
                break;

            case D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0:
            case D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1:
                maxsize = 8192 /*D3D10_REQ_TEXTURE2D_U_OR_V_DIMENSION*/;
                break;

            default:
                maxsize = D3D11_REQ_TEXTURE2D_U_OR_V_DIMENSION;
                break;
        }
    }

    assert( maxsize > 0 );

    UINT twidth, theight;
    if ( width > maxsize || height > maxsize )
    {
        float ar = static_cast<float>(height) / static_cast<float>(width);
        if ( width > height )
        {
            twidth = static_cast<UINT>( maxsize );
            theight = static_cast<UINT>( static_cast<float>(maxsize) * ar );
        }
        else
        {
            theight = static_cast<UINT>( maxsize );
            twidth = static_cast<UINT>( static_cast<float>(maxsize) / ar );
        }
        assert( twidth <= maxsize && theight <= maxsize );
    }
    else
    {
        twidth = width;
        theight = height;
    }

    // Determine format
    WICPixelFormatGUID pixelFormat;
    hr = frame->GetPixelFormat( &pixelFormat );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    WICPixelFormatGUID convertGUID;
    memcpy( &convertGUID, &pixelFormat, sizeof(WICPixelFormatGUID) );

    size_t bpp = 0;

    DXGI_FORMAT format = _WICToDXGI( pixelFormat );
    if ( format == DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN )
    {
        for( size_t i=0; i < _countof(g_WICConvert); ++i )
        {
            if ( memcmp( &g_WICConvert[i].source, &pixelFormat, sizeof(WICPixelFormatGUID) ) == 0 )
            {
                memcpy( &convertGUID, &g_WICConvert[i].target, sizeof(WICPixelFormatGUID) );

                format = _WICToDXGI( g_WICConvert[i].target );
                assert( format != DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN );
                bpp = _WICBitsPerPixel( convertGUID );
                break;
            }
        }

        if ( format == DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN )
            return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32( ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED );
    }
    else
    {
        bpp = _WICBitsPerPixel( pixelFormat );
    }

    if ( !bpp )
        return E_FAIL;

    // Verify our target format is supported by the current device
    // (handles WDDM 1.0 or WDDM 1.1 device driver cases as well as DirectX 11.0 Runtime without 16bpp format support)
    UINT support = 0;
    hr = d3dDevice->CheckFormatSupport( format, &support );
    if ( FAILED(hr) || !(support & D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_TEXTURE2D) )
    {
        // Fallback to RGBA 32-bit format which is supported by all devices
        memcpy( &convertGUID, &GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA, sizeof(WICPixelFormatGUID) );
        format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
        bpp = 32;
    }

    // Allocate temporary memory for image
    size_t rowPitch = ( twidth * bpp + 7 ) / 8;
    size_t imageSize = rowPitch * theight;

    std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> temp( new uint8_t[ imageSize ] );

    // Load image data
    if ( memcmp( &convertGUID, &pixelFormat, sizeof(GUID) ) == 0
         && twidth == width
         && theight == height )
    {
        // No format conversion or resize needed
        hr = frame->CopyPixels( 0, static_cast<UINT>( rowPitch ), static_cast<UINT>( imageSize ), temp.get() );  
        if ( FAILED(hr) )
            return hr;
    }
    else if ( twidth != width || theight != height )
    {
        // Resize
        IWICImagingFactory* pWIC = _GetWIC();
        if ( !pWIC )
            return E_NOINTERFACE;

        ScopedObject<IWICBitmapScaler> scaler;
        hr = pWIC->CreateBitmapScaler( &scaler );
        if ( FAILED(hr) )
            return hr;

        hr = scaler->Initialize( frame, twidth, theight, WICBitmapInterpolationModeFant );
        if ( FAILED(hr) )
            return hr;

        WICPixelFormatGUID pfScaler;
        hr = scaler->GetPixelFormat( &pfScaler );
        if ( FAILED(hr) )
            return hr;

        if ( memcmp( &convertGUID, &pfScaler, sizeof(GUID) ) == 0 )
        {
            // No format conversion needed
            hr = scaler->CopyPixels( 0, static_cast<UINT>( rowPitch ), static_cast<UINT>( imageSize ), temp.get() );  
            if ( FAILED(hr) )
                return hr;
        }
        else
        {
            ScopedObject<IWICFormatConverter> FC;
            hr = pWIC->CreateFormatConverter( &FC );
            if ( FAILED(hr) )
                return hr;

            hr = FC->Initialize( scaler.Get(), convertGUID, WICBitmapDitherTypeErrorDiffusion, 0, 0, WICBitmapPaletteTypeCustom );
            if ( FAILED(hr) )
                return hr;

            hr = FC->CopyPixels( 0, static_cast<UINT>( rowPitch ), static_cast<UINT>( imageSize ), temp.get() );  
            if ( FAILED(hr) )
                return hr;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Format conversion but no resize
        IWICImagingFactory* pWIC = _GetWIC();
        if ( !pWIC )
            return E_NOINTERFACE;

        ScopedObject<IWICFormatConverter> FC;
        hr = pWIC->CreateFormatConverter( &FC );
        if ( FAILED(hr) )
            return hr;

        hr = FC->Initialize( frame, convertGUID, WICBitmapDitherTypeErrorDiffusion, 0, 0, WICBitmapPaletteTypeCustom );
        if ( FAILED(hr) )
            return hr;

        hr = FC->CopyPixels( 0, static_cast<UINT>( rowPitch ), static_cast<UINT>( imageSize ), temp.get() );  
        if ( FAILED(hr) )
            return hr;
    }

    // See if format is supported for auto-gen mipmaps (varies by feature level)
    bool autogen = false;
    if ( d3dContext != 0 && textureView != 0 ) // Must have context and shader-view to auto generate mipmaps
    {
        UINT fmtSupport = 0;
        hr = d3dDevice->CheckFormatSupport( format, &fmtSupport );
        if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) && ( fmtSupport & D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_MIP_AUTOGEN ) )
        {
            autogen = true;
        }
    }

    // Create texture
    D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc;
    desc.Width = twidth;
    desc.Height = theight;
    desc.MipLevels = (autogen) ? 0 : 1;
    desc.ArraySize = 1;
    desc.Format = format;
    desc.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
    desc.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
    desc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT;
    desc.BindFlags = (autogen) ? (D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE | D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET) : (D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE);
    desc.CPUAccessFlags = 0;
    desc.MiscFlags = (autogen) ? D3D11_RESOURCE_MISC_GENERATE_MIPS : 0;

    D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA initData;
    initData.pSysMem = temp.get();
    initData.SysMemPitch = static_cast<UINT>( rowPitch );
    initData.SysMemSlicePitch = static_cast<UINT>( imageSize );

    ID3D11Texture2D* tex = nullptr;
    hr = d3dDevice->CreateTexture2D( &desc, (autogen) ? nullptr : &initData, &tex );
    if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) && tex != 0 )
    {
        if (textureView != 0)
        {
            D3D11_SHADER_RESOURCE_VIEW_DESC SRVDesc;
            memset( &SRVDesc, 0, sizeof( SRVDesc ) );
            SRVDesc.Format = format;
            SRVDesc.ViewDimension = D3D11_SRV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D;
            SRVDesc.Texture2D.MipLevels = (autogen) ? -1 : 1;

            hr = d3dDevice->CreateShaderResourceView( tex, &SRVDesc, textureView );
            if ( FAILED(hr) )
            {
                tex->Release();
                return hr;
            }

            if ( autogen )
            {
                assert( d3dContext != 0 );
                d3dContext->UpdateSubresource( tex, 0, nullptr, temp.get(), static_cast<UINT>(rowPitch), static_cast<UINT>(imageSize) );
                d3dContext->GenerateMips( *textureView );
            }
        }

        if (texture != 0)
        {
            *texture = tex;
        }
        else
        {
#if defined(_DEBUG) || defined(PROFILE)
            tex->SetPrivateData( WKPDID_D3DDebugObjectName,
                                 sizeof("WICTextureLoader")-1,
                                 "WICTextureLoader"
                               );
#endif
            tex->Release();
        }
    }

    return hr;
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRESULT CreateWICTextureFromMemory( _In_ ID3D11Device* d3dDevice,
                                    _In_opt_ ID3D11DeviceContext* d3dContext,
                                    _In_bytecount_(wicDataSize) const uint8_t* wicData,
                                    _In_ size_t wicDataSize,
                                    _Out_opt_ ID3D11Resource** texture,
                                    _Out_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
                                    _In_ size_t maxsize
                                  )
{
    if (!d3dDevice || !wicData || (!texture && !textureView))
    {
        return E_INVALIDARG;
    }

    if ( !wicDataSize )
    {
        return E_FAIL;
    }

#ifdef _M_AMD64
    if ( wicDataSize > 0xFFFFFFFF )
        return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32( ERROR_FILE_TOO_LARGE );
#endif

    IWICImagingFactory* pWIC = _GetWIC();
    if ( !pWIC )
        return E_NOINTERFACE;

    // Create input stream for memory
    ScopedObject<IWICStream> stream;
    HRESULT hr = pWIC->CreateStream( &stream );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    hr = stream->InitializeFromMemory( const_cast<uint8_t*>( wicData ), static_cast<DWORD>( wicDataSize ) );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    // Initialize WIC
    ScopedObject<IWICBitmapDecoder> decoder;
    hr = pWIC->CreateDecoderFromStream( stream.Get(), 0, WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnDemand, &decoder );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    ScopedObject<IWICBitmapFrameDecode> frame;
    hr = decoder->GetFrame( 0, &frame );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    hr = CreateTextureFromWIC( d3dDevice, d3dContext, frame.Get(), texture, textureView, maxsize );
    if ( FAILED(hr)) 
        return hr;

#if defined(_DEBUG) || defined(PROFILE)
    if (texture != 0 && *texture != 0)
    {
        (*texture)->SetPrivateData( WKPDID_D3DDebugObjectName,
                                    sizeof("WICTextureLoader")-1,
                                    "WICTextureLoader"
                                  );
    }

    if (textureView != 0 && *textureView != 0)
    {
        (*textureView)->SetPrivateData( WKPDID_D3DDebugObjectName,
                                        sizeof("WICTextureLoader")-1,
                                        "WICTextureLoader"
                                      );
    }
#endif

    return hr;
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRESULT CreateWICTextureFromFile( _In_ ID3D11Device* d3dDevice,
                                  _In_opt_ ID3D11DeviceContext* d3dContext,
                                  _In_z_ const wchar_t* fileName,
                                  _Out_opt_ ID3D11Resource** texture,
                                  _Out_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
                                  _In_ size_t maxsize )
{
    if (!d3dDevice || !fileName || (!texture && !textureView))
    {
        return E_INVALIDARG;
    }

    IWICImagingFactory* pWIC = _GetWIC();
    if ( !pWIC )
        return E_NOINTERFACE;

    // Initialize WIC
    ScopedObject<IWICBitmapDecoder> decoder;
    HRESULT hr = pWIC->CreateDecoderFromFilename( fileName, 0, GENERIC_READ, WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnDemand, &decoder );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    ScopedObject<IWICBitmapFrameDecode> frame;
    hr = decoder->GetFrame( 0, &frame );
    if ( FAILED(hr) )
        return hr;

    hr = CreateTextureFromWIC( d3dDevice, d3dContext, frame.Get(), texture, textureView, maxsize );
    if ( FAILED(hr)) 
        return hr;

#if defined(_DEBUG) || defined(PROFILE)
    if (texture != 0 || textureView != 0)
    {
        CHAR strFileA[MAX_PATH];
        WideCharToMultiByte( CP_ACP,
                             WC_NO_BEST_FIT_CHARS,
                             fileName,
                             -1,
                             strFileA,
                             MAX_PATH,
                             nullptr,
                             FALSE
                           );
        const CHAR* pstrName = strrchr( strFileA, '\\' );
        if (!pstrName)
        {
            pstrName = strFileA;
        }
        else
        {
            pstrName++;
        }

        if (texture != 0 && *texture != 0)
        {
            (*texture)->SetPrivateData( WKPDID_D3DDebugObjectName,
                                        static_cast<UINT>( strnlen_s(pstrName, MAX_PATH) ),
                                        pstrName
                                      );
        }

        if (textureView != 0 && *textureView != 0 )
        {
            (*textureView)->SetPrivateData( WKPDID_D3DDebugObjectName,
                                            static_cast<UINT>( strnlen_s(pstrName, MAX_PATH) ),
                                            pstrName
                                          );
        }
    }
#endif

    return hr;
}

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