# CompressedImageData

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
It has been renamed from CompressedData in previous versions..

Represents compressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM.

CompressedImageData encompasses standard compressed texture formats such as DXT1, DXT5, and BC5 / 3Dc.

You can't draw CompressedImageData directly to the screen. See Image for that.

## Constructors

## Functions

Data:getPointer | Gets a pointer to the Data. |  |
Data:getSize | Gets the size in bytes of the Data. |  |
Data:getString | Gets the full Data as a string. | 0.9.0 |
Object:type | Gets the type of the object as a string. |  |
Object:typeOf | Checks whether an object is of a certain type. |  |

## Enums

## Supertypes

- Data
- Object

## See Also

- love.image
- love.image.isCompressed
- Image

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Category:

- Types