# love.image.newImageData

Creates a new ImageData object.

| This function can be slow if it is called repeatedly, such as from love.update or love.draw. If you need to use a specific resource often, create it once and store it somewhere it can be reused! |

## Function

### Synopsis

    imageData = love.image.newImageData( width, height )

### Arguments

`number width`
  The width of the ImageData.
`number height`
  The height of the ImageData.

### Returns

`ImageData imageData`
  The new blank ImageData object. Each pixel's color values, (including the alpha values!) will be set to zero.

## Function

### Synopsis

    imageData = love.image.newImageData( filename )

### Arguments

`string filename`
  The filename of the image file.

### Returns

`ImageData imageData`
  The new ImageData object.

## Function

### Synopsis

    imageData = love.image.newImageData( filedata )

### Arguments

`FileData filedata`
  The encoded file data to decode into image data.

### Returns

`ImageData imageData`
  The new ImageData object.

## See Also

- love.image
- ImageData

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Category:

- Functions