# (Image):setMipmapFilter

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Sets the mipmap filter mode for an Image.

Mipmapping is useful when drawing an image at a reduced scale. It can improve performance and reduce aliasing issues.

| It's best to call this method directly after creating the image with love.graphics.newImage, to avoid bugs in certain graphics drivers. |

| Due to hardware restrictions and driver bugs, images that weren't loaded from a CompressedData must have power-of-two dimensions (64x64, 512x256, etc.) to support mipmaps and mipmap filtering. |

## Function

Automatically creates mipmaps for the Image if none exist yet. If the image is compressed and its CompressedData has mipmap data included, it will use that.

### Synopsis

    Image:setMipmapFilter( filtermode, sharpness )

### Arguments

`FilterMode filtermode`
  The filter mode to use in between mipmap levels. "nearest" will often give better performance.
`number sharpness (0)`
  A positive sharpness value makes the image use a more detailed mipmap level when drawing, at the expense of performance. A negative value does the reverse.

### Returns

Nothing.

## Function

Disables mipmap filtering.

### Synopsis

    Image:setMipmapFilter( )

### Arguments

None.

### Returns

Nothing.

## See Also

- Image
- Image:getMipmapFilter

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Category:

- Functions