# VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

247

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## Deprecation State

- Promoted to Vulkan 1.2

## Contact

- Daniel Rakos [GitHub]drakos-amd

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2018-11-08

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - Daniel Rakos, AMD

  - Jordan Logan, AMD

## Description

This extension allows specifying separate usage flags for the stencil aspect of images with a depth-stencil format at image creation time.

## Promotion to Vulkan 1.2

All functionality in this extension is included in core Vulkan 1.2, with the EXT suffix omitted. The original type, enum, and command names are still available as aliases of the core functionality.

## New Structures

- Extending VkImageCreateInfo, VkPhysicalDeviceImageFormatInfo2:

  - VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfoEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_SEPARATE_STENCIL_USAGE_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_SEPARATE_STENCIL_USAGE_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_STENCIL_USAGE_CREATE_INFO_EXT`

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2018-11-08 (Daniel Rakos)

  - Internal revisions.

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

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