<feImage>

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The <feImage> SVG filter primitive fetches image data from an external source and provides the pixel data as output (meaning if the external source is an SVG image, it is rasterized.)

Usage context

Categories	Filter primitive element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: `<animate>`, `<animateTransform>`, `<discard>`, `<set>`

Attributes

crossorigin
fetchpriority Experimental
preserveAspectRatio
href
xlink:href Deprecated
Filter primitive attributes: x, y, width, height, result

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGFEImageElement interface.

Example

SVG

html

<svg
  viewBox="0 0 200 200"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  width="200"
  height="200">
  <defs>
    <filter id="image">
      <feImage href="mdn_logo_only_color.png" />
    </filter>
  </defs>

  <rect x="10%" y="10%" width="80%" height="80%" filter="url(#image)" />
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Specification
Filter Effects Module Level 1 # feImageElement

Browser compatibility

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