# Creating New Textures Programatically

### Introduction

The easiest way to create a Texture2D is to drop a Texture2D into the FlatRedBall Editor. It generates code for loading the Texture2D.

Alternatively you can load a graphical file and create a Texture2D using FlatRedBallServices as follows:

```
Texture2D myTextre = FlatRedBallServices.Load<Texture2D>("redball.png");
```

While this code addresses many common scenarios, you may want to create your own textures programatically. This section discusses various topics on how to create Texture2Ds in code.

### Creating a simple Texture2D

The following code creates a Texture2D which is all red, then displays the Texture2D using a [Sprite](https://github.com/flatredball/FlatRedBallDocs/blob/main/frb/docs/index.php).

Add the following using statement:

```csharp
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Texture2D;

// Define the properties of the to-be-created Texture2D
int textureWidth = 32;
int textureHeight = 32;
int numberOfMipmapLevels = 0;

// Create the Texture
Texture2D texture2D = new Texture2D(
    FlatRedBallServices.GraphicsDevice,
    textureWidth,
    textureHeight,
    numberOfMipmapLevels,
    TextureUsage.AutoGenerateMipMap,
    SurfaceFormat.Color);

// Now let's modify the contents
Color[] colorData = new Color[textureWidth * textureHeight];
texture2D.GetData<Color>(colorData);
for (int i = 0; i < colorData.Length; i++)
{
    colorData[i] = Color.Red;
}
texture2D.SetData<Color>(colorData);

// The Texture should probably be added to a ContentManager
string nameOfTextureInContentManager = "Generated Texture";
string contentManagerName = FlatRedBallServices.GlobalContentManager;
FlatRedBallServices.AddDisposable(
    nameOfTextureInContentManager,
    texture2D,
    contentManagerName);

// Finally create a Sprite to show the Texture2D
SpriteManager.AddSprite(texture2D);
```

![GeneratedTexture.png](https://951240982-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M_fye9Ufg3vzJxwX5Hk%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3b54186bc56b4b4e6dff2c0b5368d84ee8d8e239%2Fmigrated_media-GeneratedTexture.png?alt=media)


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