GMImage.GetDepth
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Queries the Image depth (bits allocated to red/green/blue components)

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [GraphicsMagick](component_GraphicsMagick.md) | [2.0](newinversion20.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "GMImage.GetDepth"; ImageRef ) 

**MBS**( **"GMImage.GetDepth";** /\* Queries the Image depth (bits allocated to red/green/blue components) \*/  
**$ImageRef**) /\* The image reference number.e.g. 1 \*/ 

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ImageRef | The image reference number. | 1 |

### Result

Returns a number.

### Description

Queries the Image depth (bits allocated to red/green/blue components)  
### Examples

Queries color depth:

 Set Variable \[ $image ; Value: MBS ("[GMImage.NewFromFile](GMImageNewFromFile.md)"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/image4.png") \]   
Set Variable \[ $value ; Value: MBS ("GMImage.GetDepth"; $image ) \]   
Show Custom Dialog \[ "Depth" ; $value \]   
Set Variable \[ $r ; Value: MBS ("[GMImage.Release](GMImageRelease.md)"; $image ) \]  
### See also

- [GMImage.GetDebug](GMImageGetDebug.md)
- [GMImage.GetDensity](GMImageGetDensity.md)
- [GMImage.GetHeight](GMImageGetHeight.md)
- [GMImage.GetMatte](GMImageGetMatte.md)
- [GMImage.GetType](GMImageGetType.md)
- [GMImage.GetWidth](GMImageGetWidth.md)
- [GMImage.New](GMImageNew.md)
- [GMImage.NewFromFile](GMImageNewFromFile.md)
- [GMImage.SetDebug](GMImageSetDebug.md)
- [GMImage.SetDepth](GMImageSetDepth.md)

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Created 18th August 2014 , last changed 17th April 2019

  
[GMImage.GetDensity](GMImageGetDensity.md) - [GMImage.GetEXIFOrientation](GMImageGetEXIFOrientation.md)

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