<feImage>

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>`, `<set>`

Attributes

Global attributes

Specific attributes

preserveAspectRatio
xlink:href

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGFEImageElement interface.

Example

SVG

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <defs>
    <filter id="image">
      <feImage xlink:href="/files/6457/mdn_logo_only_color.png"/>
    </filter>
  </defs>

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

Result

Specifications

Specification
Filter Effects Module Level 2 (Filter Effects 2) # feImageElement

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`feImage`	Yes	12	4	Yes	9	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
`href`	50	12	Yes Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986).	Yes	37	12.1	50	50	Yes Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986).	?	12.2	5.0
`preserveAspectRatio`	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
`xlink_href`	Yes	12	4 Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986).	Yes	9	?	Yes	Yes	Yes Document fragments (including references to fragments in the current document) are not supported (see bug 455986).	?	?	Yes