index.md

---

title: <feImage>
slug: Web/SVG/Element/feImage
page-type: svg-element
tags:
  - Element
  - SVG
  - SVG Filter
browser-compat: svg.elements.feImage

---

{{SVGRef}}

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

{{svginfo}}

Attributes

Global attributes

• Core attributes

• Presentation attributes

• Filter primitive attributes

• XLink attributes

• {{SVGAttr("class")}}

• {{SVGAttr("style")}}

Specific attributes

• {{SVGAttr("preserveAspectRatio")}}

• {{SVGAttr("xlink:href")}}

DOM Interface

This element implements the {{domxref("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="mdn_logo_only_color.png" />
    </filter>
  </defs>

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

Result

{{EmbedLiveSample("Example", 200, 200)}}

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{SVGElement("filter")}}

• {{SVGElement("animate")}}

• {{SVGElement("animateTransform")}}

• {{SVGElement("set")}}

• {{SVGElement("feBlend")}}

• {{SVGElement("feColorMatrix")}}

• {{SVGElement("feComponentTransfer")}}

• {{SVGElement("feComposite")}}

• {{SVGElement("feConvolveMatrix")}}

• {{SVGElement("feDiffuseLighting")}}

• {{SVGElement("feDisplacementMap")}}

• {{SVGElement("feFlood")}}

• {{SVGElement("feGaussianBlur")}}

• {{SVGElement("feMerge")}}

• {{SVGElement("feMorphology")}}

• {{SVGElement("feOffset")}}

• {{SVGElement("feSpecularLighting")}}

• {{SVGElement("feTile")}}

• {{SVGElement("feTurbulence")}}

• SVG tutorial: Filter effects