Meta.ShapedTexture.get_image

### Method

# Meta ShapedTextureget_image

#### Declaration [src]

    cairo_surface_t*
    meta_shaped_texture_get_image (
      MetaShapedTexture* stex,
      cairo_rectangle_int_t* clip
    )

#### Description [src]

Flattens the two layers of the shaped texture into one ARGB32 image by alpha blending the two images, and returns the flattened image.

#### Parameters

`clip`

  Type: `cairo_rectangle_int_t`

  A clipping rectangle, to help prevent extra processing. In the case that the clipping rectangle is partially or fully outside the bounds of the texture, the rectangle will be clipped.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

#### Return value

Type: `cairo_surface_t`

A new cairo surface to be freed with cairo_surface_destroy().

The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be `NULL`.