# Image

The **Image** control displays a non-interactive image to the user. You can use this for purposes such as decorations or icons, and you can change the image from a script to reflect changes in other controls. The control is similar to the [Raw Image](script-RawImage.md) control, but offers more options for animating the image and accurately filling the control rectangle. However, the Image control requires its Texture to be a [Sprite](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-TextureImporter.html), while the Raw Image can accept any Texture.

![An Image control](images/ImageCtrlExample.png)

## Properties

![](images/UI_ImageInspector.png)

| **Property:**       | **Function:**                                                                                                                                        |
|:--------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Source Image**    | The Texture that represents the image to display (which must be imported as a [Sprite](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-TextureImporter.html)). |
| **Color**           | The color to apply to the image.                                                                                                                     |
| **Material**        | The [Material](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-Material.html) to use for rendering the image.                                                  |
| **Raycast Target**  | Enable **Raycast Target** if you want Unity to consider the image a target for raycasting.                                                           |
| **Raycast Padding** | Space added to the [RectTransform](class-RectTransform.md) for raycasting.                                                                           |
| **Maskable**        | Enable **Maskable** to allow [Masks](script-Mask.md) to hide this object.                                                                            |
| **Image Type**      | Controls how to display the image. For detailed information on each Image Type, refer to [UIVisualComponents](UIVisualComponents.md).                |

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| **Preserve Aspect** | Ensure the image retains its existing dimension.                                                                                                     |
| **Set Native Size** | Set the dimensions of the image box to the original pixel size of the Texture.                                                                       |
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You must import the image to display as a [Sprite](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-TextureImporter.html) to work with the Image control.