# Load Texture2D

Menu Path : **Operator > Sampling > Load Texture2D**

The **Load Texture2D** Operator allows you to read a Texture2D texel value for specified coordinates and mip level. This Operator returns the float4 texel value without any filtering.

This translates to a Load() call on the texture in High-Level Shading Language (HLSL). For information on the differences between loading and sampling, see [Loading and sampling](#loading-and-sampling).

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## Operator properties

| **Input**     | **Type**  | **Description**                                              |
| ------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Texture**   | Texture2D | The Texture to read from.                                    |
| **X**         | uint      | The X coordinate of the texel to read. This is in the range of 0 to the width of the texture minus 1. |
| **Y**         | uint      | The Y coordinate of the texel to read. This is in the range of 0 to the height of the texture minus 1. |
| **Mip Level** | uint      | The mip level to read from.                                  |

| **Output** | **Type** | **Description**         |
| ---------- | -------- | ----------------------- |
| **s**      | Vector4  | The value of the texel. |

## Limitations

This is a GPU only operator and therefore does not work when plugged into **Spawn Context** ports.