IV
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
><B
>Note: </B
>If an alpha-channel is specified (that is, if <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>Amask</I
></TT
> is
nonzero), then the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SDL_SRCALPHA</TT
> flag is automatically
set. You may remove this flag by calling 
<A
HREF="sdlsetalpha.html"
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_SetAlpha</TT
></A
>
after surface creation.</P
></BLOCKQUOTE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN1826"
></A
><H2
>Return Value</H2
><P
>Returns the created surf