turns a texture object into a 2DTexture object

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    /// <summary>
    /// turns a texture object into a 2DTexture object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="texture"> inputTexture </param>
    /// <returns>a 2DTexture from the texture object</returns>
    ///<example>
    /// This shows why you might need it. https://github.com/fenderrex
    /// <code>
    ///      RawTexture rawTexture = GetComponent<RawImage>();
    ///      texture2D valueOut= TextureToDepth(rawTexture.texture);
    ///     
    /// </code>
    ///</example> 
    public static Texture2D TextureToDepth(Texture texture) 
    {
        Texture2D texture2D = new Texture2D(texture.width, texture.height);
        RenderTexture tempRT = new RenderTexture(texture.width, texture.height, 0, RenderTextureFormat.Default, RenderTextureReadWrite.Linear);
        RenderTexture.active = tempRT;
        Graphics.Blit(texture, tempRT);
        texture2D.ReadPixels(new Rect(0, 0, tempRT.width, tempRT.height), 0, 0);
        texture2D.Apply();
        
        //RenderTexture.active = null;
        //tempRT.Release();

        return texture2D;
    }