Release Notes
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10 May 2026: v2.1.0
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- Removed OpenCV backend, now replaced with OpenImageIO for all formats
- Removed extra step to enable EXR support
- Removed the need to install dependencies from the add-on preferences
- Fixed support for packed textures
- Fixed support for UDIM textures
- Added full support for Blender's new extensions system
- Engine code rewritten from scratch to improve support for existing file formats (especially EXR)
- Expanded format support — the following formats can now be used as conversion sources:

  - **AVIF** (``.avif``)
  - **JPEG 2000 Codestream** (``.j2c``)
  - **Photoshop** (``.psd``, ``.psb``, ``.pdd``)
  - **SGI** (``.rgb``)
  - **TX / OIIO Texture** (``.tx``)

  See :doc:`supported_formats` for the full list of supported formats and read/write availability.

26 Mar 2025: v2.0.3.3
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- Fixed an issue where packed images were ignored, even if supported.

24 Mar 2025: v2.0.3.2
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- Fixed conversion issues between files with different color depths.

19 Jan 2025: v2.0.3.1
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- Fixed conversion of 32 bit files.

13 Jan 2025: v2.0.3
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- Added partial support for .dds files (Only conversion from this format to another works; conversion to this format or resizing does not work).
- Reworked the dependencies installation system.

25 May 2024: v2.0.2
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- Added support for packed textures

30 Apr 2024: v2.0.1
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- Set the default interpolation value to AREA.
- Set the default output folder to FS_Textures instead of Textures to avoid conflicts with existing textures.
- Added an auto-toggle system console feature in the add-on preferences.
- Implemented a dedicated logging module for better readability of the conversion process.

20 Apr 2024: v2.0.0
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- First Release of Formatswap v2.