Supported Formats
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.. _supported_formats:

Formatswap supports all formats that Blender supports, but currently, there are some exceptions:

- **IRIS**: Blender is currently having issues loading IRIS files, so it is not supported.
- **CINEON**: Blender is currently having issues loading CINEON files, so it is not supported.
- **OpenExr Multilayer**: Formatswap V2 only supports OpenExr Multilayer files generated from Blender, as it is not a common format.

Formatswap V2 uses two different methods for processing images:

1. **OpenCV**: This is the fastest method, but it is limited to the formats that OpenCV supports.
    - JPEG
    - PNG
    - BMP
    - WEBP
    - OPEN_EXR (OpenCV can resize but not convert to other formats, Blender does)
    - HDR (OpenCV can resize but not convert to other formats, Blender does)

2. **Blender**: It supports all formats that Blender supports, but since it's slower and has lower resizing quality, it is only used when OpenCV does not support the format.
    - TIFF (Some files may not be supported by OpenCV, but Blender can process them)
    - JPEG2000 (OpenCV does not support 12-bit JPEG2000, but Blender does)
    - TARGA
    - TARGA_RAW
    - DPX
    - DDS (Only conversion from this format to another works; conversion to this format or resizing does not work)

If a format is not supported by OpenCV, it will be processed by Blender automatically.