Release Notes

10 May 2026: v2.1.0

  • 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 Supported Formats for the full list of supported formats and read/write availability.

26 Mar 2025: v2.0.3.3

  • Fixed an issue where packed images were ignored, even if supported.

24 Mar 2025: v2.0.3.2

  • Fixed conversion issues between files with different color depths.

19 Jan 2025: v2.0.3.1

  • Fixed conversion of 32 bit files.

13 Jan 2025: v2.0.3

  • 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

  • Added support for packed textures

30 Apr 2024: v2.0.1

  • 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

  • First Release of Formatswap v2.