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.