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

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