The COMPLETE Effect and HLSL Cross-Reference

By Sebastien St-Laurent ISBN 0-9766132-1-2 Jan 2006 (896 pages) Buy directly from Paradoxal Press at $20.75 (Save 43%)

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Texture Converter (Windows Explorer Extension)

The texture file converter saves one or more texture files to a new file format. The following are the available input and output formats:

• .bmp
• .dds
• .dib
• .hdr
• .jpg
• .pfm
• .png
• .tga

For more information on these texture file formats, see D3DXIMAGE_FILEFORMAT.

Compatibility Chart

Requirements

Installation

The texture file converter is automatically installed from txview.dll when you install the DirectX SDK.

User's Guide

The texture file converter is activated when you right-click one or more files or a folder, and then select Convert to file format... from the context menu.

The following conversion dialog box will appear with options for output size, formats, filtering, and file location.

If Image Options is set to Default, the original image size and/or mip levels will be retained. The Depth setting applies only to volume textures. Choices are available among the following options and filters.

Note    The Miplevels and Mip Filter choices are disabled unless .dds output format and Enable extended .DDS file options are both selected.

Behavior of the converter varies according to whether a single file, multiple files, or a folder have been selected, as described below.

Converting a Single File

Follow these steps to convert a single texture file.

1. Right-click a texture file to convert, then select Convert to file format... from the context menu. The conversion dialog box shown above will appear.
2. Insert a path, file name, and extension for the converted file. Alternately, click the ... browse button, which will open a Save As dialog box to select the converted file's name, format, and destination folder.

Converting Multiple Files

Follow these steps to convert multiple texture files.

1. Select multiple texture files, right-click, and select Convert to file format... from the context menu. A bulk file dialog box appears.
2. In the bulk file dialog box, select whether to specify the output format for each file individually, or to convert all files to the same output format.
3. If you chose to specify the output format for each file individually, the conversion dialog box shown above appears in turn for each file. Then for each file, specify the output size, format, and filtering to apply. However, if you chose to convert all files to the same output format, a Bulk texture file conversion dialog box, similar to the conversion dialog box shown above, appears. Specify the output size, format, and filtering to apply to all the files you have selected.
4. Select the output format for the files.
5. Insert a path to a destination folder in which to store the converted files, or click the ... browse button to select a destination folder.

Converting Files in a Folder

Follow these steps to convert several texture files in a folder.

1. Right-click a folder containing texture files (or several files and a folder), then select Convert to file format... from the context menu. A Bulk texture file conversion dialog box, similar to the conversion dialog box shown above, appears.
2. Specify the output size, format, and filtering that will apply to all the files within the folder, along with any other files you have selected.
3. Insert a path to a destination folder in which to store the converted files, or click the ... browse button to select a destination folder.
4. If the destination folder is the same as or within the source folder, a message box will inform you that the files will not be converted. However, any other selected source files not in this destination folder will be converted. The converter also provides options for the case where more than one file of the same name will be created; for example, when two files to be converted have the same name but different extensions.