Image formats
Simplygon supports 8 and 16 bits per channel, that is 24 bpp and 48 bpp for RGB and 32 bpp and 64 bpp for RGBA textures.
The Simplygon SDK allows reading and writing of most common image formats, for further information of supported image file formats, see the table below.
The Simplygon Editor can read most of the common formats and write BMP, PNG, JPG and TGA when creating a Material LOD.
| Format | Description | Extension |
|---|---|---|
| BMP | Windows or OS/2 Bitmap | BMP |
| DDS | DirectX Surface (Load only) | DDS |
| JPEG | JPEG - JFIF Compliant | JPG, JIF, JPEG, JPE |
| PCX | Zsoft Paintbrush | PCX |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | PNG |
| TARGA | Truevision Targa | TGA, TARGA |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | TIF, TIFF |