Help with finding two scripts to convert .DDS to PNG and back

[Jeff0]

Hi,
I am trying to find a way to convert .DDS files to .PNG, and .PNG to .DDS, while keeping all the channels such as alpha, mipmaps and normalmaps intact.
Does anyone know of a few scripts I could use? I am using Windows 10.

Edit: I thought about doing this:

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convert image1.dds image1.png

But is this the right way to do it? I'd love to hear your suggestions.

[fmw42]

I am not an expert on DDD. See the defines for DDS at https://imagemagick.org/script/formats.php and https://imagemagick.org/script/command- ... php#define, which include those for mipmaps.

[Jeff0]

I am not an expert on DDD. See the defines for DDS at https://imagemagick.org/script/formats.php and https://imagemagick.org/script/command- ... php#define, which include those for mipmaps.

Thanks for the reply, I was wondering if you could help me also with a script that scans sub-directories, converts the images, copies the folder structure, and moves it to another folder. E.g, if you have the structure:

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C:\Images\Pictures\ImageFolder\images2***.dds ("images2***.dds" inside "ImageFolder")
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        images1***.dds ("images1***.dds" Inside "Pictures")

I want to move all the converted .dds to png files after conversion to

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C:\Converted_Images\Images\Pictures(images1***.png)\ImageFolder\(image2***.png)

If you could help me with that that would be great

[fmw42]

Sorry, I do not code on Windows. But others on this forum do and likely can help you.

[Jeff0]

Sorry, I do not code on Windows. But others on this forum do and likely can help you.

Ok, thanks for your help anyway

[snibgo]

What version of IM? I'll assume v7.
@Jeff0: You seem to have two questions. One is about converting a dds file to png. I know nothing about dds files, but ...

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magick in.dds out.png

... would be a good start.

Your second question is about creating the png file in a different directory. This would be:

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magick inpath\in.dds outpath\out.png

If you have multiple files in multiple directories, you could use a "for" loop for the files and directories, running "magick" for each file. Another possibility is a "for" loop for directories only and "magick mogrify" for each directory. Or "forfiles" for the loop.

[Jeff0]

@snibgo thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to look into it.