Convert PIC files

[Martin Yara]

I have to convert tons of Softimage PIC files to TGAs, is there any fast way to do this ?

I think I'll be doing it with Photoshop batches, but I would like a faster / better solution if there is any.

Thanks

Martin

[Thomas Volkmann]

XnConvert might be an option: http://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/

 

 

Martin Yara <furi...@gmail.com> hat am 20. Juni 2016 um 09:07 geschrieben:

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[Rob Wuijster]

PS or xnview/convert.
The last one might be the fastest way to do this I guess.

Rob

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[Amaan Akram]

If you have openimageio's oiiotool, give that a try

[Leendert A. Hartog]

The makers of XnConvert also offer a command line image processor called NConvert, 

which would set you back $100 for commercial use, 

but might prove handy when trying to convert a massive amount of files...

http://www.xnview.com/en/nconvert/

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Leendert

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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 09:16:25 +0200
From: li...@thomasvolkmann.com
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Convert PIC files

[Eric Turman]

If they are pic sequences, you can always use Sotimage's compositor.

[Ed Harriss]

Softimage also comes with a couple of command line tools that might work for you: imf_copy.exe and imgconv.exe

 

Ed

[Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES II]]

Why can’t you use the standalones you have in the Softimage bin directory?

 

imf_copy.exe

imgconv.exe

 

imgconv.exe explicitly lists TARGA as being supported. A sequence can be run as follows (from the man page):

 

imgconv in.pic out.tif -sequence 1 100 -processor zoom "2 2"

 

If the files are random as very simple script could be written to input a list from a directory. I’ve got scripts to do this lying around here somewhere if you need better examples.

 

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[Matt Lind]

The 'imgconv.exe' standalone in your Softimage installation can convert
images between file formats and do limited image processing on top of that.
imgconve.exe supports sequences, but it's capabilities are a bit limited.
You might also have the 'soft2tga.exe' standalone which is much older, but
will get the job done too.

Many moons ago I wrote "reng.exe" (rename engine) for exactly the task you
face. Reng runs from the command line, is very fast, well battle tested
amongst other Softimage users, and has the primary purpose of handling the
renaming component of file processing acting as a manager of command line
tasks. That is, it enables you to run most command line tools repeatedly as
a sequence or from batch files. In this case you can use reng to issue
imgconv.exe (or other command line tool) repeatedly to both rename and
convert your files, or do more complex stuff if needed. Very versatile
tool.

You can download reng from my website:

www.mantom.net/download/files/reng_v9_7.zip

Installation and usage instructions included in the zip. Main help page
available by typing 'reng' at the command prompt. Additional help with
usage examples available by typing 'reng -h' and following the instructions.

Matt





Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:07:12 +0900
From: Martin Yara <furi...@gmail.com>
Subject: Convert PIC files
To: "soft...@listproc.autodesk.com"

I have to convert tons of Softimage PIC files to TGAs, is there any fast
way to do this ?

I think I'll be doing it with Photoshop batches, but I would like a faster
/ better solution if there is any.

Thanks

Martin

[Martin Yara]

Thank you all !

I'm trying to automatize data conversion from Softimage data that is using PIC textures, to Maya with TGA. So I wanted something simple and fast to use it through command line so I can call it from a script.

XNview's NConvert was perfect, except for the $100 I don't want to pay for just converting a few hundred textures.

I didn't know about XnConvert but I found it great, if you need a GUI. It doesn't support command line (not without launching the GUI)

Irfanview was also promising, it can be run in command line but it's TGA converter doesn't convert the Alpha Channel, it just ignore it. And Irfanview stopped supporting Softimage's PIC a few versions ago.

I didn't know about imf_copy or imgconv ! It seems to be exactly what I need. Matt's reng also seems to be perfect for what I'm doing.

Thanks !

Martin

[Morten Bartholdy]

Flipbook will do it and I guess is scriptable.

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[Doug Kennedy]

Hi Martin 

If you're after something super simple and fast to get the TGAs into Maya from the Softimage data, don't forget that you can convert all the textures to TGAs on export when using the FBX exporter, it might same you some additional steps if your data is such that textures will export.

Doug 

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[Martin Yara]

Thanks Doug.

I'm not sure what kind of shaders this data is using, or if FBX will recognize everything fine but that's definitely something worth trying.

Martin