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XnView How to change file read-in format?

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Mar 15, 2026922 views

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I have a "raw file" (not unprocessed image data, but raw heightmap data from a game's map editor saved as Photoshop RAW) and it looks like XnView might be able to open it. It sees the properties as 513x513 8-bit RGB when in reality it is a 513x513 single channel 16 bit file with IBM PC byte order a…

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Convert it with imagemagick to format XnView can read. I can be difficult to preserve the 16 bit depth however. You will have to find a suitable format that can represent the depth and can be exported by imagemagick and imported by XnView. As a star…

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