Labs DDS File compositing node

Reads in DDS (DirectDraw Surface) Files

This node type is hidden. It is no longer supported.

This COP will read in DDS files. These files are common in games development, usually used as compressed game ready textures.

Note

DDS files can now be read by native File nodes in COPs. To be removed in Houdini 23.0.

Note

This COP leverages the PySide library to read the DDS files, and supports the same features PySide2 supports.

Warning

Unfortunately, due to it being a Python node, this might not be as fast as a native implementation. If you find yourself using this node a lot and would benefit from the speed up, reach out to support@sidefx.com

Note

Currently there is no way of exporting DDS files. If this is important to you, please log an RFE with support@sidefx.com

Parameters ¶

Image

Path to the DDS Image File

Override Size

Ignore the file native’s size and use the specified one instead

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Labs Demosaic

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Labs Grid Texture

Generates a texture that can be used as a simple resolution checkerboard.
Labs Normal Color

Simple helper node to generate the default normal color.
Labs Normal Combine

Overlays 2 normal maps together.
Labs Normal From Grayscale

Convert a grayscale image into a normal map.
Labs Normal Invert

Invert individual channels on an image.
Labs Normal Levels

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Labs Normal Rotate

Rotates a normal map while correcting recalculating it’s internal vectors.
Labs Normalize Normal

Ensures the normal map is balanced in a unit vector.
Labs Substance Archive

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