We can open an image/texture in Blender using the Python API by calling the bpy.opa.image.open(…) operator, or directly through the blend data collection by calling the bpy.data.images.load(…) method.
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However, if the desired image format is not supported by Blender, the code execution is not interrupted, Blender only prints an error message to the system console.
IMB_ibImageFromMemory: unknown file-format (c:\….f)
Before opening an image, we can check if its type is supported by Blender by checking its extension.
We can get a list of all image extensions supported by Blender from the bpy.path.extensions_image list:
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bpy.path.extensions_image # frozenset({'.cin', '.jpeg', '.hdr', '.psd', '.png', '.jp2', '.dpx', '.tiff', '.jpg', '.pdd', '.j2c', '.bmp', '.dds', '.tx', '.rgba', '.sgi', '.tif', '.rgb', '.tga', '.exr', '.webp', '.psb'}) |
Comparing the extension of the image with this list, we can determine if this type of image is supported in Blender:
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import bpy import os image_path = 'c:/image.xcf' if not image_path.endswith(tuple(bpy.path.extensions_image)): print('Not supported!') else: bpy.data.images.load(image_path, check_existing=True) |