How do I convert a .RAW terrain file without PhotoShop?

Questions & Answers
1

I want to use my preferred photo editor to edit terrain in Unity, but I can’t find anything that will read or write Unity’s .RAW files for free (Unity’s .RAW files seem to be different from, say, Nikon’s which these converters expect).

2

Google GIMP

3

Someone recommended the program “Fiji” I haven’t tried it yet but quite a few people seem to recommend it, give that a try. Fiji Downloads

4

I use GDAL: Importing DEM Terrain Heightmaps for Unity using GDAL | Alastair Aitchison

5

You can also put the data into a texture and use EncodeToPNG

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Texture2D.EncodeToPNG.html

6

I finally found an online converter for that !

http://rawpixels.net/

Pixel format: Grayscale
bpp1: 16, others at 0.
Check Little Endian.

Then right click on the image → save image as …

7

I created a Python script that converts the 16-bit raw file into a 16-bit EXR.

The EXR can then be used as a Texture2D.

git repo

Python Package