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The converter easily converts your TIM file to various formats - free and online. No Steam or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Raster Image formats to TIM with high quality output.
The .tim file extension is most famously associated with the PlayStation Texture Image format, the standard graphic container used for sprites, textures, and background assets on the original Sony PlayStation (PS1) console. These files store raster graphics along with a Color Look-Up Table (CLUT) to manage palettes efficiently on 1990s hardware.
For modern users, the primary challenge with .tim files is their proprietary nature; they are unreadable by standard operating systems or image viewers like Microsoft Photos or Adobe Photoshop without specialized plugins. Furthermore, managing the separate CLUT (palette) data can be difficult, often resulting in incorrect colors if not handled by a dedicated converter. While they were cutting-edge for the PS1, they are now obsolete for anything other than emulation, modding, or texture extraction.
To use these assets in modern game engines or art projects, users should convert .tim files to widely supported formats. For sprites and UI elements where transparency is key, PNG is the ideal target. For uncompressed archiving of the raw pixel data, BMP or TGA are excellent choices. Convert.guru allows you to easily parse these legacy game archives and transform them into usable modern images instantly.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your TIM file.
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If you want to convert TIM file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Sony PlayStation or similar software from the "PlayStation Texture Image" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert BIN, CFG, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to TIM, try Sony PlayStation or another comparable tool in the "PlayStation Texture Image" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our TIM converter.