Convert PlayStation texture images (TIM) online for free
The converter easily converts your TIM texture images to various formats - free and online. No Tim2View or or other Raster Image software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Console Game Texture" formats to TIM without using software like Tim2View or a similar tool.
A .TIM file is a proprietary raster image format developed by Sony for the original PlayStation (PS1) console. It stores 2D sprites, textures, and UI elements used in classic PS1 games. Modders and ROM hackers often use specialized tools like Tim2View, Noesis, or legacy Adobe Photoshop plugins to extract and view .TIM files. Additionally, this extension is sometimes used for Apache Lucene term dictionary files or time series data from MTS Systems.
The main disadvantage of graphic .TIM files is that they are entirely proprietary and severely outdated. Standard image viewers (like Windows Photos or macOS Preview) and web browsers cannot open them. They rely on specialized Color Look-Up Tables (CLUTs) limited to 4-bit, 8-bit, or 16-bit color depths. This makes them exceptionally difficult to edit in modern graphic design software without complicated, outdated plugins.
To use or edit these graphics today, you must convert them. For web use or modern general viewing, convert .TIM to PNG, as it perfectly preserves the transparent pixels often found in game textures. If you are uploading to a forum that restricts formats, convert to JPG. For editing in standard software, BMP or PNG are the best targets. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
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 Tim2View or similar software from the "PlayStation Texture Storage" 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 Tim2View or another comparable tool in the "PlayStation Texture Storage" 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.