Convert PlayStation 2 textures (TM2) online for free
The converter easily converts your TM2 textures to various formats - free and online. No TIM2View or or other Raster Image software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "Console Texture File" file type, you need software like TIM2View or a similar tool.
A .tm2 file is predominantly a Texture Map 2 (TIM2) file created by Sony for the PlayStation 2 gaming console. These files store rasterized 2D and 3D textures, often utilizing indexed color palettes and mipmaps optimized specifically for the PS2's Graphic Synthesizer hardware.
Opening a .tm2 file natively is practically impossible on modern systems without specialized community tools like TIM2View. Standard image editors like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP lack native support. In rare instances, a .tm2 file might instead contain Meteonorm hourly weather data used in energy simulations by software like EnergyPlus, or function as a translation memory file from Atril Déjà Vu X2.
The main disadvantage of the .tm2 texture format is its proprietary, outdated nature. You cannot view these files on mobile devices, modern web browsers, or standard image galleries. Dealing with them usually requires downloading old, unsupported, and poorly documented modding utilities that may not run correctly on modern 64-bit operating systems.
To make these textures usable today, conversion is essential. For web use and general viewing, convert your .tm2 to PNG to preserve transparency (alpha channels) perfectly. For compressed sharing or archiving, convert to JPG. If you are modifying the textures for use in modern game engines, target DDS or BMP. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your TM2 file.
Users also converted TXC, PNG, PDF, T3X, HTX and TX8 files.
If you want to convert TM2 file to WEBP, CUR or PSB, you can use TIM2View or similar software from the "Game Texture Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to TM2, try TIM2View or another comparable tool in the "Game 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 TM2 converter.