diff --git a/src/image.cpp b/src/image.cpp
index 91408eef4..df1f36a3e 100644
--- a/src/image.cpp
+++ b/src/image.cpp
@@ -836,9 +836,82 @@ namespace bgfx
 	bool imageConvert(void* _dst, TextureFormat::Enum _dstFormat, const void* _src, TextureFormat::Enum _srcFormat, uint32_t _width, uint32_t _height)
 	{
 		const uint32_t srcBpp = s_imageBlockInfo[_srcFormat].bitsPerPixel;
+
+		if (_dstFormat == _srcFormat)
+		{
+			bx::memCopy(_dst, _src, _width*_height*srcBpp/8);
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		return imageConvert(_dst, _dstFormat, _src, _srcFormat, _width, _height, _width*srcBpp/8);
 	}
 
+	ImageContainer* imageConvert(bx::AllocatorI* _allocator, TextureFormat::Enum _dstFormat, const ImageContainer& _input)
+	{
+		ImageContainer* output = imageAlloc(_allocator
+			, _dstFormat
+			, _input.m_width
+			, _input.m_height
+			, _input.m_depth
+			, _input.m_numLayers
+			, _input.m_cubeMap
+			, 1 < _input.m_numMips
+			);
+
+		const uint8_t bpp = getBitsPerPixel(_dstFormat);
+		const uint16_t numSides = _input.m_numLayers * (_input.m_cubeMap ? 6 : 1);
+
+		uint8_t* dst = (uint8_t*)output->m_data	;
+		for (uint16_t side = 0; side < numSides; ++side)
+		{
+			for (uint8_t lod = 0, num = _input.m_numMips; lod < num; ++lod)
+			{
+				ImageMip mip;
+				if (imageGetRawData(_input, side, lod, _input.m_data, _input.m_size, mip) )
+				{
+					bool ok = imageConvert(dst
+							, _dstFormat
+							, mip.m_data
+							, mip.m_format
+							, mip.m_width
+							, mip.m_height
+							);
+					BX_CHECK(ok, "Conversion from %s to %s failed!"
+							, getName(_input.m_format)
+							, getName(output->m_format)
+							);
+					BX_UNUSED(ok);
+
+					dst += mip.m_width*mip.m_height*bpp/8;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return output;
+	}
+
+	ImageContainer* imageParseBgfx(bx::AllocatorI* _allocator, const void* _src, uint32_t _size)
+	{
+		ImageContainer imageContainer;
+		if (!imageParse(imageContainer, _src, _size) )
+		{
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		ImageContainer* output = imageAlloc(_allocator
+			, imageContainer.m_format
+			, imageContainer.m_width
+			, imageContainer.m_height
+			, imageContainer.m_depth
+			, imageContainer.m_numLayers
+			, imageContainer.m_cubeMap
+			, 1 < imageContainer.m_numMips
+			, _src
+			);
+
+		return output;
+	}
+
 	uint8_t bitRangeConvert(uint32_t _in, uint32_t _from, uint32_t _to)
 	{
 		using namespace bx;
@@ -1623,7 +1696,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 		}
 	}
 
-	ImageContainer* imageAlloc(bx::AllocatorI* _allocator, TextureFormat::Enum _format, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint16_t _depth, uint16_t _numLayers, bool _cubeMap, bool _hasMips)
+	ImageContainer* imageAlloc(bx::AllocatorI* _allocator, TextureFormat::Enum _format, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint16_t _depth, uint16_t _numLayers, bool _cubeMap, bool _hasMips, const void* _data)
 	{
 		const ImageBlockInfo& blockInfo = getBlockInfo(_format);
 		const uint16_t blockWidth  = blockInfo.blockWidth;
@@ -1639,10 +1712,10 @@ namespace bgfx
 		const uint8_t numMips = _hasMips ? imageGetNumMips(_format, _width, _height) : 1;
 		uint32_t size = imageGetSize(NULL, _width, _height, _depth, _cubeMap, _hasMips, _numLayers, _format);
 
-		ImageContainer* imageContainer = (ImageContainer*)BX_ALLOC(_allocator, size + sizeof(ImageContainer) );
+		ImageContainer* imageContainer = (ImageContainer*)BX_ALLOC(_allocator, (NULL != _data ? 0 : size) + sizeof(ImageContainer) );
 
 		imageContainer->m_allocator = _allocator;
-		imageContainer->m_data      = imageContainer + 1;
+		imageContainer->m_data      = NULL != _data ? const_cast<void*>(_data) : imageContainer + 1;
 		imageContainer->m_format    = _format;
 		imageContainer->m_size      = size;
 		imageContainer->m_offset    = 0;
diff --git a/src/image.h b/src/image.h
index 282e5264a..ef05a1f2b 100644
--- a/src/image.h
+++ b/src/image.h
@@ -138,13 +138,45 @@ namespace bgfx
 	bool imageConvert(TextureFormat::Enum _dstFormat, TextureFormat::Enum _srcFormat);
 
 	///
-	void imageConvert(void* _dst, uint32_t _bpp, bx::PackFn _pack, const void* _src, bx::UnpackFn _unpack, uint32_t _size);
+	void imageConvert(
+		  void* _dst
+		, uint32_t _bpp
+		, bx::PackFn _pack
+		, const void* _src
+		, bx::UnpackFn _unpack
+		, uint32_t _size
+		);
 
 	///
-	void imageConvert(void* _dst, uint32_t _dstBpp, bx::PackFn _pack, const void* _src, uint32_t _srcBpp, bx::UnpackFn _unpack, uint32_t _width, uint32_t _height, uint32_t _srcPitch);
+	void imageConvert(
+		  void* _dst
+		, uint32_t _dstBpp
+		, bx::PackFn _pack
+		, const void* _src
+		, uint32_t _srcBpp
+		, bx::UnpackFn _unpack
+		, uint32_t _width
+		, uint32_t _height
+		, uint32_t _srcPitch
+		);
 
 	///
-	bool imageConvert(void* _dst, TextureFormat::Enum _dstFormat, const void* _src, TextureFormat::Enum _srcFormat, uint32_t _width, uint32_t _height);
+	bool imageConvert(
+		  void* _dst
+		, TextureFormat::Enum _dstFormat
+		, const void* _src
+		, TextureFormat::Enum _srcFormat
+		, uint32_t _width
+		, uint32_t _height
+		);
+
+	///
+	ImageContainer* imageConvert(
+		  bx::AllocatorI* _allocator
+		, TextureFormat::Enum _dstFormat
+		, const void* _src
+		, uint32_t _size
+		);
 
 	///
 	ImageContainer* imageAlloc(
@@ -156,19 +188,45 @@ namespace bgfx
 		, uint16_t _numLayers
 		, bool _cubeMap
 		, bool _hasMips
+		, const void* _data = NULL
 		);
 
 	///
 	void imageFree(ImageContainer* _imageContainer);
 
 	///
-	void imageWriteTga(bx::WriterI* _writer, uint32_t _width, uint32_t _height, uint32_t _pitch, const void* _src, bool _grayscale, bool _yflip, bx::Error* _err = NULL);
+	void imageWriteTga(
+		  bx::WriterI* _writer
+		, uint32_t _width
+		, uint32_t _height
+		, uint32_t _pitch
+		, const void* _src
+		, bool _grayscale
+		, bool _yflip
+		, bx::Error* _err = NULL
+		);
 
 	///
-	void imageWriteKtx(bx::WriterI* _writer, TextureFormat::Enum _format, bool _cubeMap, uint32_t _width, uint32_t _height, uint32_t _depth, uint8_t _numMips, const void* _src, bx::Error* _err = NULL);
+	void imageWriteKtx(
+		  bx::WriterI* _writer
+		, TextureFormat::Enum _format
+		, bool _cubeMap
+		, uint32_t _width
+		, uint32_t _height
+		, uint32_t _depth
+		, uint8_t _numMips
+		, const void* _src
+		, bx::Error* _err = NULL
+		);
 
 	///
-	void imageWriteKtx(bx::WriterI* _writer, ImageContainer& _imageContainer, const void* _data, uint32_t _size, bx::Error* _err = NULL);
+	void imageWriteKtx(
+		  bx::WriterI* _writer
+		, ImageContainer& _imageContainer
+		, const void* _data
+		, uint32_t _size
+		, bx::Error* _err = NULL
+		);
 
 	///
 	bool imageParse(ImageContainer& _imageContainer, bx::ReaderSeekerI* _reader);