diff --git a/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/interface/GraphicsAccessories.hpp b/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/interface/GraphicsAccessories.hpp
index 6f746e7df4..f5c9de9579 100644
--- a/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/interface/GraphicsAccessories.hpp
+++ b/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/interface/GraphicsAccessories.hpp
@@ -734,8 +734,17 @@ TEXTURE_FORMAT TexFormatToSRGB(TEXTURE_FORMAT Fmt);
 
 String GetPipelineShadingRateFlagsString(PIPELINE_SHADING_RATE_FLAGS Flags);
 
+/// Converts texture component mapping to a string, for example:
+/// {R, G, B, A} -> "rgba"
+/// {R, G, B, 1} -> "rgb1"
 String GetTextureComponentMappingString(const TextureComponentMapping& Mapping);
 
+/// Converts texture component mapping string to the mapping, for example:
+/// "rgba" -> {R, G, B, A}
+/// "rgb1" -> {R, G, B, 1}
+bool TextureComponentMappingFromString(const String& MappingStr, TextureComponentMapping& Mapping);
+
+
 /// Returns the sparse texture properties assuming the standard tile shapes
 SparseTextureProperties GetStandardSparseTextureProperties(const TextureDesc& TexDesc);
 
diff --git a/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/src/GraphicsAccessories.cpp b/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/src/GraphicsAccessories.cpp
index fe58b2f8d8..2e918e6a2e 100644
--- a/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/src/GraphicsAccessories.cpp
+++ b/Graphics/GraphicsAccessories/src/GraphicsAccessories.cpp
@@ -2267,6 +2267,33 @@ String GetTextureComponentMappingString(const TextureComponentMapping& Mapping)
     return Str;
 }
 
+bool TextureComponentMappingFromString(const String& MappingStr, TextureComponentMapping& Mapping)
+{
+    Mapping = TextureComponentMapping::Identity();
+
+    bool AllOK = MappingStr.length() <= 4;
+
+    for (size_t Comp = 0; Comp < MappingStr.length(); ++Comp)
+    {
+        const auto Chr = MappingStr[Comp];
+        if (Chr == 'r' || Chr == 'R')
+            Mapping[Comp] = Comp == 0 ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R;
+        else if (Chr == 'g' || Chr == 'G')
+            Mapping[Comp] = Comp == 1 ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G;
+        else if (Chr == 'b' || Chr == 'B')
+            Mapping[Comp] = Comp == 2 ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B;
+        else if (Chr == 'a' || Chr == 'A')
+            Mapping[Comp] = Comp == 3 ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_A;
+        else if (Chr == '0')
+            Mapping[Comp] = TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ZERO;
+        else if (Chr == '1')
+            Mapping[Comp] = TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ONE;
+        else
+            AllOK = false;
+    }
+    return AllOK;
+}
+
 SparseTextureProperties GetStandardSparseTextureProperties(const TextureDesc& TexDesc)
 {
     constexpr Uint32 SparseBlockSize = 64 << 10;
diff --git a/Tests/DiligentCoreTest/src/GraphicsAccessories/GraphicsAccessoriesTest.cpp b/Tests/DiligentCoreTest/src/GraphicsAccessories/GraphicsAccessoriesTest.cpp
index ff1f016e9f..7ca25b6a10 100644
--- a/Tests/DiligentCoreTest/src/GraphicsAccessories/GraphicsAccessoriesTest.cpp
+++ b/Tests/DiligentCoreTest/src/GraphicsAccessories/GraphicsAccessoriesTest.cpp
@@ -774,6 +774,79 @@ TEST(GraphicsAccessories_GraphicsAccessories, GetTextureComponentMappingString)
                      TextureComponentMapping(TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY, TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY, TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY, TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ONE))
                      .c_str(),
                  "rgb1");
+    for (size_t Comp = 0; Comp < 4; ++Comp)
+    {
+        for (Uint32 Swizzle = 0; Swizzle < TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_COUNT; ++Swizzle)
+        {
+            TextureComponentMapping Mapping{TextureComponentMapping::Identity()};
+            Mapping[Comp]      = static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            std::string RefStr = "rgba";
+            if (Swizzle != TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY)
+                RefStr[Comp] = " 01rgba"[Swizzle];
+            EXPECT_STREQ(GetTextureComponentMappingString(Mapping).c_str(), RefStr.c_str());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(GraphicsAccessories_GraphicsAccessories, TextureComponentMappingFromString)
+{
+    {
+        TextureComponentMapping Mapping;
+        EXPECT_TRUE(TextureComponentMappingFromString("", Mapping));
+        EXPECT_EQ(Mapping, TextureComponentMapping::Identity());
+    }
+
+    for (Uint32 Swizzle = 0; Swizzle < TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_COUNT; ++Swizzle)
+    {
+        {
+            const char*             Strings[TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_COUNT] = {"r", "0", "1", "r", "g", "b", "a"};
+            TextureComponentMapping TestMapping;
+            EXPECT_TRUE(TextureComponentMappingFromString(Strings[Swizzle], TestMapping));
+
+            TextureComponentMapping RefMapping;
+            RefMapping[0] = Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            EXPECT_EQ(TestMapping, RefMapping);
+        }
+
+        {
+            const char*             Strings[TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_COUNT] = {"rg", "00", "11", "rr", "gg", "bb", "aa"};
+            TextureComponentMapping TestMapping;
+            EXPECT_TRUE(TextureComponentMappingFromString(Strings[Swizzle], TestMapping));
+
+            TextureComponentMapping RefMapping;
+            RefMapping[0] = Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            RefMapping[1] = Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            EXPECT_EQ(TestMapping, RefMapping);
+        }
+
+        {
+            const char*             Strings[TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_COUNT] = {"rgb", "000", "111", "rrr", "ggg", "bbb", "aaa"};
+            TextureComponentMapping TestMapping;
+            EXPECT_TRUE(TextureComponentMappingFromString(Strings[Swizzle], TestMapping));
+
+            TextureComponentMapping RefMapping;
+            RefMapping[0] = Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            RefMapping[1] = Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            RefMapping[2] = Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B ? TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY : static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            EXPECT_EQ(TestMapping, RefMapping);
+        }
+
+        for (size_t Comp = 0; Comp < 4; ++Comp)
+        {
+            TextureComponentMapping Mapping{TextureComponentMapping::Identity()};
+            Mapping[Comp]   = static_cast<TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE>(Swizzle);
+            std::string Str = GetTextureComponentMappingString(Mapping);
+            if (Comp == 0 && Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R ||
+                Comp == 1 && Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G ||
+                Comp == 2 && Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B ||
+                Comp == 3 && Swizzle == TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_A)
+                Mapping[Comp] = TEXTURE_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY;
+
+            TextureComponentMapping MappingFromStr;
+            EXPECT_TRUE(TextureComponentMappingFromString(Str, MappingFromStr));
+            EXPECT_EQ(Mapping, MappingFromStr);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 TEST(GraphicsAccessories_GraphicsAccessories, GetMipLevelProperties)