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Hello 7s,
can anyone please tell me , how I can edit dds files ?
I only find a .exe
Thanks
can anyone please tell me , how I can edit dds files ?
I only find a .exe
Thanks
Solved DDS
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DeweySalt
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Hello 7s,
can anyone please tell me , how I can edit dds files ?
I only find a .exe
Thanks
It's a common image format. Just google a plugin for it for Photoshop, Paint.NET or GIMP.
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R_B_EAZIE
The Robin Hood of GTA
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Hello 7s,
can anyone please tell me , how I can edit dds files ?
I only find a .exe
Thanks
paint.net or photoshop with the dds add on
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GTA Imperium
Getting There
- Messages
- 1,432
- Reaction score
- 315
R
R_B_EAZIE
The Robin Hood of GTA
- Messages
- 385
- Reaction score
- 134
D
DeweySalt
Developer & Gamer
- Messages
- 967
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- 718
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Awakening
The Poxleitner
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A quick sum up (excluding what everybody else has already said):
GTA V mainly uses DXT1 and DXT5. DXT1 is like a JPEG, DXT5 is like a PNG.
DXT5 DDS files will have an Alpha 1 layer in the channels tab. This layer provides 1-255 different levels of transparency throughout the image. Black signifies transparency whereas white signifies visibility and every grey in between signifies a different level of transparency (obviously the darker the great, the more transparency will be displayed). It acts as a mask.
If you look at both different types of files, you will be able to get a better understanding of what this mask is.
Saving:
!IMPORTANT! - Make sure you flatten the image before you save it. I'm pretty sure it's in Edit > Flatten Image. If you don't flatten it, Photoshop will give you an error when trying to save.
Be sure that you know what you are editing when you go and try to save it in Photoshop (I'm not familiar how Paint.NET goes about it). I have explained the most common file types of DDS above.
There are only two tick boxes when saving that you need to be aware of. There are file type check boxes and a MIP map check box.
If Photoshop didn't ask whether you wanted to display any MIP maps when you open a DDS file, then the file doesn't have MIP maps. If it did ask you, then it does have MIP maps. Make sure you keep this consistent when saving.
To understand what file type to save it as, all you need to do is look at whether the file has an Alpha 1 layer in the channels tab in Photoshop. If it does have one, then save it as DXT5. If it doesn't have one, then save it as DXT1.
If you replace a DXT5 in Console Texture Viewer and it displays as scramble and static, then try saving it as the ARGB option in Photoshop. Some DDS files for GTA V are in that format, but not many at all.
GTA V mainly uses DXT1 and DXT5. DXT1 is like a JPEG, DXT5 is like a PNG.
DXT5 DDS files will have an Alpha 1 layer in the channels tab. This layer provides 1-255 different levels of transparency throughout the image. Black signifies transparency whereas white signifies visibility and every grey in between signifies a different level of transparency (obviously the darker the great, the more transparency will be displayed). It acts as a mask.
If you look at both different types of files, you will be able to get a better understanding of what this mask is.
Saving:
!IMPORTANT! - Make sure you flatten the image before you save it. I'm pretty sure it's in Edit > Flatten Image. If you don't flatten it, Photoshop will give you an error when trying to save.
Be sure that you know what you are editing when you go and try to save it in Photoshop (I'm not familiar how Paint.NET goes about it). I have explained the most common file types of DDS above.
There are only two tick boxes when saving that you need to be aware of. There are file type check boxes and a MIP map check box.
If Photoshop didn't ask whether you wanted to display any MIP maps when you open a DDS file, then the file doesn't have MIP maps. If it did ask you, then it does have MIP maps. Make sure you keep this consistent when saving.
To understand what file type to save it as, all you need to do is look at whether the file has an Alpha 1 layer in the channels tab in Photoshop. If it does have one, then save it as DXT5. If it doesn't have one, then save it as DXT1.
If you replace a DXT5 in Console Texture Viewer and it displays as scramble and static, then try saving it as the ARGB option in Photoshop. Some DDS files for GTA V are in that format, but not many at all.