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Painting software for FSX dds files
Posted: 30 Dec 2016, 15:24
by Motormouse
Ok chaps, a question about fsx repaints, I have psp8, but no option to save as dds bitmap, so how to go from plain bmp files to dds files please.
Ttfn
Pete
Re: Painting software for FSX dds files
Posted: 30 Dec 2016, 15:43
by DaveG
You can use the
nVidia Photoshop plugins with PSP apparently, but I don't use PSP so I'm not sure of the steps involved. Google should help there.
You can use imagetool from the FSX or P3d SDKs to convert, or you can use
dxtBMP.
Re: Painting software for FSX dds files
Posted: 30 Dec 2016, 16:23
by Rick Piper
The Nvidia dds plugin works with photoshop, Paintshop Pro & Gimp
probably a few more
I only use photoshop 5.5 to flatten PSD then export to dds
all my paint etc is from Paint Shop Pro 5
Re: Painting software for FSX dds files
Posted: 31 Dec 2016, 15:50
by Motormouse
Righto then, thanks both, time to experiment.
Ttfn
Pete
Re: Painting software for FSX dds files
Posted: 31 Dec 2016, 16:00
by DaveB
For what it's worth Pete.. I still do it the old fashioned way. Save the flipped image as a 24bit bmp then convert it to .dds using DXTBmp. If an image has a 'proper' alpha.. I save that off the original and add it in DXTBmp before I save as .dds. Looked at using the plugins but got scarred
ATB
DaveB
