Back to work!

[Gousgounis]

Decided to get the beloved Se5 repainted again! For OFF P3: Note that this is the Hispano-Suiza variant.
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Coming next:Cecil Lewis's se5a skin used by him on home defense

 

[Bullethead]

Beautiful!

BTW, I used to make skins for Aces High with PSP. I don't recall seeing the .dds file extension before, but I don't have PSP on this computer so I can't see if it works with that. What program do you use for them?

 

[Gandi]

nvidia has a plugin for photoshop that allows you to edit .dds files or you can use Martin Wrights DXTBMP utility to convert them to .bmp for editing then back again.....find that (and some other goodies) here http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/

 

[Gousgounis]

I use DXTbmp to convert dds to bmp. Then Photoshop CS3 to edit. It is better than PSP (u need to get used to it though )

 

[Bullethead]

Thanks for the tips.

I've used both PS and PSP and really, other than having the interfaces arranged differently using different names for the same functions, I can't tell the difference between them. Some things are easier to do on one or the other, but both end up doing the same things. At least when it comes to making skins. Maybe if you're doing something else, one would be better than the other.

 

[Bullethead]

Hmm, I just found out that GIMP can do DDS files, too. I'll have to see how that works. Never used GIMP before.

 

[Dimus]

I use irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com/

With the plugins it can open and convert literally everything, including dds. It's a nice way to browse through the skins also.

 

[Bullethead]

I use irfanview:

The thing I like best about Irfanview is that it converts BMPs to JPGs without distorting any text you might have in the pic.

 

[UK_Widowmaker]

OOo...interesting thread!..I use irfanview too, but never realised you could do so much with it!...will check that out!..thanks guys:woot: