nepogoda Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Hey. I'm doing a set of tattoos for my character. Edit files using Photoshop and plugin for .dds files. Faced an annoying trifle, folks. These squares/noise/glitches. (English is not my native language, so I do not know what to call them correctly.) Please tell me which settings will give the best quality when saving a .dds file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkruse05 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I use DXT5 for diffuse and normal maps, then 3Dc for speculars. Other people may do something different, but in general I've heard DXT3 and DXT5 are the way to go. I use 3Dc for speculars because it saves with a blueish hue, in GIMP anyway., You could probably also use 3Dc for normal maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepogoda Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Thank you, the quality has improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanOstrus Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hey.I'm doing a set of tattoos for my character. Edit files using Photoshop and plugin for .dds files. Faced an annoying trifle, folks. These squares/noise/glitches. (English is not my native language, so I do not know what to call them correctly.)Please tell me which settings will give the best quality when saving a .dds file? Since you're using Photoshop already is there a particular reason you do not use the Intel Texture Works Plugin? http://gametechdev.github.io/Intel-Texture-Works-Plugin/ It does require Photoshop CS6 and newer. Though I've heard reports that people have got it to work on CS5 with varrying success. If you're on an older version then it won't work. An alternative could be to save an uncompressed and then use Elric from the Creation Kit package to batch convert the different types for you. It just acts as a front end to the texconv program. You could use the newer DX11 BCn versions for the best quality with size saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepogoda Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 Yes, the reason is - I just did not know about this plugin. Thank you!In fact, it really helped. I managed to maintain without loss of quality, It is very cool.Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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