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Me and Adobe recently parted ways, so I have stopped modding for a while so I can get up to speed with open source software.

 

Having hopped on The Gimp train, I noticed there is practically no good info out there that details how to use its DDS plugin. I've written a guide to address this problem while using The Gimp on the Windows platform (Windows 7 Ulitmate 64-bit).

 

The guide addresses:

  • Where to install the plugin (path is on page 2)
  • Explanation of the various BC / DXT formats
  • RGB modes
  • Creation of cube maps
  • Creation of volume maps

I added info on other topics as well.

 

You can read, print, or download it from here, or you can download it directly from this post.

 

Its a WIP, and if anyone with more experience sees an error, please let me know and I'll correct it.

 

~V~

 

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Uploaded version 0.2. This new version contains a few corrections and adds explanations to each of the RGB types (bit depth, with or without alphas, etc).

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Schweet. The forum part of this site badly needs a Kudos button for stuff like this!

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I have install the GIMP and dds plug-in,but I can't open or save as a .dds.Can you tell me why?I use GIMP2.10.6 and win7. :mellow:

Warning message is “unsupport DXG1 format(98)”.

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it used to work for me but stoppe dworking even thugh still using 2.8.10 and 2.8.22 both wont work and usign the same windows, did a reinstall of the same windows and nolonger will load works as if the plugin was never installed.

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