XxShinra Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I keep running into deadends when it comes to converting nif to dds so I can open the nif file in Gimp in dds format. is a program called NIBLE really suppose to work for this or blender? I do as people ask in tuts but it doesn't work maybe anyone have an alternative progam? I might even buy photoshop but I don't want to if I don't have to. thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHammonds Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I think you are a bit confused. NIF = ModelDDS = Texture NIF files can be modified with NifSkope or imported into Blender or exported from Blender. However, the NIF files do have texture paths stored inside them that point to what texture (DDS) file they use but it is only a text string. DDS files are compressed textures that usually have what is called MipMaps images which are smaller and smaller images which are used when the object is farther and farther away...also related to image quality settings. DDS files can be converted to PSD or PNG images using many different tools like DDS Converter 2 and Paint.NET. Paint.NET can open DDS files directly but other image editors such as GIMP and Photoshop require plugins in order to import and export to DDS format. It is recommended that you keep your images that you edit stored in the native file format of the image editing tool you use...such as PSD if you use Photoshop to avoid re-compressing a compressed image....over and over...kinda like a fax of a fax. The image degrades each time you convert to DDS format. LHammonds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatarius Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 What made you think you need to convert .nif to .dds? What's your goal here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxShinra Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Here's what I'm saying I want to open my Nif in Gimp so I can change the look of it. Atleast that's how they make it look in the tuts down there, sorry it took me so long to reply, found that I had other things I needed to take care of. http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Retex_Guide ok ok I see what LHammonds saying now... NVM thanks Lhammonds :biggrin: ... but wait why cannot I find any book dds except for the icon dds? NVM Lhammands thanks I found them :biggrin: k thanks Magatarius :thumbsup: What made you think you need to convert .nif to .dds? What's your goal here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatarius Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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