Editing DDS files

[ShinyMcShine]

Hi, can someone explain how to edit DDS skin normal files via Photoshop, what parameters should be set in save window?

 

 

Edited June 8, 2023 by ShinyMcShine

[ddman2]

*Load Alpha as Channel instead of Transparency

When you load, select "Load Alpha as channel". The texture has 3 channels: Red, Green and Blue. It will add another channel "Alpha" that is used for transparency. In hook5, this Alpha channel is used for displacement. The default value is 128Red, 128 Green, 128 Blue (128Grey). Anything below or above this value will bend or bump that area. So you want to load and save the Alpha Channel if it has one.

 

*Load mip maps

Mip maps are smaller versions of the same texture. They load automatically based on distance from the texture. Load the texture without mip maps, but save with mip maps.

[Nicolay_Solid]

what version of ps are you using? Mine crashes after opening a dds file.