How to edit .dds files (the cheap way)
Most of the pro-modders out there are giving out tips as to how to edit the .dds textures. They are for the most part using Adobe Photoshop CS and the Nvidia Plugin - but for those of you on a more limited budget (or like me - hates photoshop) you can use Gimp.www.gimp.orgDownload the DDS pluginhttp://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/Then the options you need to use when loading are do not load MIP maps and save decompressed 8 bit RGB including the MIP maps. I found that GIMP got the job done infinitely better than Photoshop which crashes and refuses to save on my Vista system
Most of the pro-modders out there are giving out tips as to how to edit the .dds textures. They are for the most part using Adobe Photoshop CS and the Nvidia Plugin - but for those of you on a more limited budget (or like me - hates photoshop) you can use Gimp.www.gimp.orgDownload the DDS pluginhttp://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/Then the options you need to use when loading are do not load MIP maps and save decompressed 8 bit RGB including the MIP maps. I found that GIMP got the job done infinitely better than Photoshop which crashes and refuses to save on my Vista system