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Re: How to use DDS
Hi,
here is my somehow limited knowledge about DDS, having used them with cfs3.
I don't seem to have noticed any difference between DXT1, 3 and 5 in quality, but DXT3 and DXT5 can have an alpha channel. For best quality, 5:6:5 format is the way to go, but it also makes for larger files, so it's probably best not to use it for games.
One thing I also noticed is that grey colours tend to get a greenish hue if you convert a bmp to a dds format, especially if you make the conversion several times. So a rule of thumb would also be to convert just once your original file (whatever the format you're using first) : don't tweak a dds file.
This is especially true with Martin's Wright DXTbmp free image editor.
BTW, the photoshop plugin for dds also works with PSP : you just have to create a plugin folder and point to its path in preferences/file location.
Final thought : IMO, it's probably going to be the image format of the future as it really decreases the image weight compared to a bmp.
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