[How To] Edit DDS Files in Photoshop And Save With No Alpha Shine/Glare

[Skrillex]

Refer to older post if its still around, I posted this tut on shaiyadevteam, nice to know it was ripped off. Thanks guys!

[Bаne]

Posted in the wrong section.

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[missesme]

Originally Posted by Skrillex

Refer to older post if its still around, I posted this tut on shaiyadevteam, nice to know it was ripped off. Thanks guys!

How was it ripped off? Far as i can see the only post on here is mine and i didnt get any of my info from the dev site cos i never had time for it. Shinru actually showed me.

[Alladrios]

Come on Skrillex, all the credits have been given in Missesme's tutorial.

Thank you again by the way Missesme for re-posting this useful tutorial, it made me look through texture editing deeper.

[castor4878]

Originally Posted by Skrillex

I posted this tut on shaiyadevteam, nice to know it was ripped off

hmm what "tut" is supposed to stand for there ??
ok, let's say some inventors have weird susceptibility.

cutting off the alpha channel of dds file is a hack, not an efficient, fully satisfactory, etc, etc, to manage light reflection on stuff.
the 3D model - i assume defined by the 3DC file - does contains information regarding these light effects.

if someone has - if you have - a "tutorial" on how being able to control and customize these effects I'll very interested, so far I just read a way to avoid that PS screws up the images, but w/o controling what it does, w/o understanding what options are available (and the nvidia doc. is quite bad).

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@ castor
skrillex made a step by step..i really mean step by step tut on how to edit textures without alpha shine.
missme has made an amazing tut as well
if you want a tutorial for what youre asking for..try google for once. will help answer all your questions

[castor4878]

Originally Posted by shadow5833

@ castor
skrillex made a step by step..i really mean step by step tut on how to edit textures without alpha shine.
missme has made an amazing tut as well
if you want a tutorial for what youre asking for..try google for once. will help answer all your questions

I didn't success to find the skrillex post.
I had read the full missme post.
I'm *not* criticizing either of these two intentions or achievements.

I simply note that original DDS files *does* use alpha channel - not using it gives the same result than using the DXT1 format (which is just 50% lighter), I do not assume that sonov has deliberately messed up half of the space; the rendering engine does expect it and use it, definitively.

meantime, cutting alpha channel "just" avoid that an image saved by /nvidia plugin for PS/ (and that module only) is turned into a candle; still the "alpha shine" exists, turn your toon facing or counter-facing the sun and u will see shine; it also prevents images to be displayed with *S3TC spec compliant* soft (like nxView or other OpenGL based softwares).

regarding your googladvertising ... i will assume it's a joke.

Edit: To explain my concern: I've just developed a DDS decoder to use it into my editing tools, w/o alpha info i have no choice but to display a full (since it's opaque) image will all garbage not relevant for the image, with alpha data, only the actually used part of image (the part mapped onto the 3D model) can be displayed.

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yes actually you are criticizing these people >_>
you are saying its the wrong way..well hell write your own guide and stop trying to make them look stupid.

[missesme]

Originally Posted by Alladrios

Come on Skrillex, all the credits have been given in Missesme's tutorial.

Thank you again by the way Missesme for re-posting this useful tutorial, it made me look through texture editing deeper.

You're welcome ^.^ here to help and all that. + new additions coming soon i hope.... just need to get some **** time to do it lol

[Alladrios]

Yea i know what you mean lol.