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== <center>DDS Converter 2.1</center> ==
== <center>DDS Converter 2.1</center> ==
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!style="background:#ffdead;border-bottom:1px solid;"  width="100"  | Description
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This tool allows you to convert .dds files to tga/bmp format, and then back again.  It is a GUI interface that uses NVIDIA's nvdxt.exe command line tool.
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!style="background:#ffdead;border-bottom:1px solid;" | Homepage
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[http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/DDS_Converter;29412 link to DDS Converter 2.1]
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This tool allows you to convert .dds files to tga/bmp format, and then back again.  It is a GUI interface that uses NVIDIA's nvdxt.exe command line tool
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== <center>NConvert</center> ==
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!style="background:#ffdead;border-bottom:1px solid;"  width="100"  | Description
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An additional resource for DDS files is NConvert (freeware).  It can convert to and from DDS allowing DDS files to be converted to other formats.  I recently used this tool to convert the DDS files that the TCS generates from the "Generate Local Maps" functon to jpegs.  It is a console app (dos box) and not GUI.  It will batch convert and is very fast.
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!style="background:#ffdead;border-bottom:1px solid;" | Homepage
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[http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/en_nconvert.html link to NConvert's site]
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[http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/DDS_Converter;29412 link to DDS Converter 2.1]
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== <center>NVIDIA Texture Tools</center> ==
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!style="background:#ffdead;border-bottom:1px solid;"  width="100"  | Description
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This page contains several useful texture manipulation tools.
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!style="background:#ffdead;border-bottom:1px solid;" | Homepage
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[http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html link to NVIDIA's tools]
[http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html link to NVIDIA's tools]
 
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An additional resource for DDS files is NConvert (freeware).  It can convert to and from DDS allowing DDS files to be converted to other formats.  I recently used this tool to convert the DDS files that the TCS generates from the "Generate Local Maps" functon to jpegs.  It is a console app (dos box) and not GUI.  It will batch convert and is very fast.<BR>
[http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/en_nconvert.html link to NConvert's site]


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Revision as of 11:54, 20 May 2006

DDS Converter 2.1

Description

This tool allows you to convert .dds files to tga/bmp format, and then back again. It is a GUI interface that uses NVIDIA's nvdxt.exe command line tool.

Homepage

link to DDS Converter 2.1


NConvert

Description

An additional resource for DDS files is NConvert (freeware). It can convert to and from DDS allowing DDS files to be converted to other formats. I recently used this tool to convert the DDS files that the TCS generates from the "Generate Local Maps" functon to jpegs. It is a console app (dos box) and not GUI. It will batch convert and is very fast.

Homepage

link to NConvert's site


NVIDIA Texture Tools

Description

This page contains several useful texture manipulation tools.

Homepage

link to NVIDIA's tools