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Post by greyzonesims on Jul 29, 2020 14:44:19 GMT -5
I can't be the only mac user trying to edit/inport/export dds files in Photoshop 2020. What plugin do you use? I've searched all over the internet and I can't get it to work.
I do know how to export dds files from S4S. If I can't find a plug in, does it work to export from S4S as png, edit in photoshop as png, and then convert to dds before importing back into S4S? I'm at a standstill here, I don't understand why all this software is so complicated
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Post by simmerish20 on Jul 29, 2020 15:40:52 GMT -5
There's a discussion about that here that could be helpful (for the 2019 version, no idea bout the 2020 version). Other than that I only know of the "up to CS6" Nvidia tool you can get here. Gimp has DDS compatibility (can't remember if you need plugins, though). PNGs kinda work, but they seem to have some limitations. I've been using them for personal files (can't be bothered with DDS files most of the time since I don't upload). |
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Post by greyzonesims on Jul 29, 2020 15:53:09 GMT -5
There's a discussion about that here that could be helpful (for the 2019 version, no idea bout the 2020 version). Other than that I only know of the "up to CS6" Nvidia tool you can get here. Gimp has DDS compatibility (can't remember if you need plugins, though). PNGs kinda work, but they seem to have some limitations. I've been using them for personal files (can't be bothered with DDS files most of the time since I don't upload). Thank you for your response! the nvidia tool is for windows only, unfortunately. I already pay so much for Photoshop I'd really love to stick with it if I can. |
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Post by simmerish20 on Jul 29, 2020 16:12:37 GMT -5
You can try Gimp - there's a Mac version of it. At least then you can work with DDS files. It's free, so you don't have to spend any extra money on it. www.gimp.org/downloads/(It has PSD support so you can do most of the work in Photoshop, but layers aren't quite the same between Gimp and Photoshop, so you may want to do DDS files last, and don't leave any very complicated items for Gimp to translate. It works best with very simple transparent/non-transparent layers, and not so well with masks/overlays/filters and whatnots imported from Photoshop). |
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