DDS file settings with Photoshop plugin vs. Paint.Net

[isnorden]

Thanks to FramedArchitect and his very patient teaching, I've started to get the hang of creating icons. Unfortunately, I'm still stumped about which DDS configurations are "readable" by Civ5. Here's a screenshot of the options I get when I ask to save a file in DDS format--

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Does anyone know which settings I need to adjust and which ones I can ignore? Please help if you can!

EDIT: Here are the DDS save settings for Paint.Net, which looks a lot simpler; are there any particular settings I should use in that program?

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[Nutty]

There's some discussion about this elsewhere on the forums if you do a search. You'll be using DXT1, DXT3, or DXT5. It looks like you're working on icons, so you probably want DXT5 to ensure you don't have jagged edges on those circles.

 

[Horem]

I prefered Paint.net over Photo-omg-WTH

And as Nutty said you have to find a balance with what DTX you use, me personaly I use DTX3 and just apply Bicubic Sampling to remove the jagged edges, probably the wrong way but it works

An what was wrong with my Icon of the beehive I posted in your other thread?

 

[isnorden]

I prefered Paint.net over Photo-omg-WTH

And as Nutty said you have to find a balance with what DTX you use, me personaly I use DTX3 and just apply Bicubic Sampling to remove the jagged edges, probably the wrong way but it works

Every graphics program has its good and bad points; still, I agree that Photoshop's DDS plugin is much less newbie-friendly than the equivalent dialogue box in Paint.net. I'm probably best off using Photoshop for the fancy features when I need them, then saving the result as a PNG file...and re-saving that file as a DDS in the other program.

And what was wrong with my Icon of the beehive I posted in your other thread?

Nothing was wrong with it; I just wanted to try solving the problem myself first. Still, I appreciate the help--no hard feelings?

 

[Horem]

ofc not I was just wondering is all.

 

[Nutty]

I'm probably best off using Photoshop for the fancy features when I need them, then saving the result as a PNG file...and re-saving that file as a DDS in the other program.

If you're going to do that, I'd suggest DDS Converter as even easier then pulling up Paint.NET.

Note, though, that its interface is a bit unintuitive. After browsing to the folder where your source files are located, you'll need to type the first few letters into the image file list box and select your file from the dropdown rather than double-clicking on the file in the large box above. Then you'll need to click the ".\" button (i.e., the current directory) next to Output folder before the Convert button becomes active. After it converts your file, it will prompt you to Restart or Close. If you need to convert another dds, you'll choose Restart.

 

[Horem]

And yes DTX5 is better than 3 , ty for the tip Nutty, converted mien over and they look nicer ingame.

 

[acehart]

hi, someone can make work some dds plugin with adobe fireworks??