Guerilla 1 Posted June 1, 2006 I wonder if anyone can answer a quetion for me? Is there a way to convert a picture from windows paint into a usable format through texview 1.1? And if so can someone tell me how, this info would be greatly appreciated, thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted June 1, 2006 Save your pic as a JPEG, and open it with Texview. Then, save it as a .paa or .pac to your liking. Be warned, it has to be a 2^n x 2^n size (use Attributes in Paint to change this). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guerilla 1 Posted June 1, 2006 I still cant get it to work, nothing shows up in the texview window, what am I doing wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted June 1, 2006 The picture needs to be at one of the following sizes, and it needs to be saved as a JPEG. 2x2 4x4 8x8 16x16 32x32 64x64 128x128 ... etc etc ad infinitum. Or any combination of these, eg, 1024x128. Make sure that your picture is this size by going to Attributes in Paint. If you're still having trouble, send me a PM (again). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianTerror 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Quote[/b] ]Save your pic as a JPEG, and open it with Texview no. Save it as a .TGA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adumb 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Quote[/b] ]Save your pic as a JPEG, and open it with Texview no. Save it as a .TGA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desert-Rat 0 Posted June 1, 2006 in WIndows paint you can't save it as TGA only as GIF but thats makes the quality a lot uglyer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echo1 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Try using the trial version of Adobe Photoshop (only 30 days thoug ) or better: get a freeware utility like GIMP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted June 1, 2006 Good luck saving as a TGA in Windows Paint. Yeah, GIMP gets my vote, though I use PSP9 most days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianTerror 0 Posted June 2, 2006 Im well aware that you cant save as a TGA in MS paint. Im saying that if you want to view a file in texview, thats what it has to be....although my post was a bit unclear i guess You cant view jpgs in texview. At some point, it has to be converted to a TGA file. So MS paint will get you only so far. Your telling this guy that the jpg cant be viewed because his image size might be wrong? Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricJ 757 Posted June 2, 2006 I always preferred PSP7 but that's my preference. That would be a cheaper course of action. Adobe Photoshop Elements is a "lite" Photoshop, but really just as powerful for texture work. It's "lite" in that yeah, okay you don't have all the features, and it's definitely cheaper (like $130 compared to $600 for Photoshop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silent N Deadly 0 Posted June 2, 2006 Im well aware that you cant save as a TGA in MS paint.Im saying that if you want to view a file in texview, thats what it has to be....although my post was a bit unclear i guess You cant view jpgs in texview. At some point, it has to be converted to a TGA file. So MS paint will get you only so far. Your telling this guy that the jpg cant be viewed because his image size might be wrong? Â TexView can open and convert JPG, it doesn't have to be TGA. As long as the texture size is right it works fine. Have you tried it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianTerror 0 Posted June 2, 2006 Yes and its never worked. Not once in like 4 years. EDIT: i was told you can and when i got a sample jpg that "works" in someone elses texview...it didnt work in mine. So i dunno...weird. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted June 3, 2006 Your version must be fubared, I use texview to convert jpegs all the time. And yes, your JPEGs must be a certain size to be seen in TexView, or else they won't show up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sennacherib 0 Posted June 4, 2006 try to use the Gimp. this program is like photoshop and free you will have a better result Share this post Link to post Share on other sites