[TEC] Best dds for idiots application?

[Tigrone]

.dds is something I've never seen before, and I can only kind of poke at it right now. What is the best, and I mean the simplest, .dds-for-idiots application to use for viewing them and for editing them? Can they be easily converted to and from .tga?

[CaptainCox]

Photoshop CS2 + Nvidia DDS Plug in!

[Prof]

This page has a few good tools on it:

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html

I use the DDS Thumbnail Viewer and the Windows Texture Viewer...very good for quickly scanning through folders full of DDS files.

This is the program I use for converting DDS to BMP/TGA:

http://files.filefront.com/DDS+Converter+2+10/;3577988;/fileinfo.html

[Torcher]

Any tips on when you convert to .dds? There seems to be a lot of options for filtering, etc.

[OneTinSoldier]

When converting anything for use in SH4, use DXT5 is all the advice I can give. I think you can leave all the other options at their defaults.

[Tuddley3]

You can also download Irfanview, and get the Formats plug-in