Tutorial to edit skins

[sharljimhtsin]

good tech article! it show me many useful tools! thx for sharing!

[mowingnottingham]

Thank you all for the tutorials. 

 

Basically, I wanted to edit the skin .dds files created by HI-METAL and added different nipple and areola colors and textures. When I open a .dds file, I was very surprise  to see that the image size was only 2048x2048 pixels, and the nipple texture was very small and blurry (around 50x50 pixels). (for example: file HI_Honoka_L_XL_C.dds in HI-METAL ver.4 skin textures)

 

I could not afford Photoshop, so I used the texconv.exe program suggested by jwheeler86. I tried GIMP and Irfanview program but they could not open the .dds files. 

 

I would like to check with other people using Photoshop if the image size is actually 2048x2048 ? Thanks for your help.

[tk2004]

6 hours ago, mowingnottingham said:

Thank you all for the tutorials. 

 

Basically, I wanted to edit the skin .dds files created by HI-METAL and added different nipple and areola colors and textures. When I open a .dds file, I was very surprise  to see that the image size was only 2048x2048 pixels, and the nipple texture was very small and blurry (around 50x50 pixels). (for example: file HI_Honoka_L_XL_C.dds in HI-METAL ver.4 skin textures)

 

I could not afford Photoshop, so I used the texconv.exe program suggested by jwheeler86. I tried GIMP and Irfanview program but they could not open the .dds files. 

 

I would like to check with other people using Photoshop if the image size is actually 2048x2048 ? Thanks for your help.

 

Yes. The texture provided by HI-METAL is 2K (2048x2048 pixel).

 

[mimimikky]

Does anybody know appropriate setting to save dds file using photoshop CS6 with NVIDIA Texture tools exporter? I tried saving my dds file with setting shown in attached jpg but the different color skin was appeared when I applied the skin texture. I really appreciate if you guys know correct setting to save dds file. Thanks,

[manytigers]

 

On 10/23/2020 at 10:53 AM, mimimikky said:

Does anybody know appropriate setting to save dds file using photoshop CS6 with NVIDIA Texture tools exporter? I tried saving my dds file with setting shown in attached jpg but the different color skin was appeared when I applied the skin texture. I really appreciate if you guys know correct setting to save dds file. Thanks,

Intel and Nvidia have different DDS plug-in. This interface you're using is From Nvidia, which doesn't have the compatible format. You can install the Intel's DDS plug-in @HokageSama posted, then save as the Intel's DDS format, not the Nvidia's one.

On 3/30/2019 at 6:39 AM, HokageSama said:

Intel Texture Plugin site: 

http://gametechdev.github.io/Intel-Texture-Works-Plugin/

Edited September 20, 2021 by manytigers

[Good Old Call]

In the case that you cannot afford Photoshop (honestly who can?), newer Paint.net works fine too. When exporting, turn off Mipmap and set the compression speed to slow.