Skin Texture Modding Question - please help

[xenodoax]

I would like to combine the smooth skin appearance of HIMETAL with the nipple texture from 4K Jevonation's skin on Fiona. I'm using Gimp 2.10.28 to modify and export my .dds textures. When I export the .dds from Gimp, the skin becomes extremely whitened. Is there a solution to this problem for those who are using Gimp to modify and export textures? Thanks for your help!

 Spoiler: Extremely whitened texture after exporting .dds from Gimp

 

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[bnub345]

1 hour ago, xenofactor07 said:

Is there a solution to this problem for those who are using Gimp to modify and export textures?

 

I don't play dead or alive but I use GIMP sometimes for bethesda games. My guess is that you aren't exporting your dds files in the same format that the game uses. When you export, there should be a drop down menu for compression and format. Try changing your settings to whatever is used for this game.

[xenodoax]

5 hours ago, bnub345 said:

 

I don't play dead or alive but I use GIMP sometimes for bethesda games. My guess is that you aren't exporting your dds files in the same format that the game uses. When you export, there should be a drop down menu for compression and format. Try changing your settings to whatever is used for this game.

 

This is very helpful, thank you. I'll search this forum for anything about GIMP export settings for textures.