I have been in email conversation with Irfan, who has said 'No promise'īut he may be tentatively looking into supporting all the newer DirectXTex DDS formats. Watch out for updates to IrfanView in the future and the History of Changes * Compliant with DirectX 10 compressed formats * Non-power-of-two image loading and saving support with automatic mipmap generation support * Save cube maps and volume maps with automatic mipmap generation support * Optional automatic mipmap generation when saving * Load/save DDS files, optionally using DirectX texture compression (DXT) * Pixel conversion selection for custom formats (RGBA4, R5G6B5, RGB10A2, etc.) * Load cube map faces and volume map slices into separate layers * Load/Save DDS files using DXT texture compression If you want to step up, we welcome patches!'Īnd if you want to follow development here's the link It is to be noted though that we are still looking for an active maintainer for this plug-in if you want to see it improved since we only fixed the minimum to get it up-to-date. PS - When choosing the compression mode in PDN, Slow = Fine (More accurate) (Fine as in Intel Texture Works definition of the compression mode)Īnd have a read of this topic - Its a bit old now, but still relevant I think.

Use the drop down menu to select the DDS formatĪnd dont forget to tick the box for Generate MipMaps You will then be presented with the Save Configuration Lossless and lossy, I havent used it yet but it sounds like its better than PNG and JPG for website performance.Īnd use the drop down menu to select the DDS filetype

(Another plugin bundled which was also programmed by null54) Source for the plugin (where any issues found need to be reported) on GithubĮdit : Please feel free to copy this post on the various official CK forums (I am no longer a member) PDN is now at version 4.2.5 and includes the latest dds plugin (further updated work since 4.2.2) dds files are loaded and saved without any renaming of extensions dds2 extension name which was a bit of chore if you had many files to work with - Now it is officially bundled with PDN. PDN now bundles a plugin made by null54, it used to be necessary to rename any dds file to work with to have a. Load it up in Paint.NET, and then save it out in the desired dds format. Tell them to grab the latest Paint.NETĮven if they prefer working in something else like Affinity Photo or GIMP, but lack the ability to easily save out a dds file with mipmaps in the newer dds formats (GIMP has started supporting dds natively, but does not currently have all the newer formats) - Just save resulting work from your preferred graphics software to a lossless format like PNG. If you know a Mod Author working on textures, who needs a solution to load and save in the newer Intel Texture Works dds formats like BC7, but they dont / cant afford to own Photoshop.

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