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FPSC Classic Product Chat / something i can BUY that can make .tga's

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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 01:39
uhh thats the question. everytime i download freeware like the gimp i get viruses so id like to buy something like that, hence not giving me viruses. what is there out there? i need this to make crosshairs and hud icons etc

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Thraxas
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 01:45
Downloading the Gimp shouldn't have given you a virus... I've never had any trouble with it... (Well I suppose that depends on where you downloaded it from I suppose!!!)

'Dawn of the Fallen Angel' coming soon(ish)...
SunnyKatt
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 01:46
ahh it showed me all these mirror things and every time i pick a random one i get this virus and my computer keeps crashing and if i delete gimp im ok
that why i wanna buy something, so its safe. i hope its cheap

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CLiPs
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 03:19
Well if your willing to fork out some cash you got Jasc Paintshop Pro and if you want to go a high end you got adobe photoshop cs

But gimp I have that also with no virus on mine...

But if you got your images the way you want them and your just wanting to convert them then I totally suggest DDS Converter 2... All it does is convert file from like bmp to dds or jpg to tga or anyway you can think to mix things up as far as file extensions.

here is the link for the DDS Converter
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/DDS_Converter;29412



Have you downloaded your CLiPs today.
flashing snall
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 04:39
go to google. type in dogwaffle. it can only save in bmps and tga. works for me. its called dogwaffle, dont ask why.

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FredP
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 06:36
Gimp is superior to Dogwaffle in my opinion.
I have never had a virus problem downloading the Gimp.
It isn't the Gimp and they have a decent rep so I don't think it's from the site or mirrors.
There are a bajillion ways to get a virus.
And you should have some kind of anti-virus protection.
AVG is free and works pretty good.

Silent Thunder
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 08:20
Quote: "Gimp is superior to Dogwaffle in my opinion."


hecks yea.

flashing snall
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 15:33
oh well. I have dog waffle, and it does what i need it to, so, yeah! maybe ill try gimp somtime. what makes it so much better?

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FredP
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 16:45
Quote: "type in dogwaffle. it can only save in bmps and tga"

The Gimp can save and work with more image formats like .jpg,.png and .dds.
I played around with dogwaffle and it was okay.
I just think the Gimp is so much better.
It is the best image editing/paint program for free available and will give any paint program a run for its money.
Whether one paint program is better than another often lies with the opinion of the user.
You should use whatever program you work best with.

Silent Thunder
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 20:12
Quote: "The Gimp can save and work with more image formats like .jpg,.png and .dds."


.dds???

The Gimp can't open or save .dds files, is there a plugin somewhere?

FredP
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 20:40
I thought the lastest version of the Gimp had the .dds plug in included in it.
If not you might try googling "gimp dds plug in" or something like that or there might be a link to the plug in on the Gimp's home site.
I know there is a .dds plug in because I have it and use it.
Unfortunatly I don't remember exactly where I found it...

SunnyKatt
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Posted: 6th Nov 2006 01:35
okay thanks and i do have virus protection just that one time i download the gimp from a bad mirror and it poisoned my computer so whereever i download it my computer awakens the virus...
hmmm

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Thraxas
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Posted: 6th Nov 2006 02:07
Quote: "i download the gimp from a bad mirror"
maybe you should install something like SiteAdvisor as a first line of protection... It's quite useful as a first line of defense against bad download sites on the internet...

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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 7th Nov 2006 02:42
GUESS WHAT!!! i figured out my problem!
you know that crappy paint program every computer has, well when u save your image say its called skull so where the filename goes type skull.tga the .tga is what saves it. now its a tga, even tho paint says u cant save like that! i can now make my crosshairs and hud icons etc! thanks for ur support

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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 7th Nov 2006 08:11
thats not technically a tga file, but it works like it. it sometimes is a little buggy though. go find and download "dds converter 2" it can convert files like jpg tga dds pgn and others.

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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 8th Nov 2006 01:26
ehh it works

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