I am starting a project that will hopefully combine every unit (with an animation)/Structure?Ability/Upgrade from MP and Campaign. I need all the UI Icons in non-DDS format so my team and I can visualize proper UI placements. I have most of the regular ones from the campaign but need help with Hero units and unused abilities but I will take whatever ya got. I currently can see and edit .dds items just no way to convert en mass. (.png prefered for transparency but any will do. Thanks all!!
If you're using Photoshop to view edit DDS files, you can set up a batch using photoshop and adobe bridge.
How to Set up a Batch Conversion
Photoshop
- Open up a DDS file in photoshop
- Open up the Action Panel ( Window > Actions ; or Alt+F9 )
- Create a New folder in Actions, Name it "DDS to PNG"
- Hit the "Create a new Action" button ( looks like a square with a folded corner ) then name it "dds to png action"
- You should now see the recording button on in the Action Panel
- Goto File > Save As ; Choose PNG and the location you want all the PNGs to be saved to.
- Goto File > Close (This makes sure all the images are closed after being converted)
- In the Action Panel, hit Stop Recording ( Square Button )
Bridge
- Open Bridge and Select all DDS files you want to convert
- Goto Tools > Photoshop > Batch
- A dialog will pop-up:
-Under "Play"
- Change Set to "DDS to PNG"
- Change Action to "dds to png action"
-Hit OK
Photoshop should now start opening the DDS, saving as PNGs and closing.
You can choose a new destination point in the bridge dialog if you forgot to set up one or want a new folder
Thanks for the post and if I had Photoshop that might help but I'm using GIMP. Also where can I get the original .dds files? (If there were a way to do what you are suggesting in GIMP.)
Unless you want to extract all files, you do not need MPQ extractor, just go to Data editor > Textures > browse whichever textures you want to extract. With GIMP you need to have DDS plugin
I am starting a project that will hopefully combine every unit (with an animation)/Structure?Ability/Upgrade from MP and Campaign. I need all the UI Icons in non-DDS format so my team and I can visualize proper UI placements. I have most of the regular ones from the campaign but need help with Hero units and unused abilities but I will take whatever ya got. I currently can see and edit .dds items just no way to convert en mass. (.png prefered for transparency but any will do. Thanks all!!
@Arbetrayer: Go
that might be alot to upload, even as a zip file.
If you're using Photoshop to view edit DDS files, you can set up a batch using photoshop and adobe bridge.
How to Set up a Batch Conversion
Photoshop
- Open up a DDS file in photoshop
- Open up the Action Panel ( Window > Actions ; or Alt+F9 )
- Create a New folder in Actions, Name it "DDS to PNG"
- Hit the "Create a new Action" button ( looks like a square with a folded corner ) then name it "dds to png action"
- You should now see the recording button on in the Action Panel
- Goto File > Save As ; Choose PNG and the location you want all the PNGs to be saved to.
- Goto File > Close (This makes sure all the images are closed after being converted)
- In the Action Panel, hit Stop Recording ( Square Button )
Bridge
- Open Bridge and Select all DDS files you want to convert
- Goto Tools > Photoshop > Batch
- A dialog will pop-up:
-Under "Play"
- Change Set to "DDS to PNG"
- Change Action to "dds to png action"
-Hit OK
Photoshop should now start opening the DDS, saving as PNGs and closing.
You can choose a new destination point in the bridge dialog if you forgot to set up one or want a new folder
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Thanks for the post and if I had Photoshop that might help but I'm using GIMP. Also where can I get the original .dds files? (If there were a way to do what you are suggesting in GIMP.)
download the mpq extractor from here: MPQ Extractor and you can just open the sc2asset files with it, there you will find the dds files.
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Unless you want to extract all files, you do not need MPQ extractor, just go to Data editor > Textures > browse whichever textures you want to extract. With GIMP you need to have DDS plugin
http://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/
export save DDS with BC3/DXT5 compression if you want to save to DDS. You need the plugin to open DDS files as well.