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Need help with GIMP

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:55 am
by General_Grievous_4
i have another problem. I just downloaded the GIMP program and i opened up a texture and all I saw was a few details and a checkerboard.
What am i doing wrong? Some textures(such as Palpatine) worked fine but the TIE pilot was a checker board. I really would aprreciate some help...

RE: Need help with GIMP

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:08 am
by Linus
Yeh, it's weird with some textures. But I know how to fix this. :)

Take a ''chessboard''-.TGA-file (For example, the imperial pilot) into the TGA to JPG Converter, open up MicroSoft Paint and... It's fixed. ;)

- Linus

RE: Need help with GIMP

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:42 am
by Penguin
or, download a free image viewer, example, Ifranview and copy the tga from it into the gimp and then you can work on the texture there

RE: Need help with GIMP

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:45 am
by t551
Is it possible that what you're seeing is because some textures have an alpha channel?

RE: Need help with GIMP

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:38 am
by General_Grievous_4
Thanks everyone it works perfectly now.

RE: Need help with GIMP

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:17 am
by Linus
You're welcome, General_Grievous_4. ;)

- Linus