Need some help in find a way to edit .tga files

[Rlaxoxo]

So yea I've been looking into this how some people make the HUD mods and stuff like that it's all good but I've never really went into this so I have no clue how to edit them ...

 

What's the best program to edit these images

 

Thanks

[kojdog]

GIMP is free and been around forever. It seems to have all the basic functionality of Photoshop including the layers structure, etc.:

https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

 

I think out of the box it will do .tga without any problem. However, to work on .dds which many DCS modules use I think you need a plugin. I believe this is the .dds plugin I used to allow GIMP2 to read most of the DCS files:

http://gimp-dds-plugin.software.informer.com/2.0/

 

Just follow install instructions there.

 

Good luck and I look forward to seeing what you do. I like the work you've done on the Mirage 2000c so far!

[FireFox500]

downloading a free trial of Photoshop could also work if you dont need it often, you get 30 days on a trial and CS5 CS6 and CC are all very very good, but if you want it for good and dont need all the advanced tools take a look at Photoshop Elements 14.

[Rlaxoxo]

GIMP is free and been around forever. It seems to have all the basic functionality of Photoshop including the layers structure, etc.:

https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

 

I think out of the box it will do .tga without any problem. However, to work on .dds which many DCS modules use I think you need a plugin. I believe this is the .dds plugin I used to allow GIMP2 to read most of the DCS files:

http://gimp-dds-plugin.software.informer.com/2.0/

 

Just follow install instructions there.

 

Good luck and I look forward to seeing what you do. I like the work you've done on the Mirage 2000c so far!

 

Thanks

 

The reason I'm trying to do this is because I'm having a problem using the gun snake in a Mirage when you lock a person with the radar and get the cross thingy on the target I can't see the Dot because it's to small and because of that I managed to miss alot of my shots

 

I wanted to put like an extra circle around the tiny one to maybe notice it easier because I tried editing the code of the actual HUD stuff like reducing the width of a gun snake but a tiny margin and by that it might help but it kinda looks weird being so thin so I remembered people moding the HUD on Mirage and Ka-50 so here I am trying to know some more stuff : D

 

I'm gonna try the program you linked but can Photoshop do this as well?

I have it installed and when i open it with Photoshop all I see is 1 layer and white blank page

[Rlaxoxo]

downloading a free trial of Photoshop could also work if you dont need it often, you get 30 days on a trial and CS5 CS6 and CC are all very very good, but if you want it for good and dont need all the advanced tools take a look at Photoshop Elements 14.

 

I have CS6 but not sure how to change anything with it lol when I load up a .tga file it's just blank : P

[FireFox500]

I have CS6 but not sure how to change anything with it lol when I load up a .tga file it's just blank : P

 

http://www.alecjacobson.com/weblog/?p=2064

 

 

Here is a tutorial that maybe you can use to open them in CS6

[Rlaxoxo]

http://www.alecjacobson.com/weblog/?p=2064

 

 

Here is a tutorial that maybe you can use to open them in CS6

 

Thanks man that helped alot