fishpants Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Okay this is my first day using pdn so I aint know much. I get the dds file open all good, when I just stencil on it and save it, it works fine. However the troubles arrise when I try to add an image .png in a layer to the dds file, whenever I save it pdn wants me to save it as a pdn file, however to add it to the game I need a dds file. And when I try to rename the pdn file to a dds file, it becomes corrupted. Any help on saving it as a dds file, do I need a plugin or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Use 'Save as...' and set 'Save as type' to dds. A file type which doesn't support layers will flatten the image to one layer. You can undo the flattening after save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 DDS doesn't support layers. It's not a limitation of the app, that's just how DDS is. So when you add a layer, you need to either save in an image format that supports layers (which is why .pdn becomes the default), or flatten the image to 1 layer first. Renaming a PDN to DDS doesn't "corrupt" the file. They're completely different file formats. It'd be like taking a book written in French and putting a sticker on it that says "English Version". It doesn't change the contents, and someone who doesn't know French still won't be able to read it. 1 Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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