2D Art Textures gets downgraded when imported.

[DMN666]

I think this has happened to everything i made since day 1. So it doesnt matter what i do, the texture just downgrades. KF is set to highest and its saved in the same compressed format the tex was exported as.
But still, the texture just...meh

Here is a example, the 1st pic is of a portait exported, then reimported with the only edit being that i flipped the picture in gimp, and re flipped to normal in DXTbmp (since the actual texture will not save if i dont do something to in that program).

So anyone got any clues?

Edit: I think its the programs fault, i exported another texture, edit it and in DXT, it has more darker shades then shown in Gimp.

@Grumpo: It doesnt matter, i used a portait since its a small texture.

 

[Grumpo Marx]

Just out of curiosity, what are you working on?

 

[TheMutant]

I have also noticed that quality loss. I think when importing bmp's (without compressing afterwards to DTX) you get the best results, but also much larger files...

 

[FluX]

It's actually to do with the program you are using. Many programs are really bad at that. They will open up the copy but as they export, it misses a few things (some are on purpose, some are accidental) to lower size and compress in their own form of the format. Depending on the program you use, expect different things to occur. Also the best way to check if much has changed, check the file sizes and compare.

 

[Skell]

http://udn.epicgames.com/Two/TextureComparison.html

Also 24-bit BMPs is what UE likes. Avoid saving images as 32-bit BMPs.

 

[DMN666]

Depending on the program you use, expect different things to occur.

So do you (or anyone else) suggest a different program?

 

[Skell]

I use DXTBmp and I have no idea what you're talking about with the "it won't save if I don't do something to it"

 

[FluX]

So do you (or anyone else) suggest a different program?

Generally the best programs to use are paid ones so maybe like Photoshop or so. I personally use GIMP with a plugin to allow the dds format. Not sure if this is 100% perfect but it seems to come out nicely.

 

[Massacrer]

Photoshop CS5 or CS6.