I'm not sure how to explain my question, and maybe there is no workable answer, but maybe....just maybe, there is a fix.
In Windows (Vista) I can set the items in a folder to show various size icons etc etc....so that with JPG, PNG, etc, I can see an actual thumbnail of my image. However, with TGA files...I only see the gimp or photoshop icon thing.....
Is there a way to make windows recognize the tga too so its easier to sort thru the hundreds of texture files we texture addicts end up with??? I want to be able to do this in viewing/sorting the windows folders...so another application or image viewer isnt the answer...
I did update windows with the newest DirectX SDK whatzit thingamajig (as explained here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206255(VS.85).aspx)
but...it made no difference.
Any techy tga lovers that have figured this out???
Thanks and hugs in advance!
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Catty Loon
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05-07-2008 17:11
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Wildefire Walcott
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05-07-2008 18:03
TGA is not directly supported by Windows, so you need to use an additional piece of software to add TGA previewing to Explorer. It's a free plug-in called Thumb Plug TGA:
http://greggman.com/pages/thumbplug_tga.htm (Personally, I just use PNG instead of TGA, but I hear SL doesn't handle PNG's transparency support very well.) _____________________
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Catty Loon
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hugs and kisses and thanks!!!!
05-07-2008 18:41
It works!!!!!!! OMG so much nicer! thanks so much! I searched and searched and didn't find the answer, I should have known the SL Forum people are the bestest!
I also prefer working with PNG, but the PNG's seem to be a bit more touchy on upload, if they aren't saved just right, SL seems to think they are alpha even if they aren't. I gave up and decided to just work with 24-bit TGA for uploading and save myself a lot of Lindens and headaches uploading textures that behave goofily. Maybe there is a solution to that too....I haven't found it yet tho. thanks again! |
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Catty Loon
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and PSD files too!
05-07-2008 18:45
and just to mention, I took it one step further.....
http://www.uproar-interactive.com/tools.html#thumb and now can see PSD files too!!!!!  XCF anyone? hehe |
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FD Spark
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05-07-2008 19:20
Thank you for sharing that information
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Kornscope Komachi
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05-07-2008 19:31
I for one, was in no way going to spend money to view anything in windows, it was a good find for me several months ago.
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Zen Zeddmore
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05-07-2008 19:55
WOW!!! Now why didn't I think to ask? Thanks so much for this. It works perfectly. Thank you . Thank you . Thank you .
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Wildefire Walcott
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05-07-2008 20:09
and just to mention, I took it one step further..... http://www.uproar-interactive.com/tools.html#thumb and now can see PSD files too!!!!! XCF anyone? hehe Oh that's nice. Looks like an update of the TGA one to add PSD and some other support. *downloaded* _____________________
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DrDoug Pennell
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05-13-2008 08:19
Oh that's nice. Looks like an update of the TGA one to add PSD and some other support. *downloaded* Anybody know if there are any of these that work with 64 bit Vista? I still just see the ugly PSD icon for TGA files. Thanks, Doug |
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05-29-2008 19:12
and just to mention, I took it one step further..... http://www.uproar-interactive.com/tools.html#thumb and now can see PSD files too!!!!! XCF anyone? hehe pfff... give me thumbnails of my AIFF files.. THEN i'll be impressed.. _____________________
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Kornscope Komachi
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Maybe worth an update to...
02-01-2010 20:28
I installed W7 and went looking for thumb plugs. Saw this, thought I'd pass it on.
Same thing but better. Make sure you give the person a tip! http://greggman.com/cgi-bin/linkredirect.cgi?http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/ _____________________
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