TGA to PNG

What's the best way?

Published on June 7, 2008 By DigitalCHET In WindowBlinds

I wonder if anyone knows the best way to save a WindowBlinds TGA file into a PNG while keeping all the alpha values intact.

I thought i remembered SkinStudio having that functionality but it seems I was wrong, since I can't seem to find it.

Any ideas?

Comments (Page 2)

jazzymjr

on Jun 08, 2008

i on the other hand will save it as a png and re import....probably the long way round....but thats how i work......

Kitty, it seems you and I work the same way. I save all of my images in a separate folder as either pngs or bmps, whichever is appropriate. I let SKS convert the pngs. This way, if I need to change things, which happens a lot, I can just edit the images and re-import. Another thing I do, is I don't name my skin until I am finished with it....I use a letter or two for the name while I am working on it, and then when I am done, I re-name the skin, and all of the default junk is gone, as well as the temporary junk in there.

WebGizmos

on Jun 08, 2008

When ever I make docks I save all images from skins as pngs in Photoshop except bmp's...I have to copy and create a new image so it has a transparent background.

zakai1369

on Jun 08, 2008

What's wrong with that?
That's exactly my point. What if I wanted to make say, a dock background for personal use based on the current blind I'm using?

Nothings wrong with it. I was asking him how we would do it. Basically trying to clarify the question. From the response given I think the original question was misunderstood.

vStyler

on Jun 08, 2008

I'm actually a little surprised that neither Photoshop, nor Fireworks aren't more intelligent about working with PNGs and TGAs and the conversions between them. I thought perhaps I was missing something, but it seems there's no easy function within either application.

Im not sure what your having an issue with Chet... If u want to open and edit an existing .tga.. just open it and edit it and save it... if you would rather work with a png.. have SKS convert it..then on reimport its a .tga again..

Works either way doesn't it.?

If anyone is having issues in PS CS \ CS2 \ CS3 you can take the Targa.8BI from PS7 and overwrite it in your current version of PS... it's located in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats\Targa.8BI

That will make the more current version os PS capable of handling .tga and no need for converting to png via SKS

BarberioX

on Jun 13, 2008

I'm using a freeware tool, to convert tga to png, or bmp. The name is alphaconv and you can download it here:
http://blizzle.com/releases.php?id=1751
Haven't used it very often, though. But who knows. Could come in handy someday.

canmandeco

on Jun 13, 2008

But what if someone wanted to take a tga from one of your windowblinds and save it as a png to use to make a skin for personal use?

Adam also wrote a seperate applet that will convert tgas to pngs and back again.
It's still available here. WWW Link You could give that a try.

BarberioX

on Jun 13, 2008

Yep. Noticed, that both are the same programs. And it works good.

gmc2

on Jun 18, 2008

every time i tried in psp sks said it was invalid, wrong or just plain corrupt

Bichur, I have been struggling with psp also and have made some headway with png and tga formatting. If you'd like, privite message me and I would be more than happy to share/impart whatever information might be useful.

zakai1369

on Jun 18, 2008

I'm using a freeware tool, to convert tga to png, or bmp. The name is alphaconv and you can download it here:http://blizzle.com/releases.php?id=1751Haven't used it very often, though. But who knows. Could come in handy someday.

works very well.
thanks.

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