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Reversed image in TGATool2

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wmalderMember since May-2-03 · 109 posts

I am a real novice at reskinning but I've played some with paint programs. This is my problem. I have the new Streamlines GP38 and I want to do some changes to the stripes on the hood. I used TGATools2 to convert the ace files to tga then I loaded them into my paint program (Pixel Studio 2 - inexpensive but usable), made my corrections, saved the tga and then loaded it back into TGATools2 and what the ? the image is flipped top to bottom and the lettering is corespondingly flipped! If I look at the original tga and the modified one in Pixel Studio they both look right but the modified file looks flipped in TGATool. Anyone have any idea what's happening?Bill Alder

Resurrecting the KVR one pixel at a time.

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MartinWCharter Member · 130 posts

RE: Reversed image in TGATool2

Targa files can have their data stored bottom-up or top-up. Most programs save targa bottom-up and that is the way TgaTool expects to get them.If Pixel Studio has a "flip" option then flip it before saving.

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wmalderMember since May-2-03 · 109 posts

RE: Reversed image in TGATool2

Thankyou. That's what I did and it works. And now I know why it did.Bill Alder

Resurrecting the KVR one pixel at a time.

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