PNG/PSD -> BLP convertor

[Interceptor]

I need such a tool. The situation is like this:

BLP are based on Targa, right? Well, targa is a rather big format, so I need a more compressed one that still supports alpha channels. PNG does the job, but now I have a problem converting the PNG to BLP. No one of the tools in the Hive DB work for this and I found somewhere a crappy open-source command line convertor that unfortunately make the image look green ingame.
The other variant is to convert the PSD itself to BLP. The only tool I found about that took ages to TRY to do the job and finally popped up an error message.

So, if someone refers me to something that works, receives a well-deserved REP.

STOP!!!
Do NOT give me things that you've not tried. Doing so, you're wasting my time if they don't work and lose my good attitude towards you, not to speak about the reputation reward. Serious questions require serious answers, so, please...

 

[TriggerHappy]

Well photoshop is PSD format if i'm not mistaken.

And photoshop can convert between formats, just convert your psd to .tga, and use a .blp converter.

You can use wc3 image extractor II found in hive's tool section.

 

[Interceptor]

Targa is a rather big format, so I need a more compressed one that still supports alpha channels.

Period.

 

[TriggerHappy]

When you convert from .tga to .blp, the filesize reduces greatly.

 

[Discipline]

yeah.... that's the whole point of coverting to .blp, it reduces the file size. I completely doubt the thought that just because you convert from a file type that is smaller in size that the .blp is going to be any smaller then it would a direct conversion from .tga, it will most likely be the same size due to the conversion process and the coding of a .blp

All you can do is create your skins in .tga and convert them to .blp. You can reduce the quality of a skin down to 75% without losing much of it's quality in game, and this will greatly reduce the file size of each skin.

If you don't understand what I'm saying then look at it this way -

1. Create a 100x100 completely black image and save it as a .tga
2. Create a 100x100 completely black image and save it as .png
3. Notice the difference in filesize of the 2 images.
4. Open both the .tga and .png images and convert them both to seperate .jpg images.
5. Notice the .jpg images have the same filesize.

When you look at it that way, u get the same result no matter the base file type. So if that happened to be .blp rather then .jpg in the final conversion, do you really think there would be any difference?

 

[Interceptor]

I lost the transparent background formats from my skins when I converted them...

EDIT: No, just targa didn't save them lol

 

[MeKC]

Why would you want to convert PSD/PNG to BLP?

Do you use photoshop? or other tools that support .tga?

 

[Interceptor]

Photoshop, yeah.
It's about my UI. It's too big.