.tga

muppetts · Post by **muppetts** » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 20:32

What do i need to open a .tga file? I.e a X3 screenshot?

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 20:38

Irfanview is free to download

A Team · Post by **A Team** » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 20:38

Intanview Will allow you to view that format and also convert it to jpeg.

EDIT: Dam to slow i know i should not have used word to check my spelling.

Galaxy613 · Post by **Galaxy613** » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 20:45

Yeah, once you get it, you can do "Batch Convert" and it can convert all your x3 screenshots to jpg's and then place the resulting jpg's in a directory of your chooseing!

Harlock776 · Post by **Harlock776** » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 20:59

Why does X3 use tga format anyways? Isn't jpeg good enough or is egosoft trying to motivate people to buy adobe products?

esd · Post by **esd** » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 21:30

Harlock776 wrote:Why does X3 use tga format anyways? Isn't jpeg good enough or is egosoft trying to motivate people to buy adobe products?

Because it's the native output of DirectX or something, I expect. They're true captures which you can encode if you want, later. Outputting as JPG drastically reduces image quality.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 22:45

Harlock776 wrote:Why does X3 use tga format anyways? Isn't jpeg good enough or is egosoft trying to motivate people to buy adobe products?

What does TGA have to do with Adobe products? TGA (aka Targa) format was devised by Truevision, not Adobe, and it's one of the most widely-used bitmap image formats out there. (And it doesn't use lossy compression like JPEG does).

muppetts · Post by **muppetts** » Thu, 29. Jun 06, 09:48

Thanks for the heads up!!

RJV · Post by **RJV** » Thu, 29. Jun 06, 12:45

pjknibbs wrote:
Harlock776 wrote:Why does X3 use tga format anyways? Isn't jpeg good enough or is egosoft trying to motivate people to buy adobe products?
What does TGA have to do with Adobe products? TGA (aka Targa) format was devised by Truevision, not Adobe, and it's one of the most widely-used bitmap image formats out there. (And it doesn't use lossy compression like JPEG does).

Presumably a tenuous link between 'image formats' and 'using photoshop to look at images'. If not, then I don't know

And yes, Irfanviewer will pretty much convert anything to anything. Very good.

Cheers,

Rob.

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Sat, 1. Jul 06, 03:07

Irfan viewer will open and convert any file but I like to stick with Photo Filtre.

Post by **Cycrow** » Sat, 1. Jul 06, 15:43

TGA files are also better to use when programming.

and are used by alot of game engines

lachescandinavu · Post by **lachescandinavu** » Tue, 4. Jul 06, 00:02

would apreciate if some1 would link me to a .tga viewer or converter

Post by **Cycrow** » Tue, 4. Jul 06, 00:05

almost all decent picture viewers/editors will support .tga files

esd · Post by **esd** » Tue, 4. Jul 06, 00:07

Irfanview is great, it's free, and will convert the whole screenshots directory in one go.

lachescandinavu · Post by **lachescandinavu** » Tue, 4. Jul 06, 00:09

thanks alot

Antilogic · Post by **Antilogic** » Tue, 4. Jul 06, 00:16

http://forum2.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=145495 :/ so many topics, so little time.

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