Paint.net is excellent and powerful software for 2d-graphics creation and edition. Compared to Adobe Photoshop it's may look a little limited, but it contains all essential funcions needed to perform any kind job that FreeSpace modder might want to do: Create planets and fancy backgrounds, control RGB and Hue & Saturation values or use advanced features like layer support.
Program supports saving and opening DDS files. It offers exporting files into DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5 *.dds formats as well as many others.
Program supports saving and opening DDS files. It offers exporting files into DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5 *.dds formats as well as many others.
Simply: A "must have" for FS modder!