-this tutorial is to help those who have less experience .
-just some helpful tips and free programs
-free thumbnails & viewers for , all extensions formats ( dds , erx , png , tga , bmp etc )
- for xp - vista - windows 7 32/64 bit
- in 2008 made ​​this tutorial for tmf
http://www.trackmania.com/fr/forum/view ... hp?t=31365
but times change, and programs as well. and sometimes, some shareware programs are not better than free.
exemple: fastpictureviewer, is not free - and there is no reason to buy
idem : for Mystic tumbs, and the free version sometimes had conflicts and could not see TGA and many other formats. (exemple for dds files, you could see white and black pixels)
in the tutorial, I explained the basics. And showed some programs to edit images. that for the most noobs have an idea of the programs and their functions) and not to be afraid.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
http://www.tm-tube.com/video/26540/Tuto ... adeo+games
and a summary of links " video "
FREE #FREE#FREE
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viewers and thumbnails for xp vista windows 7 32 or 64 bit
in order to not create bugs or conflicts
1° install
XNVIEW by Gougelet Pierre-Emmanuel
http://www.xnview.com/en/index.html ( full)
2°
all plugins http://www.xnview.com/en/plugins.html
3°
but need 64 bit
XnView Shell Extension Setup v3.20 (for windows explorer)
4° restart pc
5°insttall
SageThumbs BY nikolay raspopov
http://code.google.com/p/sagethumbs/
6° restart pc
7° configure sage thumbs
8° -( options , 32 and 64 bit ) or
PS: if not sample all thumbnails.
options folders
or update the folder window "or go out and come again", or restart pc, or check maximum size of file "option" and also check in XnView. also see the difference of sagethumbs 32 and 64. After work well.
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- see folder demonstration various ( see video 05:28 ) - ( png, bmp, dds, eps, psd, pdf, ai, tif, exr etc )
in my case ,as other people, I can not see thumbnails, erx format (OpenERX)
wiki OpenEXR = exr http://www.openexr.com/
but I am not alone.
It is not important. because we need the program IMAGINA, and will make life easier for all image formats.
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9° insttal
IMAGINA
http://www.planetimagina.com/index.html
and all options "see screen in video"
wonderful this program ^^
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10° to see the folders of the game
-shortcut
-and launcher game >HELP
Maniacreative http://tutorials.mania-creative.com/tm2 ... ndex-eng-1
mods - http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3914
customise trackmania- http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic.php?f=265&t=7671
11° insttal 7zip to open .zip files
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
- see demonstration zip dds files for mods ( in video)
12° bonus ( PDF )
if you have bugs to see pdf thumbs?
FIX thumbs adobe acrobate (pdf)
http://www.pretentiousname.com/adobe_pdf_x64_fix/#thumb
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13° useful programs for DDS
Windows Texture Viewer (WTV)
http://developer.nvidia.com/legacy-texture-tools
and plugin for photoshop
http://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-text ... -photoshop
DTXbmpto edit dds ( free)
http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright/programs/dxtbmp.htm
14 because I do not want to stop at 13^^
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programs to edit images (free and very useful)
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PaintNet ( very easy and practical (for the noobs, use this program) powerful program, and many options)
http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
GIMP ( for more experience )
http://www.gimp.org/
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freeware and shareware
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photofiltre/photofiltrestudio
http://photofiltre.free.fr/
http://www.photofiltre.com/
Photoshop ( for pros )
http://www.adobe.com/
VOILA , done
end of tutorial
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alternative for those who want to buy. or have problems and conflicts "with free versions" etc.. I leave the links here. but in this case, forget about the tutorial.
ps: for trackmaniacs, there is no reason to buy these programs.
sagethumbs with XnView has everything and is free.
Mystic tumbs
http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html
Mystic tumbs ( version free )
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware ... c%20Thumbs
FastPicture
http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/
I hope you liked the tutorial.
ps: the music video was shot with streamradio (trancebase fm).
because they do not have time to mix 26 minutes for a tutorial.
the tutorial is essential.
