How do I Make Textures Using GIMP?

[PsychoNoodle]

I recently got myself into modding, starting with Module Manager patches but growing more and more complex things. I tried my first part recently, following this tutorial. However, Beale uses Adobe Photoshop to make the texture for his mod, which I do not have access to. I do, however, have access to GIMP, and I was wondering how you do the same things he does but on GIMP. Does anybody have firsthand experience with making mod textures in this way?

[wasml]

I took a very quick look at Beale's site – it looks much like how I do things in Gimp - same steps, different interface. Unwrap the part, clean it up, export to a texture map that you open in Gimp. Paint the thing – layers are your friend! - and then export to .png for development, dds for final. You may need to download a Gimp dds exporter – at least I did when I was setting things up some time ago. I think DXT5 is used for UV textures and DXT5nm for normal maps (you might want to double check that).