.tga files?

[Executor]

I have taken some screens in RtCW to compare various antialiasing settings. Unfortunately windows doesnt recognize the .tga file extension. What program do I uses to view these files? Thanks in advance.


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[oldfart]

Any decent photo editing type program such a Adobe, JASC Paint Shop Pro, etc. should be able to open them and convert them to another format.

 

[Yoshitoshi]

The Targa TGA format was developed by Truevision for their Targa and Vista products.
The TGA format file is widely used by high-end paint programs and ray tracing packages. It can handle images with up to sixteen million unique colors. It is an industry standard but is not as widely supported as PCX or TIFF formats. The TGA format was designed for use on systems that use MS-DOS color applications.
TGA files may be saved compressed (run length encoded) or not compressed. Since Windows does not recognize 16 & 32 bits per pixel, some applications will treat them as 24 bits per pixel. A 16 bits per pixel image will be up-graded to 24 bits per pixel, and a 32 bits per pixel image will be down-graded to a 24 bits per pixel image. This procedure will not affect the image since the 8 extra bits of a TGA 32 bits per pixel file are used to store Alpha or transparency information.

Here is a freeware image viewer that supports Targa.

Yoshi.

 

[Comp625]

Use Irfanviewer. It's considered an image editing program but it's more useful for image viewing purposes. It's really small and loads up VERY fast. You can sharpen the pic, blur it, add a few filters to it, convert it from 1 format to another, etc. It's very versatile.

You can get Irfanviewer Here.