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      <p><h1><b>Saving</b></h1><div class="alert alert-warning"><b>You must save textures in the same format they were exported, which can be seen in the info box.</b></div>

          Once you've modified your texture of choice in photoshop, go to File > Save As<br/>
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          We then want to change <b>Save as type:</b> from Intel Texture Works to D3D/DDS<br/>

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          The type of texture to save as can be seen in the info box in the application<br/>

          <img src="http://i.imgur.com/1CRHqPE.png" alt=""><br/>
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          After you click on save, you will be taken to the NVIDIA save settings screen.<br/>
          Here are the settings for each Texture Type:<br/>
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          <h3><b>DXT1</b></h3><br/>

          <img src="http://i.imgur.com/RJB3wfY.png" border="0" alt=""/><br/>
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          <h3><b>DXT5</b></h3><br/>

          <img src="http://i.imgur.com/RyFLJuW.png" border="0" alt=""/><br/>
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          <h3><b>32bit A8R8G8B8</b></h3><br/>

          <img src="http://i.imgur.com/3x8KQL5.png" border="0" alt=""/><br/>
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          <h3><b>64bit A16B16G16R16F</b></h3><br/>

          <img src="http://i.imgur.com/gzs25kE.png" border="0" alt=""/><br/>

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