Intel Texture Works Plugin for Photoshop - SNORM Support

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14 November 2018, 10:24PM

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14 November 2018, 5:54PM

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customtemplar - al2950 - Intel GameTechDev

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Adds support for BC5 signed normal maps as used by Fallout 76 to Intel® Texture Works Plugin for Photoshop.

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Copyright 2018 Intel Corporation

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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Intel for the original plugin
al2950 for SNORM support

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Version 1.0.4
- Updated licence file to reflect Intel re-licencing as Apache 2.0

Intel® Texture Works Plugin for Photoshop - SNORM Support
Pre-compiled binaries with support for BC5 signed normal maps as used by Fallout 76

Description:
Fallout 76 changes from using BC5 unsigned normals (UNORM) as previous games did, to signed normals (SNORM). However there aren't any freely available tools to export signed BC5 normals from Photoshop. Thankfully, al2950 on GitHub has done the hard work for us and written a pull request which includes BC5 SNORM support. As Intel has now abandoned development, I've built a version of the plugin with al2950's BC5 SNORM support meaning you can now export textures from Photoshop that will render correctly in Fallout 76.

Instructions:

Download and install as directed by Intel's readme
When exporting normals, BC5 compression is split into BC5_U (unsigned) and BC5_S (signed), use BC5_S when exporting for Fallout 76

Versions:
Two versions are offered, the first built with the CS6 SDK as directed by Intel. However as users on the the GitHub repo report issues with later CC versions of Photoshop, I have built a second version with the CC 2018 SDK. Your experiences may vary with either, so I'd recommend starting with the CS6 version only switching to the CC 2018 version if you experience issues with a later version of CC.

Requirements:

Windows 7 or higher
Photoshop CS6 or higher

Credits:

Intel GameDevTech for the original plugin
al2950 for writing the PR with SNORM support

Tools Used:

Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate
Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise
Intel SPMD Program Compiler
Adobe Photoshop CS6 SDK for Windows
Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 SDK for Windows

Building this Yourself:
To build this plugin yourself follow the instructions on Intel's GitHub page, substituting the SDK of your choice (any past CS6 should work), merge the pull request locally and build in Visual Studio 2012 or higher. You'll also need to get a copy of Intel's SPMD compiler from the link below too, placing it in "..\3rdParty\Intel\Tools".

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