Editing Multimedia Formats and Tools

This page is intended to move here all info about multimedia file formats that is commonly used in other wiki pages and the related PC tools

A lot more fileformats not added yet to the page are listed in: http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/XMB_database#Promoter

See also [[Game Modding]]

=Image=

TIFF 6.0 Specification:

*http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/tiff/TIFF6.pdf

*[http://www.vitadevwiki.com/index.php?title=Template:IFD_format IFD format]

*[http://www.vitadevwiki.com/index.php?title=Template:IFD_tag IFD tag]

==BMP==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format

==DDS==
Direct Draw Surface (DDS)

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectDraw_Surface
*http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb943991.aspx

'''DDS normal maps'''

Normal maps are a 3D effect, the word "normal" is a reference to the Y axis (of the 3D space defined by X,Y,Z axis), is also known as "elevation". Normal maps can make small areas of a surface to be displayed with a displacement up or down, they also reacts to the lights of the scene dinamycally

'''NVIDIA Normal Map filter plugin for photoshop'''

The NVIDIA Normal Map filter creates normal maps from grayscale height maps. The filter UI provides a powerful 3D preview and a variety of filtering options. For MIP-mapped normal maps, the NormalMap Filter should be used for preview only, and then the grayscale map exported via the DDS plugin with "Normal Map Settings..." enabled. This will create a normal map with maximal detail and fidelity for all texture levels, without undesirable filter aliasing.

An easy way to create normal maps in photoshop by using the Normal Map plugin:
 In tab: Filter ---> Ndivia Tools
 -height generation - 7x7 / minZ-0 scale-2.2
 -3D view options - animate light
 -height source - Average RGB (or "Alpha Channel" in case you created an alpha channel with this purpose)
 -Alpha field - height

Normal Map Tutorial (using photoshop and crazybump) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKqKJi6nh7A

'''DDS Cube Maps'''
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_mapping

'''DDS Tools'''
*Gimp DDS plugin http://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/
*Gimp Normal Map Plugin http://code.google.com/p/gimp-normalmap/
*Photoshop DDS plugin https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-adobe-photoshop Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_SpdM5cLuQ (in spanish)
*3DS Max DDS Plugin https://developer.nvidia.com/content/3ds-max-dds-plugin-1008271100
*NVIDIA DDS Thumbnail Viewer for windows explorer https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/akamai/tools/files/DDS_viewer.exe
*NVIDIA DDS Legacy Texture Tools https://developer.nvidia.com/legacy-texture-tools and https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/akamai/tools/files/DDS_Utilities_8.31.1127.1645.exe (includes a command line texture converter)
*Crazybump is a quick and easy tool for creating normal maps from a texture. http://www.crazybump.com/ Tutorial: http://iamsparky.wordpress.com/crazybump/

==GTF==
'''G'''raphics '''T'''exture '''F'''ormat (GTF) is a container for storing one or multiple textures ("pack GTF") data in a layout that can be used as is by [[RSX]].

Header (for single texture):

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
| style="background-color:#475446; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Offset'''
| style="background-color:#475446; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Size'''
| style="background-color:#475446; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Example'''
| style="background-color:#475446; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Value (conversion)''' 
| style="background-color:#475446; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Notes'''
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue;" | <span style="color:black;">GTF header</span>
|-
| 0x00 || 0x04 || 02 02 00 FF ||  || Version
|-
| 0x04 || 0x04 ||  ||  || Size of texture (not included header)
|-
| 0x08 || 0x04 || 00 00 00 01 ||  || Number of textures embedded
|-
| 0x0C || 0x04 || 00 00 00 00  ||  || Not used?
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue;" | <span style="color:black;">GTF specification</span>
|-
| 0x10 || 0x04 || 00 00 00 80 ||  || Size Header
|-
| 0x14 || 0x04  ||  ||  || 
*For V.02 02: Size file (without header & ending padding)
|-
| 0x18 ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
| 0x19 ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
| 0x1A ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
| 0x1B ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
| 0x1C || 0x04 ||  ||  || Remaps:
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue;" | <span style="color:black;">DDS specification</span>
|-
| 0x20 || 0x02  || 00 40 || 64 in decimal || Size image width
|-
| 0x22 || 0x02  || 00 40 || 64 in decimal || Size image height
|-
| 0x24 || 0x02  || 00 00 ||  0 in decimal || Size image depth
|-
|}

==JPG==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG

JPEG markers:

*http://www.digicamsoft.com/itu/itu-t81-36.html

==MPO==
Is a 3D JPG embedded format by Fuji or Sony. 
Since [[3.70_CEX|fw 3.70]] with specifics sixasis controls (on PlayMemories but also from XMB), PS3 as well as Nintendo 3DS or some Sony & Fuji camera can read MPO images as specific format.

On the Sony MPO format Multi Angle : the picture is 15 embedded Jpg Exif images with no padding (but can be modulate probably).

The MPO MA for 3DS is Fuji format?

MPO Splitter by Christian Steinruecken:
*http://cstein.kings.cam.ac.uk/~chris/mposplit/

==PNG==
PS3 supports PNG images in 24 bits (for RGB channels), and 32 bits with transparency (24 bits for RGB channels + 8 bits for an alpha layer). "PNG Interlaced" and "APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics)" formats are not supported by the PS3.

==TGA==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision_TGA

=Audio=

==AT3==
'''A'''daptive '''T'''ransform '''A'''coustic '''C'''oding (ATRAC) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony. 

Can be created by saving the file as a '''.WAV''' container using the '''ATRAC3''' Codec @ 66Kbps.

Mono and stereo channels are supported

==VAG==

*Format

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
| style="background-color:#564147; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Offset'''
| style="background-color:#564147; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Size'''
| style="background-color:#564147; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Example'''
| style="background-color:#564147; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Value (conversion)''' 
| style="background-color:#564147; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Notes'''
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue;" | <span style="color:black;">VAG header</span>
|-
| 0x00 || 0x04 || 56 41 47 70 || "VAGp" || Magic
|-
| 0x04 || 0x04 || 00 00 00 06 || 0.6? || Version
|-
| 0x08 || 0x04 || 00 00 00 00 || - || Reserved area
|-
| 0x0C || 0x04 || 00 00 04 50 || 1104 bytes || Waveform data size (bytes)
|-
| 0x10 || 0x04 || 00 00 BB 80 || 44 000 Hz || Sampling Frequency (Hz)
|-
| 0x14 || 0x0A || 00 00 ... 00 00 || - || Reserved area
|- 
| 0x1E || 0x01 || 00 || 1 ch || Number of channels
*0-1 : 1 channel
*2 : 2 channels
|- 
| 0x1F || 0x01 || 00 || - || Reserved area
|- 
| 0x20 || 0x10 || 53 45 30 34 5F 42 61 63 6B  || SE04_BACK || Name
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue;" | <span style="color:black;">Waveform data starts</span>
|-
|}


{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="background-color:#50434D; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''ADPCM data format'''
(16 bytes block)
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Decoding coefficient'''
(1 byte)
| style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Loop information''' 
(1 byte)
| style="text-align:center; background-color:lightblue; color:#FFFFFF;" |'''Sound Data'''
(14 bytes)
|-
| Decoding coefficient
|| Loop information:
*1: last block of the file
*3: ending block of the loop
*6: starting block of the loop
*7: playback ending position
<small>Because ADPCM uses sample blocks that are aligned one after the other, a wave compressed with ADPCM may have an unfinished, partial block at its end. The ADPCM decoder generates silence for the remainder of this partial block, which keeps the wave from looping seamlessly.</small>
|| Sound data
|-
|}


*Tools
**MFAudio v1.1 (converts WAV to VAG): http://www.zophar.net/utilities/ps2util/mfaudio-1-1.html or http://dl.qj.net/software/utilities/mfaudio-11.html or http://downloads.ziddu.com/downloadfile/3353225/MFAudiov11.zip.html

=Video=

==PAM==
Pam files can contain audio or have the audio separwted in a .AT3 track, used in [[Content Information Files]]

=Interactive=

==SWF==
Shockwave Flash, used in [[Content Information Files]] and [[Widgets]] and some games (e.g.: Doki Doki unverse)
*Irfanview supported format

=3D=

==DAE==
DAE ('''D'''igital '''A'''sset '''E'''xchange) is an XML file that contains COLLADA content. COLLADA is an open standard created by sony for interactive 3D applications. Is used to export and import files from 3-D authoring applications in .dae format, see: https://collada.org/

Collada usually is implemented as a plugin, some 3-D authoring applications supporting collada are: [http://www.blender.org/ Blender], Google SketchUp, Maya, Rhino, 3D Max, SoftImage

*Collada plugins for:
**Blender http://colladablender.illusoft.com/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/colladablender/

=Tools & Tips=

*Audio:

 '''Audacity:''' The tool can be used to record live audio, record computer playback, 
 edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or  Ogg Vorbis sound files, cut, copy, 
 splice or mix sound together and also change the speed or pitch of a  
 recording, plus a number of other useful features.
 http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 '''Wavosaur:''' is a cool free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, 
 processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features 
 to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert.
 Wavosaur supports VST plugins, ASIO driver, multichannel wav files, real time effect processing.
 http://www.wavosaur.com/

*Image:

 '''Irfanview:''' View, convert, batch processing ...
 http://www.irfanview.com/ (there is a plugin for .DDS)

 '''Imagemagick:''' Create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images
 http://www.imagemagick.org (typically utilized from the command line)

*2D animation

 '''animata:''' an open source real-time animation software, designed to create animations, 
 interactive background projections for concerts, theatre and dance performances.
 http://animata.kibu.hu/ 

*3D Modeling:

    '''Maya''' - http://www.autodesk.com/Maya
    '''3ds Max''' - http://usa.autodesk.com/3ds-max/
    '''Blender''' - http://www.blender.org/
    '''Wings3D''' - http://www.wings3d.com/
    '''Modo''' - http://www.luxology.com/modo/

*Texturing:

    '''Photoshop''' - http://www.photoshop.com/
    '''Paint.NET''' - http://www.getpaint.net/
    '''GIMP''' - http://www.gimp.org/

*Tutorials and Online Digital Communities:

    http://www.polycount.com/forum
    http://forums.cgsociety.org/
    http://www.3dbuzz.com
    http://3d-coat.com/forum/
    http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/
    https://forums.station.sony.com/playerstudio



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