I didn't see anything about this, so I figured I would just try to contribute some info based on my other NWN community work.
I use the GIMP for Windows to handle all texture work. I use version 2.2.9 although there are newer versions available:
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
I have tried Photoshop and I actually prefer the GIMP and its free versus selling your first born for PS. :p:
It also has some rather nifty plugins, like a very useful DDS viewing/editing plugin:
http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/
a normal map plugin:
http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/%7ecocidius/normalmap/
and a plt plugin:
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Ot ... ail&id=670
If you want to view DDS or TGA images as thumbnails in Windows Explorer, these are nice too:
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/dds_ ... iewer.html
http://www.greggman.com/pages/thumbplug_tga.htm
Lastly, there is a very impressive image editing program out now for free called Paint.NET. It has many GIMP and Photoshop capabilities with a pretty slick interface:
http://www.getpaint.net/
Hope this helps some.
Texturing tools
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One more that I just found that is really neat - supports 400+ image types. Useful for contact sheets or quick browsing......
xnview http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enfeatures.html
xnview http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enfeatures.html