I’m using a version of PVRTexToolGUI I downloaded a couple days ago. When I run the tool on an image using best quality I noticed a disproportionate number of pixel errors concentrated on the first 5 or so rows. Also the input image is a 1024x1024 Png.
Enabled difference comparison, note the concentration of errors toward the top
Original Image, note the blurriness toward the top:
Hi Texel,
Was this image encoded with PVRTC 2bpp? If this is the case, we’ve recently found a bug with this encoder and should be pushing out a fixed version in the next day or two. If this is not PVRTC 2bpp, could you please let me know which encoding you’ve used? Also, if possible, would you be able to send us a copy of the original image?
Regards,
Tobias
It should also be noted that the image is not intended to wrap or otherwise tile. Its a piece of a much larger image. I cut up the larger one and pvr the slices.
Here are the settings I used:
Here is the original image:
Hi Texel,
I’ve had a look at your texture and unfortunately you seem to have hit
upon a worst case scenario for PVRTC compression around the edges. Whilst we’ve been actively pursuing improvements in this area, the
places where you see artifacts are very difficult to encode - PVRTC-I is a format that always assumes tiling.
My suggestion is that you provide an “overlap” area by preserving bits of the neighbouring textures, which you use as a buffer zone for these artifacts. If you’re chopping up a larger texture anyway it makes even more sense to have this overlap as you’ll be able to achieve seamless transitions between them. I would at first try an overlap of 8 on each side, and ignore the 4 pixels nearest the edge for each texture, preserving the whole original image. Doing this should alleviate most of these problems. Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Tobias
