====== Useful Tools ======
Tools that may aid you with PAC, most related to //Custom Content//

===== 3D Modelling =====
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==== Blender ====
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{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Open source freeware

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Supports most commonly known model formats

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Feature extensive 

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Add-on support
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=== Downloads ===
  * {{icon:steam.png?nolink}} **[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/365670/Blender|Blender on Steam]]**
  * {{icon:blender.png?nolink}} **[[https://www.blender.org/|Blender.org]]**

=== Add-ons ===
  * {{icon:blender.png?nolink}} **[[http://steamreview.org/BlenderSourceTools/|Blender Source Tools]]** - Required for working with source engine files.


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===== Source Engine =====
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==== Crowbar ====
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{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Open source freeware

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Provides a practical GUI for StudioMDL. Enabling users to easliy **compile**, **decompile** and **preveiw** Source engine **MDL** files

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Enables users to **browse**, **pack** and **unpack** Garry's Mod **GMA** and Source **VPK** files

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Enables users to use multiple tools from varying games running on the Source engine
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=== Downloads ===
  * {{icon:crowbar.png?nolink}} **[[https://steamcommunity.com/groups/CrowbarTool//|Crowbar SteamGroup]]**

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===== Text Editors =====
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==== Notepad++ ====
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{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Open source freeware

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Supports most commonly known text formats, including **.VMT** and **.QC**

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Feature extensive 

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Add-on, coding language and theme support
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=== Downloads ===
  * {{https://img.icons8.com/color/1600/notepad-plus-plus.png?20}} **[[https://notepad-plus-plus.org//|Notepad++ Website]]**

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===== Texture & Image Editors =====
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==== VTFEdit====
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{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Converts commonly known image files into .VTF

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Can export animated .VTFs

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Quick .VMT creation

{{icon:no.png?nolink}} Difficult to comprehend, lacks proper alphamask previewing, internal VMT editor is lacking
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=== Downloads ===
  * {{https://cdn.valvedev.info/guide/ZVYi/thumb.png?20}} **[[http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/files/files/vtfedit133.zip/|Nem's Tools Website]]**

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==== Paint.NET ====
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{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Easy to use image editor

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Support for .VTF (through add-ons)

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Easy to use image editor

{{icon:no.png?nolink}} A bit lacking alpha support
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=== Downloads ===
  * {{https://www.getpaint.net/favicon.ico}} **[[https://www.getpaint.net/download.html#download|Paint.NET]]**

=== Add-ons ===
You can install add-ons by putting them in proper folders in your Paint.NET install directory. Folders are specified after each download (between **''[]''**).
  * **[[http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/files/files/pdnvtfplugin111.zip|.VTF Plugin]]** - Viewing, editing, exporting of .VTF files. [FileTypes]
  * **[[https://forums.getpaint.net/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=5905|Channel Swap]]** - Alpha/Color Swapping with clipboard support. Useful for working with the alpha channel. [Effects]
  * **[[https://forums.getpaint.net/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=2906|Color Channel Mixer]]** - Quick and easy R/G/B/A channel swapping. [Effects]

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===== File Uploading =====
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==== ShareX ====
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{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Open source freeware

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Enables users to quickly upload any file to any file hosting service, including personal file hosting servers

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Feature extensive 

{{icon:yes.png?nolink}} Extensive customization
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=== Downloads ===
  * {{icon:steam.png?nolink}} [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/400040/ShareX/|ShareX on Steam]]
  * {{https://getsharex.com/img/ShareX_Logo_1024.png?16}} [[https://getsharex.com/|ShareX Website]]

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