What's wrong with my TGA export from VTF?

[lord dubu]

I have downloaded installed and run GCFscape on the source_materials.gcf in order to pull out the combine_soldier skins.

Then I ran vtf2tga on them, so that I could open them up in Photoshop...

however, when I open the textures up in photoshop they look like crap, nothing at all like they did in the texture browser in hammer...

Am I missing a step?

 

[(Fragger)]

Let me guess:
You just got Photoshop 7 and don't know about the way it handles tgas.
You need a patch to 7.1 or a plugin. Go to Adobe.com for either one.

 

[lord dubu]

You guess correctly I have photoshop 7! You are correct I know not how it handles tgas. I shall patch now.