.dds files - help please!!

[trodriguezzz]

Hey all -

I'm kinda a total newb to all this UI stuff - I have always left it for the rest to do and I have appreciated the outcomes! = However, I want to be able to edit my own background colors for the UI pieces that I download. I know they are all >dds files - was told by Milqueowst (hope I didnt dmg the name too much lol) that he uses an old version of Photoshop. I have photoshop 5.0 and downloaded the plugin for this - however I am unable to open the files or anything.

How do I use the plug in? or is my version of Photoshop just too old to use the plugin? Photoshop is so expensive that I don't want to upgrade it, and quite frankly, can't really afford to! So how do I open up the dds files with photoshop using the nvidia plugin?

Thanks in advance for any help I can get in using this plugin! or any advice

~Vamp