Guides
How-to articles and longer-form documentation.
Guides May 2, 2026GTA V and FiveM file formats, plain English
A plain-English guide to common GTA V and FiveM file formats, what they usually connect to, and which Zoovdev tools fit each workflow.
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Guides May 2, 2026Optimizing assets for FiveM
Practical guidance for optimizing FiveM props, vehicles, clothing, and textures with Zoovdev tools, including YTD compression, DDS formats, mipmaps, LODs, and crash debugging.
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Guides Apr 29, 2026Creating a livery for a mapped vehicle
Four ways to design a livery for a vehicle that already accepts liveries: the Zoov Toolkit plugin in Photopea or Photoshop, the in-browser editor at zoov.dev/editor/design, Codewalker, and OpenIV.
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Guides Apr 29, 2026Mapping a vehicle for liveries
Walkthrough for taking an unmapped vehicle .yft, mapping it with the Zoovdev livery mapper, and wiring up the .meta files so liveries work in-game.
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Guides Apr 29, 2026Installing the Zoovdev Photoshop plugin
Step-by-step install guide for the Zoovdev Photoshop plugin, including the manual fallback for when the .ccx installer will not open and how to authorize the toolkit.
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