Hi Res Skinning

[IdenticalJet]

I am using DXTbmp for my skinning. I have adobe photoshop and I can download the plugin but I am wondering if it would make much of a difference with Hi Res textures. Whenever I convert something into DDS, I have to make the image smaller, and then after it converts to DDS it looses it's hi res.. making it blurry. Help?