Simviation Forum - Repainting Program

Apr 28^th, 2004 at 10:02am

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Where can I find and down load a Freeware Repaint program?

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Reply #1 - Apr 28^th, 2004 at 10:25am

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Check the "How to Repaint" thread.

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=repnt;action=display;num=1...

While you can use MS Paint (in a pinch), you should consider one of the paint programs that supports layers, like Gimp!, pixia, and <call to Hagar - insert your favorite here>

Gimp! and pixia can be dowloaded from links in the Simviation utilities.

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Reply #2 - Apr 28^th, 2004 at 2:02pm

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PhotoPlus 5.5 by Serif Software. http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/serif/ph/ph5/index.asp
Completely free with no restrictions. Similar to Paint Shop Pro with the advanced features (like Layers) that you really need for repainting.

It has a few little peculiarities like most free graphics editors. These can be easily overcome.

PS. I suggest you try them all to see which one suits you best. Some people use more than one for the different features & functions. You will almost certainly need DXTBmp for converting the textures. http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm

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Reply #3 - Apr 30^th, 2004 at 11:57am

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Personally I use Photoshop 7.0 but most tuorials seem to work with Paint shop pro which is arguably as good and a whole lot cheaper.

As mentioned above, get DxtBMP

There is a great and easy tutotial in this forum to get you going, and you could try these:

http://www.calclassic.com/repaint.htm

http://www.gjsmith.net/tutorials.htm

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Reply #4 - May 1^st, 2004 at 6:27am

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Check the "How to Repaint" thread.

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=repnt;action=display;num=1...

While you can use MS Paint (in a pinch), you should consider one of the paint programs that supports layers, like Gimp!, pixia, and <call to Hagar - insert your favorite here>

Gimp! and pixia can be dowloaded from links in the Simviation utilities.

Aree you talking about, I can use the default paint program that comes with Windows XP

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Reply #5 - May 1^st, 2004 at 6:52am

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Aree you talking about, I can use the default paint program that comes with Windows XP

Yes indeed you can, but its very basic and hasnt really improved any since windows 95. You would be far better getting hold of a decent program like PSP which will costa few quid.
If you dont want to spend the money then many computer magazines have paint programs included on their free cd from time to time. They are usually older versions but quite adequate.

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Reply #6 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 6:37am

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If you're just trying it you don't want to spend out on something you might have no use for. The free graphics editors that Felix & I mentioned are perfectly suitable for repainting textures. They're in fact better than many commercial applications.

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Reply #7 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 7:38am

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Aree you talking about, I can use the default paint program that comes with Windows XP

You can use paint, I used to, but most planes (including the default FS planes) have compressed textures, and just show up blank. If you are going to become a serious repainter, I recomend purchasing FS repaint by Abacus. Sadly it costs £20 Cry

, but it is a worthwile investment. Wink

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Reply #8 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 6:23pm

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I use a combination of Photoshop CS and DxtBMP. Of course, Photoshop CS isn't free, so I recommend the program Hager mentioned (PhotoPlus 5.5).

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Reply #9 - May 12^th, 2004 at 4:20pm

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If you just want to experiment, you can download a free trial of PSP at www.jasc.com

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Reply #10 - May 13^th, 2004 at 1:28pm

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If you just want to experiment, you can download a free trial of PSP at www.jasc.com

It's a REALLY good program, if you get the chance, get it

Otherwise, you could try Pixia, it's similar to PSP

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