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Apr 4
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Well i thought i might give this painting thing a try and am
trying
to follow the tutorial on Gary Smiths website. The link didn't work to get the blank texture so i downloaded a paintkit for the Default 73-4 on SimV. I loaded it up in Pixia, and got this.
??? ??? ???
Certanly doesn't look like the picture he had.
I am completly new to this, what am i doing wrong?
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Apr 4
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Looks like you need to convert the textures. Get dxtbmp or imagetool.
Dxtbmp here:
http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/download/dxtbmpx.EXE
open your file (load extended image)
then save as 24bit image
should then be able to open in any graphics program.
remember to do the reverse when your done
open regular image, and save as extended in either dxt3 (compressed) or 32Bit (uncompressed)
any probs, just post back or PM me.
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Apr 4
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Ok thanks i'll see how it goes
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Apr 4
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oh i dont know what your talking about is bueatifool
. lol yeah i get that on my plane if i have the detail up to high. its nice to see disco planes.lmao what's real wierd is each little panel of color has its own shadow and shine.
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Apr 5
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Thanks to your wonderful words of wisdom igorski, i was able to make something. It dosn't look flash at all (it's only my first try). The tail is mean't to be the same bluey green color as the back of the fuselage. I also needed to paint over all of the detail with the bluey green at the back.
In his tutorial Gary uses "Paint Shop Pro 5" he says it's available for free. Where?
Thanks for ur help
EDIT: i found a site to download it from 109MB:o Never mind PSP
. Is there any other good free programs around ???
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Apr 5
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nice work
I cant remember of the top of my head, just send him a quick email and ask
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Apr 5
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I found it and it's like 109MB so that's WAY too big for a dial up connection
Are there any other good ones around that you can edit with.
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Apr 5
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Not sure, cant you just leave it on over night? Is that Pixia not any good? Otherwise you can always resort to Ms paint!
try googling "free graphics editor" or something like that.
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Apr 5
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LOL I did it in MS Paint
I can't even find how to put text in the picture with pixia
. What program do you use? Photoshop probably ???
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Apr 5
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nah, been using PSP for all mine, tried Photoshop, but couldnt get me head round it (after using PSP for so long!)
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Wow man that is good as far as M$ Paint goes! I used that to repaint some work for CFS1, and I 'managed' ok, and I used it for panels in FS2002. Bot only that, I have a 3.6kbps dial up as well, so I'm stuck with MS Paint. Where was the d/l?
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I can't even find how to put text in the picture with pixia
Hi Chris,
Are you running your PC in 800x600 resolution?
If so, up the res to 1024x768... The Text button (Little square with an A on it) is located towards the right of the window a few buttons down from the Fill button. Otherwise you can also access the Text box by pressing Ctrl+J
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Well done Chris. Even the best & most expensive graphics editor is useless if you don't know how to use it. Pixia has all the features you should need to repaint aircraft textures. It just takes time. You might find this easier to understand than the the other tute.
http://www.calclassic.com/repaint.htm
Everyone has their own way of doing these things. I'm sure you will too once you understand the basics.
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Thanks guys for advice
Hagar, thanks for the link, i'll check it out
And Dan, I found it at
www.download.com
it should be under photo editors, if you can't find it then i'll give you the direct link
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Apr 6
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I checked out the other tutorial and it was pretty good, but half the functions in it could not find in pixia. And i can't figure out how to make layers in pixia either
When i go to the help function nothing happens.
Any advice ???
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