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Apr 4th, 2005 at 3:16am

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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.

??? ??? ??? Embarrassed

Certanly doesn't look like the picture he had.

I am completly new to this, what am i doing wrong?
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Reply #1 - Apr 4th, 2005 at 12:49pm

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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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Reply #2 - Apr 4th, 2005 at 5:09pm

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Ok thanks i'll see how it goes Grin
 
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Reply #3 - Apr 4th, 2005 at 8:03pm

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oh i dont know what your talking about is bueatifool Kiss. 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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Reply #4 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 1:52am

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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.

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In his tutorial Gary uses "Paint Shop Pro 5" he says it's available for free.  Where?

Thanks for ur help Cheesy Grin

EDIT: i found a site to download it from 109MB:o  Never mind PSP Tongue.  Is there any other good free programs around ???

 
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Reply #5 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 1:55am

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nice work  Cheesy I cant remember of the top of my head, just send him a quick email and ask  Smiley
 
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Reply #6 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 2:04am

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I found it and it's like 109MB so that's WAY too big for a dial up connection Shocked  Are there any other good ones around that you can edit with.
 
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Reply #7 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 2:08am

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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!  Tongue try googling "free graphics editor" or something like that.
 
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Reply #8 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 3:08am

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LOL I did it in MS Paint Grin  I can't even find how to put text in the picture with pixia Tongue.  What program do you use?  Photoshop probably ???
 
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Reply #9 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 12:37pm

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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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Reply #10 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 12:56pm

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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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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 Smiley

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Reply #12 - Apr 5th, 2005 at 4:14pm

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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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Reply #13 - Apr 6th, 2005 at 1:29am

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Thanks guys for advice Grin 

Hagar, thanks for the link, i'll check it out Cheesy

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 Smiley
 
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Reply #14 - Apr 6th, 2005 at 2:51am

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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 Embarrassed  When i go to the help function nothing happens.

Any advice ???
 
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Reply #15 - Apr 6th, 2005 at 5:42pm

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When i go to the help function nothing happens.


Hi Chris,

Check in your main Pixia folder and see if there's a Help folder. If the Help folder isn't there, or if there's no contents in it, then you need to download the Help file from Pixia's website Smiley

http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/download.htm

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