Simviation Forum - repainting??????

Oct 26^th, 2007 at 5:58pm

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I dont know if i have this posted in the right spot if not would a moderater please move it. My question is i downloaded the FSX repaint kit of the default cessna 172. How do you repaint the AC's? what program do you use?

Thank you in advance
Jason

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Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2007 at 8:59pm

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Download this lesson:

http://www.projectopensky.com/files/paint-resources/Painting_Lesson.zip

and this tool:

www.oxidesigns.com/projectairbus/extra/imagetool.exe

It'll be easier if you have Photoshop Wink

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Reply #2 - Oct 27^th, 2007 at 7:18am

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Imagetool is an alternative to DXTbmp, isn't it?

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Reply #3 - Oct 27^th, 2007 at 4:03pm

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Imagetool is an alternative to DXTbmp, isn't it?

Well, it's rather the other way around, actually!

Imagetool.exe is the MS/ACES graphics tool.

DXTBMP.exe is Martin Wright's freeware graphics tool.

Both are extremely valuable. I use DXTBMP.exe a lot during development, but use Imagetool.exe for finished, commercial product release, as DXTBMP.exe does have a small problem with "artifacting" and "image degradation" at times.

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Reply #4 - Nov 8^th, 2007 at 6:56pm

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I have a question on this also. Wink

I DO have Photoshop and I am trying to learn to repaint also but my problem is, whenever I try to open-up any repaint file in PS it tells me the document could not be opened due to disk error. What am I doing wrong?

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Reply #5 - Nov 8^th, 2007 at 11:30pm

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LeFeaoux wrote on Nov 8^th, 2007 at 6:56pm:

I have a question on this also. Wink

I DO have Photoshop and I am trying to learn to repaint also but my problem is, whenever I try to open-up any repaint file in PS it tells me the document could not be opened due to disk error. What am I doing wrong?

If it is not working, it could be because the scheme is in DXT format. All you have to do is go to Save, and scroll down the list and save it as a extended bit. Then you could work on it.

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Reply #6 - Nov 9^th, 2007 at 3:46pm

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Evader DX wrote on Nov 8^th, 2007 at 11:30pm:

LeFeaoux wrote on Nov 8^th, 2007 at 6:56pm:

I have a question on this also. Wink

I DO have Photoshop and I am trying to learn to repaint also but my problem is, whenever I try to open-up any repaint file in PS it tells me the document could not be opened due to disk error. What am I doing wrong?

If it is not working, it could be because the scheme is in DXT format. All you have to do is go to Save, and scroll down the list and save it as a extended bit. Then you could work on it.

Thanks. Yeah, I figured that out last night. I got DXTbmp and now I can convert them.

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