I been searching for 2 days now and cannot locate a basic step by step tutorial on how to repaint planes for fsx. Most tutorials I run into are for FS 2002 or 2004.

I tried to follow the one for 2004 http://www.flightsimworld.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14002  but the texture I end up getting in DXTBmpx is an interior texture and not the exterior one shown in the tutorial. I followed every step. My best guess is because I'm using FSX.

I went to the one in stickied in the top of this section too and it does not seem to help me. I see no use of DXTBmp so it confuses me. I have DXTBmpx and Photoshop cs2. I'm simply looking for a tutorial to get me started that is FSX based. And please don't tell me to do a search because that's what I been doing for the past 2 days like I said earlier. If you know of one please post a link. Thanks in advance.

Oh and I forgot to mention, I would like to start by repainting default FSX aircraft.

Mistro,

There are a great many tutorials around for repainters, here is another one - http://mainescenery.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=paint

In terms of coloring pixels most of what you find for FS9 applies to FSX also.

The primary difference in the 2 sims is texture format.

Both use formats of .bmp files that Photoshop cannot read. This is where DXTBmp comes into play. It will convert files to a format PS can edit, then convert them back to something FS can use.

There are also tons of tutorials on the Internet for PS also, that may not apply directly to FS, but will expand your abilities.

Dive into repainting FSX defaults, the files you want end in _T. Don't worry about reflections, bumps, and specs untill your comfortable with the basic textures.

Another tip is to download others repaints and compare them with the defaults to see what they did.

Good luck and happy painting,
Joe

PS. Be careful, this can become quite addicting.