...what I use...>>> http://www.abacuspub.com/repaint2/

...when no-one offers to do it for me!

Paul...FS 2004... ...!

donby. Can you be more specific. Do you want to repaint the textures yourself or learn how to add downloaded repaints to an existing aircraft?

Brian Z wrote on Jan 12^th, 2013 at 10:09pm:

Adobe recently released Photoshop CS2 as Freeware. This is an old version but should be ideal for repainting. I don't know if it's compatible with Windows 7 but think it's worth a try. I suggest trying a smaller download like Elements 4.0/5.0 first. This might be all you need as Photoshop itself is very complex. http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html

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I can't think why you're having problems with DXTBmp. It's an essential piece of kit & perfectly user-friendly once you understand the basic principles of texture formats & editing. This of course applies to any software including Gimp, Photoshop or whichever graphics editor you choose.

Just tried again, opened the default King Air, slapped a red oval on, exported and saved.  Opened FSX and loaded the test plane... it's got a GREEN oval on it, and again, the windows and other details painted on where they don't belong.  Think maybe I have a corrupted copy of DXT Bmp?

Brian Z wrote on Jan 13^th, 2013 at 8:21am:

Highly unlikely. You could try downloading the current version here. http://www.mwgfx.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Yes, that's what I'm getting... but for this quickie test I didn't even bother flipping it at all.  And why would I get a negative of the color I actually used?  I'll try getting it again from the site you linked, most of the sites I'm finding for it try to make you agree to also downloading adware.

Huh, just noticed that all red markings... the "Beechcraft" logo, and the markings on the door, have also turned green.  Is there some "do random weird things" setting I have turned on?   

<Settles into the bathtub...>
Eureka!!!
<Runs down the street, dripping wet and naked>
<Remembers the computer is in the bedroom, right next to the bathroom>
<Goes back inside before the cops show up>

I'm using Windows XP.  One of the update notes for DXT Bmp mentioned "Made fully Vista compatible." 
Where might I find some "rollback" versions of DXT Bmp?  I think that might be what's wrong.
As for mirrored/rotated... no, I deleted the old "test" version, and created a fresh one.  The one I posted above was made just a few minutes before I stuck the red rectangle on it.

I'm clicking "save" in DXT Bmp, not changing anything in the options, "ok" for the warning that the file already exists, overwrite? 

Also, I don't think SP2 ever installed correctly, could that be it?  It says it's installed, but I can never find the check box for DX10 preview.  I've uninstalled and re-installed sp2, but same thing.

Oh, so THAT'S why I can never find that checkbox!  I'm sure my problem isn't with Gimp... I know about the special save format, to send the texture back to DXT Bmp I export it as a .bmp.  When I click "refresh after edit" I can see the changes I made, which wouldn't happen if it were in .xcf format... dxtbmp wouldn't be able to use it at all.  Same thing happens with the Abacus package, the xcf format won't show up on it, bmp does no problem. 

What I meant by saving and not changing anything in the box... that's when I'm looking at dxtbmp, with my changes showing.  Here, this is the first repaint I really consider finished, I've got a few others that still need something but I can't decide what.  This was done with the combination of Abacus and Gimp. 

Hm, older pic of the same project, the finished version looks a bit better... anyway, Abacus needs the texture "exported" as a bmp, the same way dxtbmp does.

Yes!  Thank you, that did it. 

There's a guy in my VA who uses DXTBmp and Gimp together, but unfortunately he's only been on sporadically the last few weeks.  If he'd been around he would've probably had the answer off the top of his head.

Hagar....you just answered a question I was going to post about bmp and dds in reply #6. Did you know you're awesome??....thanks man. Thanks very very much   

Are you using the built-in editor?  The transparency factor in that doesn't actually make colors transparent, it modifies the alpha channel (if you have the alpha unlocked) instead.  I use an external editor (Gimp) instead, it does WAY more stuff than the built-in one does.  Also, as long as you leave the specular .dds texture alone, all those panels and such aren't as gone as you think. 
  One more thing... in your main FSX folder, go under Textures and backup anything named "test" and "chrome".  FSRepaint opens the chrome texture, I don't know why you'd want to mess with it, and sometimes saves it incorrectly when you're done, so that all chrome turns black.