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Hello, I've decided to ask here because i think i'll get a better response. Apparently they don't support the use of paintkits at aerosoft and so won't give any support on their, so i'm not goign to bother. Anyway, to my question. I haven't got a clue on how to use the paintkit for the Airbus Extended. I have no problem with PMDG paintkits but its these aerosoft ones I just don't know how to use. You see with the PMDG paintkits you get a MASTER psd file to which the whole plane is on and you would simply paint the aircraft and then cut the sections and put it onto the correct sections. Now, with these aerosoft ones you don't get a master psd file, you jus…

Now that everyone (?) is enthralled with Orbx's EU.ENG I thought it right to seek out a UK registered plane. I discovered this one. Owned by Phillip Woolley who also owns a Porsche dealership! Poor bugger, what does he do with his days? Oh yes, this picture was taken before his company logo was put on the tailfin, 911sport.co.uk Real one: And my efforts. This actually is an RV6 but it's too pretty to be picky about it. Uploaded to AVSIM Search for Ron Attwood

As usual, the real one: and mine... It's well worth Googling Lt. Col. Lynn Farnsworth. A very interesting guy. Miss Karen II is named after his wife, the first Miss Karen was an F100 he flew in Viet Nam. Got shot down twice! For purists, N23LF has been adorned with various logos etc as well as a registration number on the fuselage. I opted for when it had Aerochia on it.

I recently searched online for the Project Fokker paint kits, and noticed that the Project Fokker site wasn't even up? Could someone help me out please...

This is my latest repaint for the Flight1 Cessna 510 Mustang.

Hey guys. I just finished this repaint, and as you can see, there is something weird going on. Any idea what it is? Or what's causing it?

i'm attempting to make a repaint of the xtreme prototypes 20 series jets. **** I AM NEW TO THIS ****** I was expecting a blank canvas to work with, but the paint kit has the artwork of one of the default paints. what is the best way to remove these lines? i'm using FSRepaint and photoshop CS6. there are several layers in the paint kit. i've gone through and deleted each layer to see if one of them was the artwork, and it appears as though these stripes are in the background image. any suggestions? anyone else have experience with this particular add-on? thanks! _______________________________________ edit: think i got it figur…

In the past I have always used the DXTBMP program to convert textures. Recently, I upgraded my system to Windows 7 (64 bit) and it appears that DXTBMP is not compatible with the 64 bit version of Windows. Is there another program I can use to convert textures? Thanks, John

hi there, i am new to dxt.bmp and opened a aer lingus a320 texture with this program.i want to leave the texture the same and change the regisration.however when i tried to edit EI-CVA on the wing i couldnt, because whatever way i tried to flip the wing to try to mke the text horizontal it would not let me position the text tool to edit the text.how can i go about doing this?should i try fs repaint? another question is can u open an ai and payware aircraft texture in dxt.bmp to edit texture or text? regards, Peter Dungan.

I have made my first repaint and the filesize in texture folder is 12.4 Mb. I made a repaint for the default FSX CRJ700 and I compared my texture follder to the other for that plane! Folder texture have 14mb Folder texture 1, 2 and 4 are about 4Mb to 5.4Mb each! I noticed that not all files in the Texture folder are not in the folders texture 1, 2 and 4 My question is can I remove some of the files to reduce the size of my new texture folder? I want it reduced so I can email the texture folder I created to a friend! Thanks

Hi all Anyone knows how to enable the cabin lights? I have used the pmdg paint kit and painted up a livery but the passenger cabin lights are not on in the night all other lights are ok though. Thanks in advance

I have the MAAM Sim DC-3 and have for somtime now. When I paint the aircraft there always seems to be the dividing line between the front and back sections that doesn't take paint and leaves a very visible line. That would be the bm_fuse_1_t.bmp, and the bm_fuse_2_t.bmp. Is there a way to get rid of this, I have shifted the bmp's in Image Ready from right and repainted the edges, as well as shifting to the left and repainting the edges to have no results. I use a default Image size of 1024x768 when imported and usuallt zoomed 800%. I have not tried the 4096x4096 image size thinking that wouldn't help either. I save as a extended bitmap "extended 32 bit 888-8" I don't …

Anyone got a paint kit for the FFS Saab 340 aircraft? I can't find one anywhere

I would like to request the following repaints for the Dreamwings Embraer 170: People's Viennaline Air Caraibes Delta Connection (Compass Airlines) Mokolule Airlines (Hawaii) Thanks. Evan

Please wound someone consider doing an American Airlines repaint for the PMDG 747-800 - Freight or PAX?? I'd be most grateful thanks

Hello all, I have an issue with textures in the VC of the Posky/skyspirit 777 (all variants). Textures take a few seconds to load on my system when its being really challenged in FS9, and theres a texture that seems to 'overlay' the windows in VC that look like clouds until they load properly and then disappear/become transparent. That split second of loading blocks my view so I cannot see out of the aircraft. On my -200LR variant I found the culprit file :OS772V2_Glass_T, so deleted it and solved the problem (I also converted all 32-bit textures to DXT3 and they all now load a lot quicker), however on my -300er and -200er variants I cannot find the culprit textur…

I have begin to repaint the default CRJ 700! I am new to this and I bought FS Repaint v2. I also use GIMP that I have used for other thigs earlier. Then you work with repainting the plane you can undo things then you are not happy but what do you do then you have saved and closed your work and later start your program again and want to undo things you did earlier? I noticed it was not possible to undo the paintings I did earlier and it was easier for me to delete my project and start it all over from scratch again! How do you do next time you continue your work and want to redo things? I also noticed it is difficult to make a line from one end of the fu…

If I have done some repaints that I also want to be added to FsInn and Squawkbox for multiplayer network flying! What tool do I need to do paint for those program! Is there any tutorials somewhere about how you do repaint for them? Thanks

Hi there fellow simmers! If you check my specs you can see i have a rather indecent Rig for fsx (a laptop with an ATI card (!)) So I have embarked on a quest for lightest FSX possible. I am currently tacklin' 2 hogs: Carenado C208 Grand Caravan and PMDG JetStream J41. All i want is to make the textures (outside and Virtual cockpit) more FPS-friendly. Truth is, I do not have any texture-managing knowledge. How should I start? Anybody can hand over some clues? I'm also looking for some light clouds, but that should go in another thread, maybe. Any help is appreciated. Thank you and have happy flying! Nicolás

Painting this was fun and very challenging. I know there is a better way of getting there rather than walking around the block to get next door :wacko:

Can anyone point me in the right direction for buying a program to edit the planes in FSX, by that I mean so that I can put on my own colours, logo and tail numbers on. Thanks jm :rolleyes:

So ... who would like to have a go at making a skin for this then!? This is the first A380e that is, for the real geeks, MSN095 (Manufacturers Serial Number). It will go into service for British Airways in 2013. These two pictures are of the aircraft on it's first flight having only recently left the FAL (Final Assembley Line) in Toulouse. As you will see, apart from the empennage (the tail section), it is unpainted ... Enjoy ....

I have a great repaint for the PMDG 747 that was made for FS9 and I'm trying to bring it over to FSX. To get a proper night lighting I have to put the correct alpha channel in the FS9 repaint. But when I copy over an alpha from another made for FSX repaint using DXTbmp, it becomes much more pixalated. Why is that? Both are DXT5 dds files. Can someone tell me how I can copy over the correct alpha so the landing and tail lights work properly on the converted fs9 repaint? Thanks! -David

The real one: My efforts: There are a couple of additional decals on the uploaded version, I couldn't be arsed to make more screenshots! Available on AVSIM very soon Hope you like

Does anyone have a good repaint of the Wilco Harrier, representing an early USMC aircraft? -Kenneth J. Kerr