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Hi,I would like to make a repaint of the a330 in Eurofly colors, but I noticed in the repaint kits are only 3 layers. The problem is if I paint over the base level (the white one) I would cover the panel lines. On the pmdg 737 paint kit there is a layer only for the panel lines.So how is it possible to make the base livery and add the panel lines over it?Thanks for the helpAndrea

Hi,I would like to request a repaint of livery for my VA. I hope to have a nice design for it, and thought you guys probably can do it :DInterested parties please contact Benjamin on MSN Messenger at [email protected]

Does anyone know of any good tutorials for photoshop on creating metalic looking textures? I have found some, but they don't provide the results I am looking for. Basicly, I want to create something that looks like this, or close to it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/Rou...es/File0015.jpg

Hey guys.I'm trying to track down a fella by the name of Martin McCormick. He released a default 777s repaint package (B777s.zip) and I'd like to ask his permission to distribute a few of his repaints in another package. His email address and website are no longer active. If anyone has any ideas on how to contact Martin, I'd really appreciate getting back to me.Cheers,Matthew.

Hello, i'm new to repainting, and one of my discoveries is, that some aircraft do not have refective textures, just a matt finish, and when I add an "alpha" it turns the plane "semi transparent" instead of shinyIs there a relatively simple way to add reflective textures, to planes built this way?Thanks........Eddie

I belong to Flight Ontario, a Freeware scenery design group. In a scenery we are making for CYHM, Hamilton, Ontario we wish to place a static model of a CF100 on a pedistal. A member of our group made a GMax model and we do have some pictures.If there is anyone interested in painting this for us please get in touch at: [email protected] Some of our scenery can be downloaded from www.flightontario.comThank you for any interest.Al GayFlight Ontario

Hey guys,Just wanted to let you know I have uploaded the layered paint kits for the newest Lionheart Creations Super Viking. There are three to choose from. You can find them here;www.lionheartcreations.com/Viking_PaintkitsEnjoy

Hi,I thought I'd try my hand at repainting lately, so I brushed of and installed a copy of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 we had on the shelf here.When I tried opening a repaint texture from the aircraft folder, I got this message:"Could not open C:FS9AircraftAS 350 Ecureuiltextureext01_t.bmp because of a disk error"I tried opening other files, and some work, some don't. Has anyone of you an idea what is wrong here?I am a complete newbie to photoshop, so I'm most likely overseeing something blatantly obvious, but I couldn't find anything in the help file.Thanks,CC

I thought I would have a go at repainting the above, wow, why did they decide that the colour that comes with the Paint Kit is bright yellow. I have not got a clue where to start. I was going to try and reproduce the pretty shabby looking white cub that tows gliders from my local field.Any suggestions where to start as I would like to retain some of the suttle shading and highlightscheersPaul

Hello, everyone,Working on my first repaint and was wondering if there's a paint kit/blank textures for the FS2004 default DeHaviland Dash 8-100?Any help would be great.

Hello,Newbie to repaints, looking for a paint kit or blank texture for the default MS 2004 DeHaviland Dash8-100.Does such a thing exist? Or should I try to do it myself? :)

Oh Dear,I have only just discovered this part of the forum, so, could a moderator please delete my original thread in the General Discussion Forum Please, here is the link for it http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=316728&page=I am hoping that an experienced texture user / maker can help me with this issue.a friend of mine has created a company colour scheme for me to use on the LDS 767, but, I seem to be getting some weird and strange texture effects on some parts of the aircraft, such as the wings, body and even the tires.I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with this sort of thing, which is why I have asked for help in here.I have tried using the MS…

Hi gang, this may seem an odd request in this forum, but I am looking for original art of any sort to add to the art section of my site. Figured the painters forum was a good place to start ;). Aircraft based art would be ideal, but any art is welcome. I already have some art gathered for aircraft, and two galleries made for non-aircraft (one for William Ortis - Lionheart Creations FS aircraft - - but car art - great stuff)http://www.ascendant-online.net/en/photoga...ortis/index.phpIf anyone wants to share any work they have, I provide full credit and a link back to your site if you provide a complete album of 9 images.If you have art work associated with a project (not s…

The business my brother works for is building a new paint booth and he is supposed to work there and is already doing some painting but wondered if there were paint schools he could go to.Is there?

I have made one decent try at making an aluminum repaint but it's just not like the ones I have seen for American Airlines repaints for various planes. Here is my first try.http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9864/74...airlines3uu.jpgI have looked at the bitmaps that three or four others people have done including the one for the 737 by PMDG but I just can't seem to figure out what they have done to make it look like that. I have done respectable non-aluminum paint jobs but I don't know what to do here. I looked at some tutorials but they didn't help.

all, i have got the 737NG on flight simulator 2004. I've made my design on the 737 with the paintkit, and then saved it as a targa file. I then open DXTBMP, then saved it as an exdended bitmap. when i open the file which i saved on my desktop, it comes up with "Drawing failed". am i doing something wrong?robbie

...but I'm stumped as to how to fix this.In the process of painting Carenado's Piper Archer, I've discovered I can't figure out how to paint the rear end of the fuselage to match up with the stripe on the top. Here's a pic to demonstrate what I'm referring to...the area that needs to be painted is in between the dotted lines:http://www.johnlauriejt.com/huh.jpgI can't seem to find that area on the template; or at least I don't know how to mark it off for painting if it's actually on the side fuselage template. I'm using PSP7 in conjunction with Abacus' FS Repaint.Here's the template I'm using: http://www.johnlauriejt.com/Template%20Carenado%20Archer.zipAny advice/tips wo…

Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question, but I'm an absolute newbie at repaints.I've used DXTBmp to look at some paintkits for default FS9 aircraft, and the bitmaps from the aircraft texture folders, and they are often white aircraft wing or fuselage sections against a white background.How do I work out where the edge of the section is, so I can tell where to paint and where not to paint?The tutorials I've looked at show the aircraft sections clearly distinguishable from the bitmap background, but this doesn't seem to apply to the texture bitmaps I've seen.

I recently downloaded a couple of AI aircraft that show-through other scenery. For example, if the aircraft taxies behind a hangar, you can still see the aircraft through the hangar. It looks like the aircraft is actually passing in front of the hangar, several feet in the air. The hangars involved are "advanced generic buildings", so there shouldn't be anything unusual about their texture. In any case, this only happens with these two AI.Anyone have an idea what's happening?Don

Hi allVery new at this -- I have been having some success in painting a/c and placing registration numbers on the side of the fuselage - at least, for trycicle type a/c.I want to simply change the registration number on a yellow taildragger Super Cub - but the texture file has the a/c fuselage at an angle to the rectangular texture file - so the printing on the side of the a/c must also go at an angle.The paint programmes that I have all place text horizontally to the edges of the file.Can somebody please tell me how they go about "angling" the text ?Thanks Barry

how do i make textures in other words repaint aircraft i am using fs edit skd

I want to start an airline and would like to hire someone to paint (to start) the following a/cPMDG B1900C AND 1900FPMDG 737-700PMDG 747-400PMDG 747-400 FLEVEL D 763thanks, the scheme:white background, with dark red and grey stripes and a circle on the tail with Airways inside of it and the digits 360 ghosted in grey on the sidei want to start a virtual airline that would feature great payware and great freeware scenery, mostly FlyTampa's stuff and Flight Scenery stuffciao!Brian S

I was trying to learn how to use psd texture formats for painting aircraft. I had downloaded POSKY's psd paintkit for their 737-800, and painted it accordingly. However, what do you do upon completion? Convert it to a .bmp file and just place it in the textures folders? Or does the psd file have to be broken down into the individual sections like in the default .bmp texture files?

It is almost complete, the CRJ-900 in the USAirways Express Colors operated by Mesa Airlines. Still a few things to add such as all of the stickers Mesa has added to their CRJs, as well as the registration number.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/147675.jpg

Please tell me how to edit exsisting aircraft textures, heres what i am trying to do. i want to take a fuselage texture of a plane and paste my own logo on to it, but the problem is that when i try that, the textures dont show up on FS, i have tried a few programs but it still doesnt work. please help me thank you alex