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I have a nice freeware F-5 and i want to create a new livery for it as i am hoping to create a virtual display team. please could you tell me how to do it or point me to a tutorial, as long as it doesnt require me to pay for anything! i am using fs2004 btw. Thanx

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hii am trying to paint the 737 from Aeromexico. Unfortunately i dind't manage to get the metal fuse to show up realistic in my photoshop. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/911367/L/ I there anyone that could help me?Daniel P, maybe?ThanksMartin

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I've tried my hand at repainting liveries and have conceded its not for me. Does anyone do livery requests? I'm really after a 737 painted in the livery of Air Pacific (I'm planning to start flying as my own little personal VA with Air Pac) and would really appreciate if anyone can paint one for me. Air Pac has 737-700s and 800s I think.I've attached some links to airliners.net where the photos of actual Air Pac jets:http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=8742...&next_id=NEXTIDhttp://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=8558...&next_id=849864Any help appreciated.CheersPharoah

Would anyone be willing to do this? A kind fellow from the PMDG forum offered to do it after they finished with the 747, but since the forum is gone, I have no way of contacting him.Thanks,Adam

make my italic text lean the other way in paint shop pro 7?it's italic like this italic but i have to have itleaning the other way,to the left.now,i suppose i could do that using the node editing,but then i have a gazillion nodes to move,there should be an easier way,right?if anyone knows how,i'm very grateful :)cheersJP.

Midwest Airlines, formerly Midwest Express, and based here in Milwaukee, changed its paint scheme to reflect its new name. So, when its new B717-200s began to fly out of Milwaukee with the newpaint scheme, there was a phase out of its DC-9s.But the big MD80s are staying, yet only one has thus far been painted in the new scheme. The rest have the new tail logo, as well as the "MIDWEST" name on the fuselage. But they lack the new full blue rear fuselage section, as well as the sharp looking blue engine nacelles with gold strips at the inlets.So far my search for the new paint job is only available (as AI) from PAI on their B717 model. I haven't been able to locate a nice MD…

Hi fellas.Could someone please tell me how to eliminate or avoide patterning on uniform colours? I've done a repaint of a T-6 for FS9. All good, except there's a pattern effect across the surfaces where the colour is uniform. I'm using Paintshop Pro 8, saving the images as 8-bit Bmps. Any ideas?Cheers,Matthew.

I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum to ask this question.I am looking for an artificial intelegent base model for any or bothof the above aircraft.I have searched these forums and done a Google to no avail as all I canfind are flyable models which I don't want or need.Grateful for any lead as to where I can find them.Thanks

Hallo friends -painters.Today I had to send this e-mail to a fellow-painter.quote.....Hello Mr X, In the LIB found "your" repaint of the "Plane" from "Mr Original Publisher" I like this repaint for it`s accuracy, the small..................... . I think you know what I am going to say now , I like this details because I made them MYSELF. Making repaints is very nice work to do and publishing them is OK , but a real genuine repaint is ONLY based on the original livery.All the work has to be done by the repainter HIMSELF. What you did is , copying MY WORK ( partially) and publish it as YOUR repaint. That`s no repainting , that`s PLAGIARISM. You could at least have stated…

Repaint aircraft with Macromedia Flash MX ? Yes it is possible and very easy is you are familiar with this vectorial editor (witch supposes that it is already installed on your computer). Flash MX is primarely a vectorial web editor sp

Hi, I've done a few repaints of the 737-200, but the interior textures are not showing up. I've found this to be true of every repaint I've downloaded for this aircraft as well. The texture folder contains a "737INTERIOR_T.BMP" with the interior doors, bulkheads, panels, etc., but the textures are just not apparently being applied to the surfaces (everything's gray, insides of the doors are gray, pilots are gray, etc.). I suspect a filename issue.The "737INTERIOR_T.BMP", incidentally, is identical to the one supplied with the Kittyhawk 737-800 base pack and the textures work fine on it.Does anyone know where I could download a copy of the original base pack for the 737…

can anyone help, after painting the 737-700 pmdg templates using photoshop 7. How do I load the templates into fltsim 2004 in order to use them on my aircraft. I have some neet painting tricks to share with photoshop users but until I can see my repaints on a working aicraft I'm not sure if my re-paints will work. Also Ihave used the Adobe templates and not the TGA files.RegardsPangaul

Does anyone know when this will become available? Or, does anyone have one they have made they would be willing to share? If not I will have to create my own! I'm going crazy wanting to start repainting this bird!Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!Matt

hi,does anyone have a base fuselage that is not polished aluminium?i use psp 8,and the base psd's do not open correctly,there are no layers,because it does not fully support it i guess,so i was wondering if someone had a psp 8 psd available,or a flattened bmp without the metal textures,of the fuse,wings,tail,and engines,so that i can paint a white aircraft with cheatline.i''ve been trying for a week to make one myself,but i'm not getting very far yet :(thanks in advance,JP.

Hey captains, I paint the PMDG planes quite often and I was just curious to how this Level-D B767 sim paint kit really works. So far I have painted the left side full. I'm not sure exactly how to get it to the left side FUSE without it looking messy. I know there is something in there about flattening all the layers? If anyone has the time to kind of give me a step by step process for this paint kit. Also, how do you get all the files into one..for the repaint manager...? I am curious. Thanks. Scott

Hiya!I am painting up a Thomsonfly.com (TUI) 737-300 (FFX) I have the masters with the basic livery and stuff ready, but when it comes to put the big red thomsonfly.com logo is where the trouble begins. What I do is I put the logo on as a layer, then I select MULTIPLY on it but when I put it on top of the blue background the red on the titles look really really dark and I can't seem to be able to tone the red down so that it looks like it should, the blue on the fuselage is not a layer anymore so the titles are the only layer I am working on.Can anyone help me out on this, I know the solution is pretty easy but I am not really an experienced repainter so... I am using pai…

HiI m trying to paint a plane in new colours. The problem I'm having is it is not a blank paint. There is already a reg and some lines painted on the plane. I use Adobe Photoshop. How do I go about removing the reg and the coloured lines without removing the rivets and markings that are part of the fuselage?Many thanksJason

Hello everyone! I am just learning how to paint utilizing Paint Shop Pro 9.0. I was wondering if this is truly the product that is the most compatible to repaint aircraft, or should I purchase Adobe PhotoShop CS2? I would appreciate any thoughts, tips or tricks on how to paint with either program respectively.Regards,

Hi, I'm new at painting, but I have tried to paint the PMDG 737-700 model, but when i came to the engine, there was a text saying: Right top/left top" Then i took my logo (Sterling European) and tried to match the background colour. When i pasted the logo into photoshop the text dissapeared, and the background colour of the logo matched the colour of engine... But when i try the same today, the text won't dissapear... :( Please help anyone...

HiIn order now not there are repaint of these airplane. Nobody has wants to make them pls?! - B737-400 Blue Panorama (FFX model): http://www.airliners.net/open.file/860559/L/- MD82 Itali Airlines (Lago MadDog JCA model and SGA)(the flying cow :-lol ): http://www.airliners.net/open.file/839317/L/- MD82 WindJet (Lago MadDog JCA model and SGA): http://www.airliners.net/open.file/871218/L/- BAe 146 Air Dolomiti (one free model and the Eurowings pay model): http://www.airliners.net/open.file/873572/LThank you very much! Bye :-wave

can someone teach me how to paint or point me towards a good painting tutorial please:-zhelp

I am confused on proper application of the ERJ paintkit. I made my paint on it, I made it a BMP added an alpha layer in DXTBMP and made DXT3 file, I ovveroad an exsisting texture with this but it turns out gray. Step by step instructions appreciated! Thanks

Hi all!I have bought the Carenado Cessna 182RG, but where can I find Paint Kits? I whant to paint som Norwegian Aircrafts, but thats cind of difficult if you don't have som paintkit's :(Pleas help me again folk! :)