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ok i know this isnt perfect, lol its only my first try at re-creating rivets and the creases / lines. this pic is just a pic of 1 wing, and all i did was copy the layers and paste them to a new solid background so i didnt have to flatten any of my layers etc to show this. i just want some feed back on how it looks so far. i have completed the entire p-51 with rivets and the creases. ive been using an existing texture as a template to trace over rivet locations etc but still thats a LOT of hand painted rivets and lines lol. anyway like i said i know its not perfect, but all my little mess ups seem to fade away when "multiply" is used on their layer. all im looking for is a…

Hi!I am in the middle of the process of repainting Baunton's Huey into a Swedish Airforce Hkp3. I seem to remember reading a very positive review of this model, written by a real Huey Pilot who gave it a lot of praise for it's realistic flight dynamics. Does this ring a bell for anyone?ThanksRoger

I would like to resize all the PAI textures down to 50% their size.I'm planning to use a batch command and imagetool to convert *all* my PAI aircrafts to standard TGA files; open them, scale by 50% and save them in protoshop again as tga. Then a batch command again to reconvert them into dxt1 format.In the process I would like to gain as much performance as possible, by converting them to dxt1, and no mips.Reading the forum, though, I found out somebody had a problem with propellers and dxt1 textures.would you bother splitting the lot into 2 categories, and use 2 batch commands, one for propellered aircrafts (which I'll convert to dxt3) and the other for jet aircrafts (wh…

seems all it takes a some sense of the proper program to use and a great deal of crativity and your on your way.ok here are some links of my first repaint. lotta drawing and painting by hand, lol took me a total of about 24 hours. but i think it came out well. the first 3 are the finished product, however there are some others that are in here during testing the fit of the paint jobhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/nav..._Baron58_02.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/nav..._Baron58_03.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/nav..._Baron58_01.jpgthese are the others through various stages but also show some better angleshttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/…

We are a small group off pilots, some of us Real World right up to 744 level. That like to fly on line together, we are not a VA.Our base aircraft that we use are the more complex one's like the P.M.D.G 737s.What we do need is a great paint job on them.So if any of you Painters would like to let your imagination run free and show your talents off then give me a P/M.You could get also real world tuition on how in fly these aircraft. Howard

Hello A new VA is being created which will simulate Olympic Airways of the past (1937-198x). We're looking for repainters for some of the classic aircraft flown during the 50's and the 60's. Some examples are:Douglas DC-4 -//- DC-6BLearjet 25BShorts SkyvanBoeing 707-3xxBoeing 747-200Piper PA-23 AztexBN2A IslanderIf you're intrested, or know of some available aircraft already in OA colors or to be used as base models, please contact me directly at the e-mail found below.Aris E. KingHistoric Olympic Airways virtual (HOAv)Director of Operationse-mail: [email protected]

I am eventually pluck up courage and tackle FS Repaint but whilst the `plain` colours are OK where do I find the correct Fonts and Company Logo`s to use. Initially I need the PAN AM font in their light blue and a winged logo. I`ll also need other fonts in other colours.Thanks for your help & adviceRegardsGeorge

I don't have much experience in repainting. I've only done a couple of them using PSS A319/20/21 paintkits and, so far, I can handle it quite well. Now, I'm trying to repaint the PSS A332 and the paintkit does not work the same. Does anybody have an idea, experience or tutorial about this specific paintkit?... I would like to know how it works. I checked PSS web site and there's nothing for the A330/40's... just a very simple guide for the A320'sAny help will be highly appreciated.Thanks,

Hey Guys, I'm trying to repaint a new logo onto the side of the 2K2 default 747. I know that it is single sided but I am just going to use it for a promo screenshot taken from the port side. However there is a "Decal" texture ( decal_b747_400 ) which displays the default airline logo " World Travel Airlines ". I have tried several different ways to prevent it from displaying but at the moment the decal logo text still shows through my new text as a reflextive texture.Is there a way to not have the decal texture show?Thanks

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I'm a complete newbie at repainting, so here goes.I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly, but everytime I edit the texture_i'm_doing.bmp, I need to exit FS, then restart FS and choose the aircraft to see the new texture reflected in the sim. Is there anyway to load the new texture without reloading the program? TIA

ok, this is my first ever repaint. I've I painted the layer in PSP, now how do I convert it to a texture. I painted a paintkit, now I just need to know how to get that to a texture.Thanks,Dave

I'm no pro but think I have done a decent job on some repaints but the biggest frustration to me is when I put in a lot of work on details, lets say rivets, panel lines, or stipes, and I load my paint into fs to take a look. Then when I reload to work on other things or correct something there are different color pixils around my rivets or along contrasting paint lines. Anything I can do to prevent this? JohnnyV

Hallo I am Christopher and I am working on my First repaint LRJ45(default)to Aegean Airlines Virtual colors(GR),there is also the real one. My problem is that the belly line it self,from the middle to the rear part of the aircraft turns up and up(check the default FS9 LRJ45 with the gold belly).so what happens here is that my lines that I have paint is'nt smooth if I can say,when the user zooms near to the aircraft,he can clearly see the mist,you know some pixels that they don't look very nice!I have try out to correct it pixel to pixel again but the resault was't the best I think! Is there a trik or a technic here to do the thinks right? I have also the problem …

Hi folks.Alltough I have much experience with repainting I have a problem wich I cannot cope with.I am trying to make the propellor-blades of the P51 Reno racer by Roger Dial, in a grey color.I tried everything I can imagine but the transparency (0.0.0.) gets lost and propellorblades appear to be square.Please helpRegards Leen "Flybike" de Jager

Hi PeopleI have recently purchased fs repaint but also have jasacs photo suite.Having played around a little I am after some tips.1. Is there a way of overpainting without loosing the details such as the panel lines and rivets?2. Whats the most common way of painting a livery, is it to get a photo and cut and paste or is it best done by hand?3. Whats the average time it takes to do a basic repaint? (I appreaciate this can be difficult to put a time on but lets say a 737 in BA colours) (this will make me feel better as i am working on one that has so far taken 4 weeks)4. What is the best way to make a paint scheme look dirty?Thanks in advance for the advice it is really ap…

Hallo I am Christopher from Greecenewbie to repaints and i need your help please;)I have just start to repaint the original FS9 LRJ45 at Aegean Airlines Virtual colours(There a real one also).What I'm dooing is the following.I'm taking the Lear_T.bmp from a repaint kit(FS9_BLANKS_LEARJET_45.ZIP FROM Rob Smith)and then converting the file with DTXBmp tool to 24bitBMPImage because otherwhise can't open it with Photoshop.Then converting again with Photoshop Image Ready to .psd to open it with Photoshop editor.Then after the job is finished I save the file as .bmp/windows/32bit and then again with DXTBmp tool save it as Extended Bitmap//Extended 32 bit 888-8.Now my problem,I …

Hi guys,I downloaded a Posky 757 repainted in Air Astana colours, however I am not too happy with the tailfin textures.Rather than sit around and moan, I thought I'd have a stab at re-doing them myself. I have got some source photos of real Air Astana tail fins, however I could use some tips on how to "deal" with them. What tool do I use to "cut" them out in PSP 7 and how is the best way to size them and place them over the existing textures (I only need to do the tail, so will just re-use the textures from the download.).Any help/suggestions would be most appreciated.

How do I keep my image from creating mipmaps when I paint a plane. What seems to be happening is that I save the aircraft after painting with ImageTool or DXTbmp and the sim seems to load fine with the plane but as soon as I change the weather or location the skin blurs. I go back to ImageTool and check the image and I notice it now has 9-11 mipmaps produced.

Im not sure if Southwest flies an MD_83 but i realy injoy flying the MD_83 and would do anything to have the SGA super MD_83 in Southwest colors. Can anyone help me out..I have the alaska in the SGA and happen to have a blank one that is waiting for southwest colors..Thanks, SWA*8814

I personally have Paint Shop Pro but noticed this free program that looked interesting www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net Has anyone tried using it ? Just wondering how it stacked up against other free programs. Realize not as good as Psp or PS but for those who can't afford commercial products???

i'm a little confused. theres files for full fuselage (two hales each side all in the same file) and theres also full left and full right. How do i use this kit? When i paint the full_fuse. the paint goes over all the windows and details. How do i import the .tga files as the alpha channel in DTXbmp?

Hi guys! I am using psp 9 and the FSD porter paint kit and am having a problem(I am new to painting). I have made a layer to put the base colors on and it is right beneathe the detail layer. The detail layer seems to have all white in the area where I would want to paint, so when I put on base color it is not visible through the white..I can adjust the slider on the detail layer so that I can see the red underneath(actually pink) but then I lose my details less details=more red, more details=light pink,etc. I am sure there is something really simple to handle this, how do you make everything that is white transparent on the detail layer?..but I could use some help..Thank…

Hey All,Despite seeing that LOTR repaint of a "heavy" (beautiful job BTW) in the screenshots forum I am thinking of moving ahead with learning to repaint. I have down loaded Pixia and it appears to be a completely capable program for repaints and it's free!The challenge is how do I get from textures to Pixia? Pixia does not import targa with alpha (even though Pixia does support alpha channels). So what to do? Use dxtbmp and export textures and alpha to what? I guess I can export the alpha channel to a file and the texture bmp to another but then recombining them in Pixia - I'm not sure if I can do that? I suspect I have the same problem going from Pixia to an aircraft te…

How can you convert normal day textures into night textures for aircraft that require them.