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I have found Irfanview does this rather too much!..possibly 3 out of 10 shots result in this!...hmmm
(amusing at times though!)....... The flying seat is a new version of the 'Stealth Pfaltz!'...Tommies Beware!!!
 
UK_Widowmaker said:
I have found Irfanview does this rather too much!..possibly 3 out of 10 shots result in this!...hmmm
(amusing at times though!)....... The flying seat is a new version of the 'Stealth Pfaltz!'...Tommies Beware!!!
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So does screenshot utility, it's how the frames are being rendered I guess and the snapsot catches it at the right moment.
 
Hello UK_Widowmaker,
well, this skin, what can i say, would you, i mean, i like it !
I made such a skin for RedBaron3d, with a shark mouth for my Halberstadt D.II, but i am a total numb in OFF when it comes to skinning - too much overlays ..
Greetings,
Catfish
 
Thanks Chaps!...I just put the decals on to be fair!...But I downloaded some Lozenge Camo, and reskinned a DR1 earlier, which turned out nice!

I am obsessed with this Skinning!...Who knows..one day the off team might let me skin a tail drag for them?..hahaha....maybe in phase 34!!
 
UK_Widowmaker said:
Thanks Chaps!...I just put the decals on to be fair!...But I downloaded some Lozenge Camo, and reskinned a DR1 earlier, which turned out nice!

I am obsessed with this Skinning!...Who knows..one day the off team might let me skin a tail drag for them?..hahaha....maybe in phase 34!!
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Where'd you get the camo from Widowmaker? I think I'd like to have a go at messin with that in my skins. I tried making it one patch at a time once but it turned out terrible. lol

-Rooster
 
Rooster89 said:
Where'd you get the camo from Widowmaker? I think I'd like to have a go at messin with that in my skins. I tried making it one patch at a time once but it turned out terrible. lol

-Rooster
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Hi Rooster...I just 'googled images' for "Lozenge Camo"....found three or Four various ones (downloaded the Jpegs) they are mainly examples for model aeroplanes, but can be used for skinning at a pinch.

This was my first attempt..just trying different styles and blending

Or of course (what I just thought of) you could make a copy of a lozenge skin from an OFF aircraft...then cut /crop it to a new file, and save it?
 
Hi, CATFISH
To get on simple with skinning, you could get "DXTBmp" (freeware).
With that, you can browse through the skins, pick one you'd like to work on, and convert it into 24 bit bitmap.
Then you have a plain bmp with no layers, that's easy to work on with Photoshop.
If you want to do a plane with black, red, and white parts (for example), you could browse for skins in those colours, then cut the parts out and put them into the basic skin.
When it's all done, you save it with an own name at the end, open it with DXTBmp, and convert it back to .dds format.
Throw that into Campaign > Campaign data > skins - and ready!
Have fun!
Olham
 
Olham54 said:
Hi, CATFISH
To get on simple with skinning, you could get "DXTBmp" (freeware).
With that, you can browse through the skins, pick one you'd like to work on, and convert it into 24 bit bitmap.
Then you have a plain bmp with no layers, that's easy to work on with Photoshop.
If you want to do a plane with black, red, and white parts (for example), you could browse for skins in those colours, then cut the parts out and put them into the basic skin.
When it's all done, you save it with an own name at the end, open it with DXTBmp, and convert it back to .dds format.
Throw that into Campaign > Campaign data > skins - and ready!
Have fun!
Olham
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Don't know if I am missing a trick here Olham..but on a personal level, I don't see the advantage of using DXTBmp.

I have converted a DDS to BMP with the program, and opened it in Photoshop.... but it doesn't appear to give any benefits.....As when I load a DDS into photoshop, and convert it to work on...then save it as a DDS with the Nvidia plugin for photoshop

It's still a locked / Merged file...So using DXTBmp just appears to be an added chore?
 
You can work on the BMP file, when you unlock it. That is to be done in the "layer" section, or how it's called in Old Blighty (here "Ebenen").
You see the layer with a lock at the right. Now you double-click on the layer, and the program asks you, if to convert it into a working layer. You click "ok", and there you go!
 
Olham54 said:
You can work on the BMP file, when you unlock it. That is to be done in the "layer" section, or how it's called in Old Blighty (here "Ebenen").
You see the layer with a lock at the right. Now you double-click on the layer, and the program asks you, if to convert it into a working layer. You click "ok", and there you go!
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hi Olham,

Yes, I understand that bit...but in Photoshop..I cannot see why working in BMP rather than DDS makes very much difference?
 
Don't know - haven't tried dds in Photoshop. You need a plug-in, you say? And can you work on the various layers then? That could be interesting!
Or is it just another one-layer-file?
I had thought, Photoshop couldn't open dds files. Must check that...
 
Hmmm...What IS interesting though...on that page there is a link to Nvidia 'CUDA'....which looks to be a free addon!...with a lot of options!..am downloading it, to see what it's capable of!
 
Okay, keep me informed please! Perhaps, when you can get on the various layers, it's much more fun/possibilities?
 
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