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Just Curious

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Ed, it never dawned on me to turn off the rivets and panel lines. I'm gonna have to try that one out.
 
Willy, it's amazing to me that after so many failed tries with other techniques that Paint.net would turn out to be the key, lol. I was using (or trying to use) three different programs in concert with each other, plus a batch file to get a simple bump map. With Paint.net and some nosing around a few DXTbmp views of how others were done, it has become a relatively simple process. Next will be looking at how speculars are done.
 
I'll see what I can drag up on speculars. Like I said earlier, there's different schools of thought on them, and I couldn't say any of them are wrong.

I've got PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro, Pixia and a couple of others, but these days Paint.net is all I use.
 
One can also export a grayscale bump map (as you draw it) from GIMP and convert it to a true FSX bump map using the Texture Converter built-in the ModelconverterX. That's my usual approach.

By the way, bump needs spec in order to be seen. So from that standpoint, probably not the best option to turn off the rivets/panellines in the diffuse texture.
 
Thank you very much Ed for your paintkits. Will apply them (panel lines and rivets) eventually to this 520 paint I had started soon after Milton's recent FSX conversion. I believe I will get it to work out nicely. Thank you again sir.

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Dutcheeseblend said:
.......By the way, bump needs spec in order to be seen. So from that standpoint, probably not the best option to turn off the rivets/panel lines in the diffuse texture.
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Thanks, currently the only airplanes I'm working on are the 500 Shrike and the Twin Navion from LDR. Both have specs already so I'm covered for now. I've compared the final product with panel lines and rivets included in the basic livery texture (I guess what you refer to as the "diffused" texture) and without and I prefer the version without those included. Personal preference.
 
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