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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

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Nemeth MD 902 Explorer released

Hi Ole Boy - I would love to do that one and others but sadly i still have no idea - no matter what i read and how many tips i have been given by other more talented paintes - how to do alphas and metallic paint. Im just thick :redface:
 
gajit said:
Hi Ole Boy - I would love to do that one and others but sadly i still have no idea - no matter what i read and how many tips i have been given by other more talented paintes - how to do alphas and metallic paint. Im just thick :redface:
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Don't let that bother you. You're doing fantastic work. It's apparent that no one else is interested in repainting this one.

By no means am I saying I dislike your paints. I just like more from a repaint than what most care to do/share is all. The everyday blah medevac, sar types just bore me. I like the flashy stuff.

I've yet to do any repaints of FSX models. But I can assure you, I sure get the urge!!
 
I would love to do the flashy ones. Im hoping that we will see Chris B appear here soon as he is the best.
 
Why would you want that? Granted he's very good, 98% of the paint's he does never sees the light of day for anyone to enjoy.

oh...oh. I mean, no comment
 
OleBoy said:
No you can't. Compared to his portfolio, pictures are copywritten. If that's the case, why tell about something you can't ever share?

I think you know where I'm going Michael. I'll leave it at that.
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Not sure what you mean, just went and d/led several paints for the Cera 212 and for the EC-135. If you care to explain, just drop me a PM.
 
yes -Chris is very good at sharing his work and knowledge. And he encourages us other repainters .
 
gajit said:
I would love to do that one and others but sadly i still have no idea - no matter what i read and how many tips i have been given by other more talented paintes - how to do alphas and metallic paint. Im just thick :redface:
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Is it possible that you are losing any effect from the alpha layer because you are formatting your images as DXT1 instead of the more common DXT5?

Rick
 
Another brit one
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wdmvjyj2wmy/Nemeith MD902 repaint Police GGMPX.zip
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rdyoung said:
Is it possible that you are losing any effect from the alpha layer because you are formatting your images as DXT1 instead of the more common DXT5?

Rick
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Hi Rick - thanks for that suggestion. Sadly it seems to make no difference. Any other suggestions most welcome.
 
Hello gajit, thanks once again for another wonderfull repaint - i like the british Police-Helicopters very much.
I notice that your Belgian Police - Repaint has an all white alpha-channel - that could be the reason why you lost the shine. I have extract the alphas from the original Paints and saved them as .bmp`s, so i can add them to any new repaint. If you like, i send them to you. Please let me know.

Greetings :wavey: Dirk
 
Aha. A white alpha would mean that there's no reflectivity/ shine, as Dirk suggests.

The closer to 0,0,0 Black the alpha is, the greater the effect.

Best
Dan.
 
Hi Dirk

Thanks for those.

I have said this before on this forum I AM AN IDIOT! Just realised that i was not saving the psd files as Bmps before converting - I now have shine and the choice thanks to you Dirk.

Cheers

GJ
 
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