1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted April 11, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I'm trying to get a Mig3 (not Mig3U) skin that looks good but I'm having trouble seperating the layers...ie. wtf do I need to do. Obviously I need some software other than 'Paint'. I've done stuff that puts writing onto downloaded skins but I would like to achieve... An orange (dark, not bright) dirty skin overall as a 'no markings' bmp that will allow the Russian stars when 'markings on' is selected. I'm assuming that the '60' Dogz d/f ing number will appear as usual... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sid, I use a copy of photoshop pirated during my tour in korea. For those who would rather not fly to Korea for their copy of photoshop, I hear that a program called GIMP works very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfesser Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 GIMP is free and is more capable than this user. I'm sure I saw the layering thing in there. I played with it for a while but the learning curve was overtaken by something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 ...I played with it for a while but the learning curve was overtaken by something else. Single malt consumption? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gec Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 i'm doing all my skinning in Gimp. it is a great little peace of software. Highly Recommended!! There is also a lot of good tutorials about skinning with Gimp on the net. here is one of them: http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/forum35-gimp/ a whole lot of good stuff on this web site. including the Color Charts for different countries!!! here is some more: http://www.flightsimguides.com/?cat=3 http://www.flightsimguides.com/?p=12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted April 12, 2009 Author 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Great stuff, thanks. I'll give Gimp a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted April 12, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 There is also paint.net which is also free and does layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sid, if you don't want anything too crazy, post some color samples for what you'd like and I can probably knock it out pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smash Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 I use gimp and you don't need any plugins or anything to separate the layers. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ this helped me a lot http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/gimp-tutorials/511-removing-white-gimp.html This will show you anything you will need to know about gimp http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/forum35-gimp/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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