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Chase Kreznor
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Paint Kit Tips
Aug 22nd, 2009 at 6:52am
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Hello,

Does anyone have any useful tips they can share with using the 767 paint kit?

I'm finding it difficult to curve the textures just the right way to get lines/colors to match up on the nose (top and bottom texture) with the nose sides.  If that makes sense?  Any suggestions?
  
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Re: Paint Kit Tips
Reply #1 - Aug 22nd, 2009 at 11:46am
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Hello I think there is no special tips or tricks to do nice curve line around the nose of the plane I have experience the same problem when I do ''Lot'' liveries all you need to do is experiment with different curve and see how it's look I think that's the only way to do it but I may be wrong
I wish you patience to do the liveries it's not so easy with this CS kit but when you finish first one the second one is just piece of cake
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Re: Paint Kit Tips
Reply #2 - Aug 22nd, 2009 at 11:54am
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Or download some liveries witch have similar effect you are looking for
open selected dds files and you will see how it's look on the plane and how it's made in paint kit
I hope you understand my poor English and this will help you to do good liveries
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Re: Paint Kit Tips
Reply #3 - Aug 22nd, 2009 at 12:06pm
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Ah, the mighty fold-out kit challenges....

I believe this is the reason why you don't see a lot of cheatlined liveries being released, as most of them are single coloured fuses.

Perhaps Dave has some tips for you, as he is doing some liveries with cheatlines at the moment. I can tell you one thing though :

Get your copy of FSRepaint. It will save you HOURS and HOURS of aligning...
  
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Reply #4 - Aug 22nd, 2009 at 7:28pm
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Thank you both for your kind and helpful e-mails.  I went and purchased the paint program to assist in doing the lining up.

Thanks again!  =)
  
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Re: Paint Kit Tips
Reply #5 - Aug 22nd, 2009 at 10:59pm
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Is that Abacus' paint program?  Is that a good one for beginners, Terrence?
  
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Reply #6 - Aug 23rd, 2009 at 10:44am
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Not only for beginners Tim. It is THE best program ever made, next to PS and DXTBMP of course, period.

Not for actual painting though, for that PS is king AND queen, but for alignment purposes it is really handy, as it lets you paint directly on the tile, and see it appear on the 3D model, real time, while you draw.

Now in case of the fold out kit, you'll work with different sides, different amounts of stretching, and if you'd combine that with a livery that has many shapes, you'll find yourself going back and forth between PS and FSX, time after time after time, after time, as all you can do is trial and error.

With FSR you load it up, mark and move around, then save the tile, and use the tile as an overlay in the kit, to align your work.

If I find the time today, I'll make a short and quick vid/guide to the possibilities of FSR.

Abacaus may not have the best rep in the business, but FSR is gold.
  
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Re: Paint Kit Tips
Reply #7 - Aug 23rd, 2009 at 3:02pm
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Well, since I have your kind attention and will probably want to do a repaint or two on my new Connie, do I have to have PS or can (free) Paint.Net work?  Although we both know the limits of my painting skilz lol
  
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Reply #8 - Aug 23rd, 2009 at 5:59pm
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I've been kind of toying around with FSR alongside Adobe Photoshop today and its definitely a nice tool to have (aside from the mundane refreshing of FSX to see the texture updates).

I am unable though to get a "real-time" update on the 3d model while in Adobe... I have to flatten the image and then save as .bmp, then refresh the model.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong Smiley
  
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Re: Paint Kit Tips
Reply #9 - Aug 24th, 2009 at 7:59am
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Sorry Chase.  It's the same ay for all of us I am afraid.

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Reply #10 - Aug 25th, 2009 at 7:43pm
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It would be nice if Captain Sim if they made a paint(psd)kit like the one I made below. It would have made it a lot easier for lining up etc.

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Reply #11 - Aug 25th, 2009 at 11:52pm
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I am unable though to get a "real-time" update on the 3d model while in Adobe... I have to flatten the image and then save as .bmp, then refresh the model.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong Smiley

http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab299/chasekreznor/blue1.jpg


Well, I didn't quite mean THAT. Wink What I meant was that you can draw on the tile IN FSR, and see whatever you draw, appear on the model real time. This way, you can make alignment marks/lines exactly where you need them. If you then save the tile in FSR, and open it in PS and use it as a layover (trace) you can quite easily align whatever you needed to align.

I believe you can use CS2 as a 3rd party editor, CS3 and 4 are not usable. Never used CS2 though, so I can't really say it works good or not.

In case of the livery you're showing :

You find the spot below the flightdeck windows/above or on top of  the nose, and start making horizontal lines on the appropriate tile. As soon as you have the correct height for the left and right side, you save the tile in FSR. And open it in CS so you can use the alignment lines to align the nose. Of course you're going to still have to play with the curve, but that is the least of your concerns..

Dez wrote on Aug 25th, 2009 at 7:43pm:
It would be nice if Captain Sim if they made a paint(psd)kit like the one I made below. It would have made it a lot easier for lining up etc


Perhaps you can share yours?
  
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