FSX Repaint Tutorial
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Printed Date: 04 May 2024 at 7:35pm
Topic: FSX Repaint Tutorial
Posted By: americanflyer82
Subject: FSX Repaint Tutorial
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2011 at 4:59pm
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As was requested, I made a tutorial on making repaint. It covers repainting the default FSX aircraft with Photoshop. The default aircraft use .dds files which I show how to work with. Some other aircraft use extended bitmaps, which I don't cover but you can use my Photoshop tips and search for DXTBmp and tutorials to find out how to use that program for converting those files. The tutorial is in a Flash file so it is stored on my website server. http://www.custom3dgraphics.com/ah/fsx_repaint.php - FSX Repaint Tutorial I use the DC-3 as an example.  ------------- Career Mode - Carenado Fleet - C185F Bush, C206G x2, C208B, C340ii, Bonanza A36 Addons - TrackIR 5 Pro, REX 2.0 Overdrive, Ultimate Alaska X, Ultimate Terrain X USA, GEX North America |
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Posted By: fs4
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 at 6:50am
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AmericanFlyer82, it's a very well put together tutorial and I've stepped through it numerous times. But somehow when I do what you do it doesn't seem to come out right. I get a repainted aircraft but none of the bits are where they should be. I'm starting on the default Baron 58. The "Beech_Barron_58_T.dds" is like your DC3 example, with all the bits crammed in to one image. I use DXTBmp to send it to PaintShopPro where I add some words on the side. I then get it back into DXTBmp, save it as the new dds file and put it into my new directory. Everything works in FSX, the plane is listed, but when I load it the paint job has *all* the bits of the original large image splattered all over the body. That is all the textures for tyres, windows, etc are everywhere, on the fuselage, wings, etc etc. The words are there too, but not where I put them (often wrapped around the engine cowlings rather than along the side). Can anyone see something simple that I am not doing? Thanks for any help that I can get. I'm quite excited about being able to create my own AH fleet, but I am certainly not having much success so far! |
Posted By: americanflyer82
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 at 3:56pm
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That's most likely because you are using DXTBmp to convert instead of DDS Converter 2. There is a link just below the tutorial to the download page. A lot of freeware aircraft use files that you would use DXTBmp to convert, but for the default AC you use DDS Converter 2. ------------- Career Mode - Carenado Fleet - C185F Bush, C206G x2, C208B, C340ii, Bonanza A36 Addons - TrackIR 5 Pro, REX 2.0 Overdrive, Ultimate Alaska X, Ultimate Terrain X USA, GEX North America |
Posted By: papeg
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 at 4:49pm
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Are you flipping the image? ------------- Greg |
Posted By: americanflyer82
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 at 5:05pm
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Also pay attention to the settings when you convert the DDS to PSD. When you open DDS Converter, get the file selected without clicking it yet. That will give you the preview on the right, above that is the file info. For the DC-3 the compression was DXT5 and mipmap is 8. Open the options window and set the compression and mipmaps to match. That will make it match the original file later when you take the edited PSD and convert it back to DDS. I think if those values don't match the original it could cause the texture placement to be off. ------------- Career Mode - Carenado Fleet - C185F Bush, C206G x2, C208B, C340ii, Bonanza A36 Addons - TrackIR 5 Pro, REX 2.0 Overdrive, Ultimate Alaska X, Ultimate Terrain X USA, GEX North America |
Posted By: fs4
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 at 11:35pm
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Fantastic! Thanks to both of you for your help. After a quick download, and a few false starts, I am now up and running. Special thanks to AmericanFlyer82 for still monitoring the thread and responding so quickly, even after all the work that went into the tutorial itself. It's much appreciated. |
Posted By: SBPilot33
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2013 at 6:22pm
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Do you have to have the most expensive photoshop package to do it or can you use one of the lesser? ------------- 
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Posted By: americanflyer82
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2013 at 7:36pm
Lesser will work. All you need is layers, masking and layer blending modes which should be available in any version in the last decade. ------------- Career Mode - Carenado Fleet - C185F Bush, C206G x2, C208B, C340ii, Bonanza A36 Addons - TrackIR 5 Pro, REX 2.0 Overdrive, Ultimate Alaska X, Ultimate Terrain X USA, GEX North America |
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