Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Raphael on October 15, 2010, 12:24:50 AM
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Hello Aces high's skinners community, my name is Raphael and i started on this forum a few days ago.
I never made any skins before but I am having so much fun trying to figure it out that I am working on one favorite of mine.
Yes, I do not have any of these super duper programs and I am not a real skinner but, as I said, I'm having a really good time making this skin using the Paint tool that everybody has in their PCs, well thanks for your attention! just wanted to share the W.I.P images! :D
feel free to laugth at me
(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300594/thunderbolt_WIP_p47d40-2.PNG)
OH! and I got these prints on the 2.14 version, im gonna get some on the new version soon..
There we go!
(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300594/wip_thunderbolt_ahn.PNG)
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and I am using this image as a guide
(http://tropaselite.t35.com/p47-fab-pintura-musal-c1-excel-brasil-site.jpg)
EDIT: the image thing isnt showing at least here on my pc... so ill give the link to the guide image
http://tropaselite.t35.com/p47-fab-pintura-musal-c1-excel-brasil-site.jpg
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A couple of points:
We will have a hard time looking at the skin and appreciating it, if we cannot see the skin very well in the screenshots!
When you are offline, use the TIME command to move the position of the sun in the sky so that the angle of your screenshot has plenty of light.
.time x yy z
x = hour (0-23)
yy = minutes (00 to 59)
z = time multiplier (0 makes the sun stop where it is without moving)
Make sure we can see the skin in the screenshots, and make sure the aircraft is close enough to the "camera" so that we can see any details on the skin as well.
Presentation helps everybody see the work you've done!
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Good luck on the Brazilian Jug!
There are some really good skinners here and most if not all are great about helping out with questions etc.
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True that! I didnt even think about the light! sweet and thank you both guys, I'm sure Ill need some help soon, it feels great to have a lot of people here that know about the subject, good place for a beginner.
krusty, what do you mean about presentation?
and one more thing, how do i get the exterior "camera" colser then the regular zoom while in flight? Because it doesnt feel close enought when im flying and trying to get a good screenshot by just pressing the F3 F8 and zooming. I saw some screens of some awesome skins on this forum and the camera looked really close.
Thanks for the help btw! :D
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True that! I didnt even think about the light! sweet and thank you both guys, I'm sure Ill need some help soon, it feels great to have a lot of people here that know about the subject, good place for a beginner.
krusty, what do you mean about presentation?
and one more thing, how do i get the exterior "camera" colser then the regular zoom while in flight? Because it doesnt feel close enought when im flying and trying to get a good screenshot by just pressing the F3 F8 and zooming. I saw some screens of some awesome skins on this forum and the camera looked really close.
Thanks for the help btw! :D
I think you might get what you are looking for by using the film viewer & pausing the film & using the features on that menu to get what your looking for. Then again what do I know I can't skin. ;)
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True that! I didnt even think about the light! sweet and thank you both guys, I'm sure Ill need some help soon, it feels great to have a lot of people here that know about the subject, good place for a beginner.
krusty, what do you mean about presentation?
and one more thing, how do i get the exterior "camera" colser then the regular zoom while in flight? Because it doesnt feel close enought when im flying and trying to get a good screenshot by just pressing the F3 F8 and zooming. I saw some screens of some awesome skins on this forum and the camera looked really close.
Thanks for the help btw! :D
After you press Z to zoom in, you can zoom closer or farther away by using the "[" and "]" keys.
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Reminds me of our old D-25 from AH1
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/876/ahss5.jpg)
(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9240/ahss6.jpg)
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Awsome looking skin, after a few touches in the pics it will make it look awsome
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TwinBoom, that one is another airplane from the first GavCa there is the "senta a pua!" sign missing, but yeah it really look all alike, the A's and the C1. Awesome! :D
Joach1m, yay thanks! Im working on the details of the skins, downloaded the Paint.net back home and I shall learn how to make it look better, im having a few problems in the regular Paint thing because the pixels are just to big for details, it looks like finger painting when i try detailing it, well is just lack of practice i guess. Ill get there. Someday. Hopefully. lol
I shall posts more pics of W.I.P soon, i really need some hints.
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Some Progress...
(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300594/screenshot.png)
(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300594/screenshot2.png)
(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300594/screenshot1.png)
Ok, as you guys can see, I reaaallly need some help and Ill be really happy if any of you could help me.
Im having this big problem with detailing the plane when it comes to the part between the metal parts.The pixels are to big relatively to the size of the image and I don't kno how many people on this forum do such detailed work! I really would like some hints if any of you have any.
Also, here is a lil test on the new version with the "Senta a Púa" sign and the "C1" aswell
(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300594/teste_senta_a_pua.png)
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Are you using the hi-res pack? You need to download it, enable it in the video settings, and then save the default skin as a base. No need to use it online, but for this you need it.
All skins should be 1024x1024 and from your pics I don't think you are working in that size.
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hmmm great, now I know what im doing wrong, but that means ill have to do it all over again lol, well... that happens.
Thanks for the help Fencer! ill download the High res right now!
:D gess i should read things before jumping into the hole.
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You also need to use "layers". Does Paint have that capability? I know "Gimp" was free last I heard and it does have it.
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Thank you very much for the help fencer! Im working on the new resolution plane, it will take a lot of time but ill get there!
and, uh, what do you mean by "layers" like the shadows or do you mean one image over another image? because yes, paint.net has these 2 things
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layers let you separate your art work, basically stacking art on top of each other to make 1 image. on one layer you will have all your panel lines maybe rivets also, then on another you would have one with your actual camo/paint. another layer could have markings and nose art or you could have all those on different layers.
It lets your separate it into as many pieces to make it easier to work on. Imagine you get done then notice something in the paint doesn't line up, you go fix it but now your markings need to be fixed and your panel lines need to be redone. With layers you just go to the paint/camo layer fix it while everything else is safe.
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Oh that would make things a lot easier. Ill try that Gimp soon. Thanks! :rock
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Considering you are using such a simple program, the skin looks excellent. A higher resolution, more detail, and perhaps better looking/accurate colours would really make this skin a work of art.
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Oh that would make things a lot easier. Ill try that Gimp soon. Thanks! :rock
GIMP is a great free tool and your best bet.
If you're looking for something closer to the ease of MS Paint, and you use the Firefox browser, I found an add-on for Firefox a couple of days ago that might suit your purposes.
It's a free, Flash-based plug-in called Pixlr Grabber It allows you to edit images or screenshots by opening them in another tab or window of the browser. The image appears in a very "Photoshop-like" user interface, and you can immediately edit the image without opening another program. It has many adjustments, filters, and brush effects that can be applied to the image. More than Paint, but less than GIMP. It supports a proprietary Layers format called PXD. You can edit by adding layers and when done with the image, it can be saved in the usual formats. I haven't tried it extensively, but it appears that it would get the job done for simpler jobs.
You can find it on the Mozilla site.
FWIW,
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GIMP wont be possible for me :( I tried downloading it from many different websites (including, of course, the official one) and It downloads fine but when I try to run the setup an error dialog box pops up saying "The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program." :frown:
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Could anyone do me this BIIIIIG favor? :(
I don't know, if anyone from the forum could email me a RAR or ZIP from the installed gimp program instead of the setup... no link is working for me :mad:
pleeeeeease? :pray
EDIT: NEVERMIND! IT IS WORKING! woohooo! finally installing it.
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Great skins if you ask me :aok
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I love it. :aok :aok :aok STEALTHs Seal of AWESOMENESS
(http://roninpaintball.com/pix/awesome.seal.png)
(http://www.bsu.edu/rha/visuals/awesome.jpg)