Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: pytho2 on August 18, 2011, 12:01:58 AM
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i got a program called gimp that im learing how to use it allows you to do layers and i know the skins have to be done in layers however i cant figure out how to open a skin from the aces high folder to use as a refrence does anyone on here use that program if so i could use some help in advance thanks for every thing Salute.
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:D ok well i figured out how to get the file to open in gimp im just not seeing where the layers are lol guess i got alot to learn lol
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ya GIMP is awesome once you figure it out, its not that hard....
first thing to do is down load your default skin...no thats wrong :D
create a new folder in your AH skins folder name it the name of plane example p40e_1
go in game save the planes default skin
that will create a folder for that plane go into that folder and copy the bmp file that you want to skin
paste it into the folder you created then open GIMP and point to that file to be opened the one you pasted into.
you need to change the file to RGB to edit it, to do that go to "image" and then "mode" and then at the top will be "RGB" when you are done editing it you need to put in back to indexed.
yup "window" and go to "dockable dialog" a window opens and choose "layers"
create a new layer, the layer window may be open if not go into the top tab named "window" i believe... hold on...yes A new layer window will open with a small thumbnail, move over that thumbnail then right click create new layer, it will be same size 1024-1024 (this is the size it needs to be) make it all grey, light grey turn down the opacity, so you can see the layer below, from there trace out panel lines... thatll keep ya busy :D
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hey thanks for the imformation ill give that a try but thats not to say ill get it right lol
:aok
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hey thanks for the imformation ill give that a try but thats not to say ill get it right lol
:aok
any questions you can PM me or just post them here don't matter...have fun :aok
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if you use gimp or know more about it i would be happy to get with you anytime maybe you can give me a few pointers i use skype to talk to people i meet if you have that
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if you use gimp or know more about it i would be happy to get with you anytime maybe you can give me a few pointers i use skype to talk to people i meet if you have that
been using GIMP for a few years that's whats made it easier for me to get into skinning.
I tried to get skype to work before but I never got it complete, don't remember exactly what the issue was :headscratch:
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ok i hear ya i worked with it a little last night not sure i got it yet but im going to keep working with it