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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: DREDIOCK on August 01, 2012, 12:32:15 AM
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Can someone here lend a hand converting and resizing something along with getting the proper transparency for some new nose art I want to use?
As much as I enjoyed my current nose art. Im feeling like its time for a change.
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Can someone here lend a hand converting and resizing something along with getting the proper transparency for some new nose art I want to use?
As much as I enjoyed my current nose art. Im feeling like its time for a change.
To re-size something without losing the details, it must be a vector image.
I believe that the transparency is 124 124 124, but I would check.
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To re-size something without losing the details, it must be a vector image.
I believe that the transparency is 124 124 124, but I would check.
I think transparency is 176,176,176 :headscratch:
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I think transparency is 176,176,176 :headscratch:
YES :x
See what happens when I don't have my coffee?
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:D
drinkin instant :furious
someone got the wrong kind :cry
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:D
drinkin instant :furious
someone got the wrong kind :cry
YOU can be the one to tell her that... :noid
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only when she is in the other room..... :D
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only when she is in the other room..... :D
:D
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I've uploaded my nose art 4 weeks ago but it's still not showed on the game for other squad members. :(
hmmm...oops, sorry for hijack. :(
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For some reason I had to delete my old nose art from the folder before the new one took effect. This could be because I sometimes experiment and rename the original to test out my work. Anyhow, squadees knew right away, when I told them that I was seeing the old nose art. So, I suspect that I was not alone.
Remember always make a copy of anything that you plan to remove or delete, and save it in a good place, just in case.
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Guys. I dont even know how to photoshop a picture.
What you just said might as well have been in martian. LOL
Maybe it would be better if I just showed you what it is
Its loosely based on my family coat of arms
(http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq198/Drediock/Aces%20High%20Shots/DrediockCrest.jpg)
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Guys. I dont even know how to photoshop a picture.
What you just said might as well have been in martian. LOL
Maybe it would be better if I just showed you what it is
Its loosely based on my family coat of arms
(http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq198/Drediock/Aces%20High%20Shots/DrediockCrest.jpg)
Well, squad art is a 64 x 64 pixel image. Transparency means that if you wanted just the shield as the noseart (without the black border or having a "square" noseart), the part of the pic you posted would have to be "transparent" so only the shield showed up on the plane.
Vector graphics are made of "paths" or "strokes" and a fast and dirty explanation is that is allows a graphic to be resized without changing the quality.
Example of shrinking your picture to the required 64 x 64 pixel size.
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/tymekeepyr/DrediockCrestSmall.jpg)
There are others on this board with way more skill than I that may be able to help you more.
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DRED have you got this done?
let me know if not, I will put it together for ya.
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Well, squad art is a 64 x 64 pixel image. Transparency means that if you wanted just the shield as the noseart (without the black border or having a "square" noseart), the part of the pic you posted would have to be "transparent" so only the shield showed up on the plane.
Vector graphics are made of "paths" or "strokes" and a fast and dirty explanation is that is allows a graphic to be resized without changing the quality.
Example of shrinking your picture to the required 64 x 64 pixel size.
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/tymekeepyr/DrediockCrestSmall.jpg)
There are others on this board with way more skill than I that may be able to help you more.
Shrinking it wasnt the problem. The rest is martian to me LOL
But thats exactly what Im talking about. Only the shield showing without the black. And resizing without loosing quality.
No I dont have it done yet but would certainly appreciate your help.
Personally I think it will look pretty badarse and fitting on the side of a D9.
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Shrinking it wasnt the problem. The rest is martian to me LOL
But thats exactly what Im talking about. Only the shield showing without the black. And resizing without loosing quality.
No I dont have it done yet but would certainly appreciate your help.
Personally I think it will look pretty badarse and fitting on the side of a D9.
:x :rock :aok :banana: :airplane:
I will leave it to the artist , then :salute
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well don't know if it good enough, hopefully it will work for ya, I down sized it as a vector image in inkscape but switching it to BMP loses quite a bit of detail....hmmmm seems to be adding a JPG at the end of file name....not sure what that is all about, it is bmp......let me know.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w246/fieldsofink/Drediock.jpg)
incidentally...this is my family crest on the Irish side....... mothers maiden name is Gallagher :rock
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w246/fieldsofink/gallaghr.gif)
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Cool.
This would be my families actual coat of arms. But I thought something would be lost in the translation to a nose art skin LOL
(http://www.armsandbadges.com/Showthumb.ashx?ThumbID=762b952b-3e30-420c-9a65-2cf99ade0908)
Interestingly enough. The name Mendez has its origins with the Visigoths. And I now my grandfathers family originally were in Castile Spain And were of notable wealth at one time
On my mothers side. Which actually is German. Her family crest is this
(http://www.5dollarcoatsofarms.com/gallery/V/images/Vollmann.jpg)
But the image turns me off for some reason. and I think it would look ridiculous on the side of a 190 LOL
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BTW thank you much for the work. And yea. it saved as a jpg here too
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BTW thank you much for the work. And yea. it saved as a jpg here too
hmmmmm thats very strange ....you know what to do to change that?
a free program called Photofiltre...it is an image manipulator....you can save it as a bmp from there...it is a quick easy program, just open it up and save as...very strange..... I just opened the image I saved on my desktop and it is a bmp...when I upload it to photbucket it adds jpeg........not sure what is going on there..... I can say I have never seen this happen....
right click it after you save and check out the properties....it should still be bmp....
no problem Man :salute
and ou are correct that would not look good on a 190....or any plane for that matter :D
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Managed to convert it online and save it as a BMP file without loosing much in the way of quality or details
Here
http://www.online-image-editor.com/
Funny though when uploading to photobucket it saved as jpg as well on the photobucket site.
Oh well. I'll try submitting it and see what happens
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Managed to convert it online and save it as a BMP file without loosing much in the way of quality or details
Here
http://www.online-image-editor.com/
Funny though when uploading to photobucket it saved as jpg as well on the photobucket site.
Oh well. I'll try submitting it and see what happens
you know that all you have to do is name it to the name of squad leader, have him(you if you are the CO) and put it into the squad folder right?
glad you got it worked out. :aok
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Here's my try...
Noseart applied to plane:
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/ViperDriver/AcesHighII/ahss45-1.jpg)
Sample image of noseart file:
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/ViperDriver/AcesHighII/DREDIOCK.jpg)
Download the .bmp file
http://www.mediafire.com/?drvcbdd0nkupkpn (http://www.mediafire.com/?drvcbdd0nkupkpn)
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If you guys are impatient in waiting for HTC to upload it, your squaddies can put it in their squads folder as well ( yourconame.bmp ).
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hosting site don't like to host bmp files. BMP files are much bigger than a jpeg or gif so they convert them for you you. Only way to send them around is to email it, or host it as a "file" like ImaDot did instead of hosting it as a "picture".
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hosting site don't like to host bmp files. BMP files are much bigger than a jpeg or gif so they convert them for you you. Only way to send them around is to email it, or host it as a "file" like ImaDot did instead of hosting it as a "picture".
cc ...I will remember that
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you know that all you have to do is name it to the name of squad leader, have him(you if you are the CO) and put it into the squad folder right?
glad you got it worked out. :aok
Actually. It turns out I didnt. When I went to upload it in game I got a 64X64 and 256 color message.So something is going on there LOL
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Here's my try...
Noseart applied to plane:
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/ViperDriver/AcesHighII/ahss45-1.jpg)
Sample image of noseart file:
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/ViperDriver/AcesHighII/DREDIOCK.jpg)
Download the .bmp file
http://www.mediafire.com/?drvcbdd0nkupkpn (http://www.mediafire.com/?drvcbdd0nkupkpn)
Cool. TY very much.
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Cool. TY very much.
:aok