3-view help please

[DensoSupra]

[DensoSupra]

[Felix/FFDS]

You can do the cutting and setting up even in MS Paint - what's the problem?

also - what modelling program are you using?

are you going to apply them to planes (gmax) or use them as backdrops (FSDS)?

[DensoSupra]

Im using GMAX but im not sure how to do it in MSpaint could yo tell me how

[X_eidos2]

Do you have any graphics program besides MS Paint?
Cutting up the image to use in Gmax can be done using MS paint, but before taking time to explain the steps I'd like to know if you have a better graphics tools available.

One step you should do regardless of what program you use is save the image as a bmp instead of a GIF.

Go to the webpage that has the image of the three view. Right-click on the image and click on "Save as"
You'll have the option of saving the image as a GIF file or as a BMP. Save it as a BMP file.

[DensoSupra]

I only have MSPAINT and I have already saved it as a BMP All I need is it cut up for GMAX

[X_eidos2]

Open the image file in MSPaint.
Select the box shaped "select" tool .
Drag a selection box around the part of of the image you want to make into one of your views. If the image is too big to fit on your screen at one time, you can use the scroll bars to move the image around and adjust the selection area untill you have all of the area you want.
Under edit click copy
Under file click new
Under edit click paste
Under file click save as - name your new file with a name that matches the view you've just made - something like airbus-right side.bmp
If you've gotten a small area of line drawing and a hugh area white space, you'll want to trim the picture. Move the line drawing up into the upper left area.
Move your cursor to the lower right area of the image to where you have the lower right area of the line work.
In a box underneath the paint color pallette you should see two numbers. These numbers change as you move the cursor over the image area. These are the co-ordinates of the cursor. Use these numbers to figure out the size of the image. Write down the numbers when you have the cursor in the lower right area of the line work.
Under the image menu click on "Attributes"
Type in the numbers for width and height and your image will be trimmed to a more workable size.
Save the image.

Now go read the tutorial on how to apply texture maps to boxes or planes in Gmax for use as templates. It's available at Felix's website.

Good luck on your project. If you're just learning MS Paint, learning Gmax will certainly be a challenge, but it can be done.

[DensoSupra]

How am I supposed to scroll because Ive tried The arrow buttons that doesnt work Ive tried selecting as much as I could then using the mouse to scroll but that didnt work cause when I did it it broke up the plane I need more help

[X_eidos2]

OK- I went back and checked. I was mistaken. You can't adjust the selection box once it's made like I said earlier. But you can draw a selection box beyond the edge of what you can see on the screen. Start at the upper left corner and drag down to the right bottom corner. Keep an eye on the co-ordinate numbers and you can tell you've reached the bottom of the image when the numbers stop changing. Then you can copy paste the image.