What would you recommend?

[swayne01]

Which program would people recommend to paint aircraft with? I only have MS paint and am looking for summit free!

(I am skint:()

Also when i come to texture aircraft which i have wrpped in FSDS the colours come out grey or black. How can i fix this?

Many Thanks
Scott Wayne

[Scottler]

My personal recommendation, and keep in mind I'm a newbie myself, would have to be PaintShop Pro by JASC software.

It's very easy to use, and it just does a great job in general.

The bad part?  You only get a free trial for 60 days.  However, I just happened to see it at Comp USA yesterday for $99 with a $30 mail in rebate.

Download it at http://www.jasc.com

[Felix/FFDS]

#1- There are several free "full service" paint programs,some of which are linked to from the Simviation Design Utilities pages.  Notables are The Gimp! (good, but Linux based interface) and pixia.

#2 - Your blank/missing texutres in FS2002 may be that your textures are in 24-bit color.  The suggestion is to convert the textures to either DXT format, or 8-bit (256-color) format.  It's best you use Martin Wright's DXTBMP program for the conversions.

[swayne01]

Thanks Guys!