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I have been playing about with a couple of repaints and being very new to this I have been reading quite a bit too. However I am getting a little frustrated at a couple of things and I am wondering if I have missed the secret as to how it is done or is it just try, try, and try again.

Firstly, once the aircraft pallet has been converted to Bitmap, we see that the aircraft is in many pieces. If as in my example, we want to repaint the fin, but the scheme has the design running down from the fin onto the fuselage, how can I ensure that the two line up seamlessly? The same question comes up when putting a nice stripe down the aircraft. We have a forward and rear portion. How can I get the design to join seamlessly or is it a case of just keep trying until I get it right? Lastly, mirroring from one side to the other. Is that a case of very careful cut and paste? or am I missing something. Or is there any 3D painting software available where I can see the whole aircraft as I "try" and paint it.

Thanks
Matt

Or is there any 3D painting software available where I can see the whole aircraft as I "try" and paint it.

You could try FS Repaint. There is a free DEMO version. http://www.abacuspub.com/fsd/repaint/rpgallery.htm

Or is there any 3D painting software available where I can see the whole aircraft as I "try" and paint it.

You could try FS Repaint. There is a free DEMO version. http://www.abacuspub.com/fsd/repaint/rpgallery.htm

Thanks Hagar, but FS Repaint does not work with FSX (it cannot find the aircraft folder even when manually entered)  and there is no demo for the FSX version (I would like to try and see if my skills warrant buying software or if I should remain a user before I fork out)

Matt

[quote]Thanks Hagar, but FS Repaint does not work with FSX (it cannot find the aircraft folder even when manually entered)

It pretty much is a practice, practice, practice, deal... And FSX has a few more things you need to get familiar with. The specular and bump maps are tricky... and the relationship between the specular-map and the diffuse-map (actual paint scheme(ends in a

FS Repaint 2 for fs9 and fsx