Can Someone help explain repainting?

[Fozzer]

...what I use...>>> http://www.abacuspub.com/repaint2/

...when no-one offers to do it for me!

Paul...FS 2004... 8-)...!

[Brian Z]

I use the same program Fozzer just mentioned, but I use Gimp as the editor... the built-in editor isn't all that great.  Gimp is freeware that I'm told does everything Photoshop does, I think you can get it from gimp.org but I'm not sure.  A google search should find it for you no problem.  DXTBmp is a program that will open the files for you also, also a free program, however I have had nothing but trouble with it, which is why I'm using the abacus program but Gimp as an editor.  You can search youtube, there's quite a few how-to videos posted there.

[Hagar]

donby. Can you be more specific. Do you want to repaint the textures yourself or learn how to add downloaded repaints to an existing aircraft?

[quote]Gimp is freeware that I'm told does everything Photoshop does, I think you can get it from gimp.org but I'm not sure.

[Brian Z]

I can't think why you're having problems with DXTBmp. It's an essential piece of kit & perfectly user-friendly once you understand the basic principles of texture formats & editing. This of course applies to any software including Gimp, Photoshop or whichever graphics editor you choose.

Not sure myself... took me awhile to figure out one problem was that I wasn't flipping the image back the way I found it, but I still can't seem to save with DXT Bmp... I can see the changes I make when I click "Refresh after edit" but when I save from there (I leave everything the way it is, I don't change the filenames or types) the changes don't actually get saved, and instead I see errors like windows and other details painted on where they don't belong.

[Brian Z]

Just tried again, opened the default King Air, slapped a red oval on, exported and saved.  Opened FSX and loaded the test plane... it's got a GREEN oval on it, and again, the windows and other details painted on where they don't belong.  Think maybe I have a corrupted copy of DXT Bmp?

[Hagar]

I can't think why you're having problems with DXTBmp. It's an essential piece of kit & perfectly user-friendly once you understand the basic principles of texture formats & editing. This of course applies to any software including Gimp, Photoshop or whichever graphics editor you choose.

Not sure myself... took me awhile to figure out one problem was that I wasn't flipping the image back the way I found it, but I still can't seem to save with DXT Bmp... I can see the changes I make when I click "Refresh after edit" but when I save from there (I leave everything the way it is, I don't change the filenames or types) the changes don't actually get saved, and instead I see errors like windows and other details painted on where they don't belong.

It sounds to me that your edited image has not been flipped or rotated to the same orientation as the original before saving. I presume you flipped/rotated it in Gimp to make it easier to work with.

Also be aware that if you have two texture files with the same file prefix but different extensions (BMP & DDS) in the same Texture folder this will probably cause a conflict in FSX.

[Hagar]

[quote]Just tried again, opened the default King Air, slapped a red oval on, exported and saved.

[Hagar]

[quote]the windows and other details painted on where they don't belong.

[Brian Z]

Yes, that's what I'm getting... but for this quickie test I didn't even bother flipping it at all.  And why would I get a negative of the color I actually used?  I'll try getting it again from the site you linked, most of the sites I'm finding for it try to make you agree to also downloading adware.

[Brian Z]

Ok, deleted and re-installed DXTBmp, but I'm still getting the same thing.  I did NOT flip or move anything, and the rectangle was drawn in red, not green.  I'm baffled, I know lots of people use DXTBmp all the time, why won't it work for me?

[Brian Z]

Huh, just noticed that all red markings... the "Beechcraft" logo, and the markings on the door, have also turned green.  Is there some "do random weird things" setting I have turned on?   

[Hagar]

[quote]Ok, deleted and re-installed DXTBmp, but I'm still getting the same thing.

[Brian Z]

Eureka!!!




I'm using Windows XP.

[Hagar]

[quote]
Eureka!!!




I'm using Windows XP.