L-2

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i repainted to Piper Cub to the L-2 colors i was wanting but its still got the shine effect... is there anyway to remove that so the aircraft is flat and dull green like they really were? thanks

[wji]

I'm not familiar with this (unnamed) model but generally the darker the alpha channel the more shine; therefore, I'd suggest replacing the apha channel (grey) with a plain-jane.BMP (white) and check the results.

Reference cited: Martin Wright's page(s)

P.S. I have a plain-jane Alpha Channel which -- oddly enough -- is named plain-jane.BMP, used just for this purpose

[Demo]

its the stock Piper Cub i used DXTBmp to open it up in Paint and did a very simple color job and cut and paste the Air Force Star onto the side and cleaned it up and i have no clue how to change alpha channels and what not (n00b at this)

[wji]

O.K., noname I got that part straight.

Everyone here started at the beginning to learn how to repaint and work with files and I guess working with Alpha Channels is the last bastion so to speak.

I was hoping you would read the material at Martin Wright's page where it explains how everything works in DXTbmp (complete with images).

Here's a screenshot showing the steps to replace the alpha channel using DXTbmp. The simplest way to get a plain-jane-alpha file is to find one (on another repaint) and Export it from DXTbmp as a 1024x1024x256color.

See image:



Once the O.K. is clicked, Windows File Mangaer will open and you can browse to to your newly acquired plain-jane-alpha.BMP

Save As your new repaint in your favorite Extended Format and go take a look.

P.S. DXTbmp(x), comes with a Help icon
It reads: "A new Alpha channel can be imported to replace the existing one. This can be in any image format but will be converted to 256 greyscale upon loading and be resized (if necessary) to match the current image size."