by Gus_2004 » Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:56 pm
Thanks Mohawk -- perhaps your friend can get me some work for DHL? Just dreaming here.
Hyperion, I created the splash screens from scratch and used fonts (using Photoshop 7.0) that came close to the original splash screen which I used as a guide or example. I think you can do the same thing with PSP but I haven't used PSP in years -- then it's a matter of having the fonts installed in windows.
I might make some kind of tutorial in the future. The best advice is that if you want to use an aircraft as an overlay to take the first screenshot with a simple background. This can either be a "clear skies" weather setting or a solid IMC which provides a near white background and makes it much simpler for using the "magic wand" to mask out the aircraft by deleting the background -- I can do this in several minutes.
Another thing to do is to manipulate the spot view settings which can recreate different lens settings like in a camera. Add to this maneuvering the aircraft in "slew" mode and playing with the lighting via the date and time settings. I also use the hat switch on my joystick for panning.
Cheers,
Gus