joey45 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Part one is a brief introduction Please bare with me as I have a speech impediment which has been getting worse over the past few years and my dyslexia isn't getting any better either BEWARE SPELLING MISTAKES WILL BE MADE Part 2 will be an overview of Gimp and photoshop Any question ask here and I'll answer them in the next vid. Part 2a Part 2b lChT8ONl3Bk part 2c1 Part2c2 Part 2d [Youtube]ZI6FRfxurC8 Part 2e final part Edited May 12, 2021 by joey45 editing due to forum update 7 2 The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
VBS_Nero Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 :book::thumbup::pilotfly: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] DCS SQ° Italia Virtual Black Sheep VBS Fan Page Facebook You Tube Page
Slipp Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Great job, very informative! :) And you shouldn't worry about your speech. I for one, find your accent soothing. (I hope this translates to English well enough, so that it doesn't have any wrong meaning) 1
cichlidfan Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Thanks. There can never be too many tutorials. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
ED Team NineLine Posted October 19, 2015 ED Team Posted October 19, 2015 Great job, very informative! :) And you shouldn't worry about your speech. I for one, find your accent soothing. (I hope this translates to English well enough, so that it doesn't have any wrong meaning) No worries, I think you just basically asked him on a date :D Thanks for doing this Joey, love seeing stuff like this, helps many people! Looking forward to more. Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug**
Slipp Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 No worries, I think you just basically asked him on a date. :D Aww, that's exactly what I was afraid off. :lol:
joey45 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Posted October 20, 2015 Thanks.:thumbup: I'll be streaming on twitch randomly after work this week and weekend. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
Yurgon Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Wow, careful, you're starting to lose that spectacular aura of someone who can do the impossible. :D Just kidding, great vid, thx a lot! :thumbup:
Zeke Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 Thanks for the vid, got me going. Is there a part 2?
joey45 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) This week. I has the week off plus I now have a SSD just for recording. Going through the viewer and tips and tricks in livery creation while using the F/A 18 as an example in photoshop. Part 3 will be how the texture is done in 3ds max as a FYI type thing. Edited December 14, 2015 by joey45 spelling The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
uboats Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 if anyone can create a su-33 livery template [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn |
joey45 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Posted December 14, 2015 Well, as soon as the model is final then ED will release the official template. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
CHSubZero Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 I hope it will be soon. Have a good Ace Combat skin I wanna create for the Su-33 :-D Aviation Livery - Explore Military Aircraft Liveries My Mods: DCS User Files
Worrazen Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Moving to DCS 2.5 will there be some different steps needed, in terms of DDS config ? Did something already change with 2.0 alpha around this ? Modules: A-10C I/II, F/A-18C, Mig-21Bis, M-2000C, AJS-37, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, P-47, FC3, SC, CA, WW2AP, CE2. Terrains: NTTR, Normandy, Persian Gulf, Syria
joey45 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Posted February 26, 2017 Now my PC is working like it should.. Watercooling and cleaning fixed it. I made a qui.......... a little bit to long vid last night while having a few drinks.. Still having probs with video editing software licencing issues.. Will try and do a vid every couple of days. Might do a start to finish live stream on a SU or a Mig when I get a chance. Or the Viggen IF the template is released by then. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
phgeorg Posted December 24, 2021 Posted December 24, 2021 Hi all.! I have started creating my first livery and I'm try to follow the steps described in various how to videos but my livery layer seems to be kind of transparent over the metallic surface of the airplane (F-86F). How can my liver be more opaque? Also while the whole aircraft appears with a black "primer" there are some area tha are green and have some visible numbers. Will this create a problem when I finish my livery and if so how can I correct this? I'm attaching some pics to help you understand my issue. You're kindly asked for support THX in advance Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
prccowboy Posted December 25, 2021 Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/24/2021 at 4:34 AM, phgeorg said: Hi all.! I have started creating my first livery and I'm try to follow the steps described in various how to videos but my livery layer seems to be kind of transparent over the metallic surface of the airplane (F-86F). How can my liver be more opaque? Also while the whole aircraft appears with a black "primer" there are some area tha are green and have some visible numbers. Will this create a problem when I finish my livery and if so how can I correct this? phgeorg, it would be easier to help if you posted a link to your livery, but just looking at the photos, I would say that you might have a few problems: 1) missing textures. The green camo pattern usually occurs when your description lua points to a file that is not there. I suspect that the f-86f_main_dif that sits under the BORT Decal is named differently than what is in your lua 2) file format and mipmapping. DDS has different compression formats (DXT1, DXT3, etc.) Each has pros/cons for quality/size or how transparency (alpha channel) is handled. The black on your livery makes me think that you either have a problem with alpha layer or mipmapping. (or) 3) channel info. For DCS, DIFFUSE and Specular/ROUGHMET info is stored in different channels. From your photo, it appears you have Diffuse and Roughmet in one template. Make sure you are only exporting the correct channels for either DIFFUSE or ROUGHMET into their respective files. PM me if you need more help (take the conversation out of this thread)
Megalax Posted December 26, 2021 Posted December 26, 2021 You're also using a roughmet template it looks like to create the main livery? Megalax's Livery Studio My Liveries in the User Files I'll stick a maple leaf on anything...
Nealius Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 I'm looking into livery creation but I'm stuck at the beginning: How can you tell where one part begins and ends? The background color of the .dds files (or .psd files) is the same color as the aircraft paint itself, making it impossible to differentiate between the actual aircraft parts and the background. How do you guys figure out which part is the background and which part is the actual aircraft?
J-1775 Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 Okay, I know how to creat MIPMAPS (easy enough with Photoshop and Nvidia exporter plugin), but can somehow explain me what rule or algorithm controls the reload of mipmaps while the game is running? Is it DCS, DX11 or even the graphic driver? Can I control it somewhere? Is there any relation to shape LODs?
Nealius Posted November 23, 2024 Posted November 23, 2024 How does one blank out areas of an existing livery to add new numbers/letters. E.g. blanking out the tail codes so I can put new tail codes over it? I've tried the smudge tool but that destroys the rivets/texture details. I've tried "stamping" with areas copy-pasted from empty areas of the file, but those don't blend very well.
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