Gazelle Skin Thread

[borchi_2b]

Nice job on the textures there.

Also the pilots came along nice. Thanks for sharing and taking the time to enjoy and play around with the skins there. I defenately will download some of them as they are all great.

I personally like the desert storm once the most. Damn it, now only a iraq map is missing.

[joey45]

You do realise there may be some ex marines watching this!:)

That skin would be awesome too, had the Marines assistance in Belize, and did a course in the highlands with them. Great people, Dad was a Commando,(Original) they took the mick no end for me being a crabfat but nothing but respect for my Dad. Hats off to all

 

I'm ex army and served with some RMs in Iraq, I have more respect for the RMs then the cabbage kids..... I mean RAF Regt who I've also had the pleasure to worked with.. but that's another story......

[joey45]

What's been started.......... Can not be unstarted....

Hello Kitty WiP

Vesion 2 of 3 in the ETPS range.

WiP.

3 of 3 has a all red tail...

Edited May 25, 2016 by joey45

[Mt5_Roie]

Can't wait to see it done!

 

What's been started.......... Can not be unstarted....

Hello Kitty WiP

[joey45]

I'll try to get it done by Friday as I'll be busy with Duxford this weekend...

[Mt5_Roie]

Awesome looking....I would think the enemy would just surrender to this majestic looking helicopter when they see the Hello Kitty.

 

I'll try to get it done by Friday as I'll be busy with Duxford this weekend...

[Keshman]

People you have these lines and bolts in your original PSD file ? (Template for the SA342M Gazelle)

 

I have different layers of colors Camo, dirt... But no of these layers lines and bolts In all PSD files "Gazelle Skin Template" :(

Someone can help with them?

 

[The_Fragger]

You may accidently make them invisible. They are in the *BASIC STUFF* Layer folder.

 

 

People you have these lines and bolts in your original PSD file ? (Template for the SA342M Gazelle)

 

I have different layers of colors Camo, dirt... But no of these layers lines and bolts In all PSD files "Gazelle Skin Template" :(

Someone can help with them?

 

[Sleipner]

Soon on the DCS User files:

 

 

Operation "Desert Storm" skin pack. JSGME ready for Open Alpha. download: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1948642/

 

- Desert storm FR Green

- Desert storm FR Sand

- Desert storm UK

 

Note: I could not get rid of the white numbers on the UK version... I will correct it ASAP (if someone can help me!).

 

Hope you'll enjoy!

Edited May 29, 2016 by Sleipner

[The_Fragger]

nice work :thumbup:

[joey45]

Looking Great.

[borchi_2b]

nice, I really like the desert storm skins

[bart]

Nice work Sleipner :thumbup:

 

Been looking forward to these, thanks for your work.

[Doum76]

People you have these lines and bolts in your original PSD file ? (Template for the SA342M Gazelle)

 

I have different layers of colors Camo, dirt... But no of these layers lines and bolts In all PSD files "Gazelle Skin Template" :(

Someone can help with them?

 

 

 

 

The answer is simple, well for me, since i work with Photoshop everyday as a Graphic Artist/Computer Graphic Designer. I'll try to explain is as simple as i can. :)

 

Your having the same problem as i do, the Template as been made in a more recent version as you do probably, wich means, when you open the file, it might ask you if you want to flatten the image to keep layers as is, or keep the layers and some changes might occurs, which in other words means « Hey, this has been done in a more recent version, and i do encounter some changes/differences in effets / filters / layers effetcs that doesn't probably exists in the older version you're using, so, dude, you can keep the layers, but some effets might ended up with unexpected effet/result, so i might discard these effects so you can open the file, but, if i flatten the file, you loose layers, but keep the design as expected, what you wanna do? » :) long texte, but explains it in a kinda funny way.

 

In other words, you have the layers, but they don't show, if you look in the layers group, you'll find them, they are 2 layer groups, you can see them in one of my screenshots, but to make any modifications, you need to unlock the layers in the group, by selection the group in the layers (the folder) and click the little black padlock, see my other screenshot, and if you look on the upper layers palets, you have the so called, « Layer Blending Modes » if you change it from « Pass Through » and select « Normal », as you can see in my screenshot, they all appear, but all white. Which means, they had been used with a certain effect and something which we cannot kept as we open the files, and, personnaly, i didn't have the time or patience to find some way to adjust the effect in other way, but the prob might be a different effect on a different layer that affects those, and with the ammounts of layers, the tests can take quite a while, and i personnaly was kinda scared that some other stuff also have changed but i didn't noticed at first. So i simply played it safe and used another done skin from the default gazelle, so i get the rivets and stuff, and i simple painted over the colots, and played around with the layer blending mode and put them either multiply or simple made a layer adjustement color as HSB, which can be use to colorise stuff and made colors i wanted, camo pattern and stuff.

 

Sorry for long answer, but it kinda explain the problem you have, and why, on my side, i get the rivets and stuff, for the others, they might have a more recent Photoshop as i do, that's the options i see, as to why you loose them. Hope it helps. I am for now, unemployed, which means i don't have access to a more recent Photoshop verison to try to downsample in some way thes files, maybe there is a way to in more recent Photoshop, but usualy, Photoshop is the only softwares from Adobe than doesn't have the option to downgrade verison as the others do, you get the option for compability as saving the files, but let's cross fingers, on monday i have the second part of a job interview, i passed the first one, and made it from 8 person down to 3 for the second part, if i get the job, it's a big Advertising Agency, i for sure will get the most recent version, and you bet i will find i way to make those files available with all effects, and if i do, with Polychop permission i will make those templates available in the file sections as Older Photoshop version users. :) Until then, if you don't get a usable file version from someone else, send me a provate message and i'll be more than happy and try to help you in a way to bypass these problems as i did.

Edited May 27, 2016 by Doum76

[Keshman]

Thank you very much for your help and answers!

Last night, I installed a new version Photoshop 2015. PSD file is opened without any questions and the layers of lines and bolts were visible at once.:worthy::D

Skin for Ukrainian Army finished. I'll upload it to the "User Files".

 

Once again thank you all for the help!

 

[Doum76]

Thank you very much for your help and answers!

Last night, I installed a new version Photoshop 2015. PSD file is opened without any questions and the layers of lines and bolts were visible at once.:worthy::D

Skin for Ukrainian Army finished. I'll upload it to the "User Files".

 

Once again thank you all for the help!

 

 

 

Great, lucky you!! :)

 

Skin looking good btw

[Stratos]

Lovely Ukranian skin!! Well done mate.

[shagrat]

Is there any chance for some users of the most recent photoshop version to convert/save the templates in a backwards compatible format that can be opened with GIMP and save it as .xcf?

For most things I needed to change/touch for skins GIMP worked really good!

 

By the way, I love the skins you guys produce here.

[Timka01]

Template issue

 

Hello guys...am I missed something? Cause I downloaded the link you'd provided and said it's been updated adding the missing files but I guess I'm still having problem not getting the whole package!! Some Textures are missing and here's a screenshot shows #4 & #9 are missing :( Please advice and very appreciated in advance.

[Timka01]

PSD FILES

 

Here's the screenshot

[Doum76]

Here's the screenshot

 

As long as i'm concerned, i haven'T done anything with the #9 as for the #4, i simply selected one from another liveries that came default with the Gazelle, one with light and plain color and recolor the parts needed, when not sure what need to be painted or not, i simple used the Tiger Meet skin, since it's orange, it's easy to spot in each texture what needs or not, and when i opened the #9, it was all same color as the other skin. That's how i bypassed the fact that having no tempalte at all when i started working on my skin. so basicly texture #9 i simply take always the same, simply rename it from a skin to another without any changes.

[Sleipner]

Desert Storm Pack available here: EDIT V2: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1948642/

 

 

 

Cavalry scout skin Pack: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1948651/

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Sleipner

Edited May 30, 2016 by Sleipner

[joey45]

Awesome. :thumbup::pilotfly:

[Timka01]

As long as i'm concerned, i haven'T done anything with the #9 as for the #4, i simply selected one from another liveries that came default with the Gazelle, one with light and plain color and recolor the parts needed, when not sure what need to be painted or not, i simple used the Tiger Meet skin, since it's orange, it's easy to spot in each texture what needs or not, and when i opened the #9, it was all same color as the other skin. That's how i bypassed the fact that having no tempalte at all when i started working on my skin. so basicly texture #9 i simply take always the same, simply rename it from a skin to another without any changes.

 

Got you...really appreciated your respond thanks a lot :thumbup:

[JABO2009]

Desert Storm Pack available here: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1948642/

 

 

 

Cavalry scout skin Pack: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1948651/

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Sleipner

 

Just AWESOME !

 

thanks so much