Costas_Ch Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 Hello everyone, I am using the paintkit v1.1 provided by metal2mesh (@Timghetta) (found here: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/328347-f-15e-paint-kit/) to create my skin for the F-15. The issue I am facing is that in the paintkit, the colour is quite "bright" grey while when I export it to dds, in game it is shown as almost black. (see pictures). I have some experience with editing software but probably I am missing something here. Can anyone please help me with is?
Vakarian Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 IIRC it's something to do with the "Custom RGB" settings that needs to be set for the colors to work properly. Got a screenshot that got shared on discord, maybe that helpsnull
Costas_Ch Posted June 27, 2023 Author Posted June 27, 2023 10 hours ago, Vakarian said: IIRC it's something to do with the "Custom RGB" settings that needs to be set for the colors to work properly. Got a screenshot that got shared on discord, maybe that helpsnull Thanks for the reply. These are the settings that I use as well. (I guess these are the settings that are predefined). Should I play around with those settings? I am not sure how I should approach this issue.
Costas_Ch Posted June 27, 2023 Author Posted June 27, 2023 11 hours ago, Vakarian said: IIRC it's something to do with the "Custom RGB" settings that needs to be set for the colors to work properly. Got a screenshot that got shared on discord, maybe that helpsnull Thanks for the reply. These are the settings that I use as well. (I guess these are the settings that are predefined). Should I play around with those settings? I am not sure how I should approach this issue. Edit: I got the solution from a reddit post in Hoggit by metal2mesh. THe Nvidia plugin for exporting dds files has to be used. 1
Timghetta Posted June 28, 2023 Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) The Paint kit uses a 16bit Custom RGB color profile. Please use Nvidia Plugin to export to BC7 and make sure "Override Filter Width" unchecked. Do not use intel Plugin to export, it will apply a sRGB profile and make it look dark. Edited June 28, 2023 by Timghetta [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] We take the Metal and bring it to Mesh
Timghetta Posted June 28, 2023 Posted June 28, 2023 19 hours ago, Vakarian said: IIRC it's something to do with the "Custom RGB" settings that needs to be set for the colors to work properly. Got a screenshot that got shared on discord, maybe that helpsnull This is only if you are bringing art in from another file into the paint kit. You would convert the profile so when you bring into the paint kit it won't look washed out. Edit/Convert to Profile/ select Custom RGB. Set Gamma to 2.0 and White Point should default to 6500K and choose your Primaries, can leave it as HDTV or use Adobe (1998) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] We take the Metal and bring it to Mesh
Shrike88 Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 Did they release another paint kit ? all the original links are dead
Timghetta Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 5 hours ago, Shrike88 said: Did they release another paint kit ? all the original links are dead https://metal2mesh.com/Paintkit/F-15E_PaintKit_ver-1.2.zip Updated Paint Kit to 1.2 Version 1.2 Changes: Added Padding around Paint Masks to help with seam lines from showing. Added Various Visor Colors Added Fuel Tanks Added Sensor Pylons Updated: Decal Tool with more nose art. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] We take the Metal and bring it to Mesh
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Mainstay Posted November 11, 2023 Posted November 11, 2023 On 8/14/2023 at 10:47 PM, Timghetta said: https://metal2mesh.com/Paintkit/F-15E_PaintKit_ver-1.2.zip Updated Paint Kit to 1.2 Version 1.2 Changes: Added Padding around Paint Masks to help with seam lines from showing. Added Various Visor Colors Added Fuel Tanks Added Sensor Pylons Updated: Decal Tool with more nose art. Thnx ! You might wanna update the intial paintkit post and replace the link with this version since its dead
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