edwin Posted April 14, 2012 Report Posted April 14, 2012 Hi All,The Paint kit in the DC-3 package got me tinkering for the first time and I have become totally absorbed in it. Had a lot of problems to begin with as I prefer to use Corel Grapics x4 (Photo Paint x4 ) as it is far more intensive than Corel PaintShop Pro. Well pleased with the initial results (After hours of being nagged by the wife about my excessive use of foul language--Air still reeks of it!!)Would really like to work on the floats--is there anyway of doing this as they don't look that clever on the default Liveries anyway?? Cheers
-TheoGregory Posted April 15, 2012 Report Posted April 15, 2012 Ah, the floats missing from the paint kit is a slight omission on my part. Sorry about that..What I would suggest is you do in the mean time is open up the float png map in Photoshop (or Photo Paint, whatever you use). Then add in another layer and set that layer to multiply and paint in that layer. That will give you all your colour as well as showing the imperfections and dents that are already there!Theo
edwin Posted April 15, 2012 Author Report Posted April 15, 2012 Cheers Mate--So new to this 'Malarkey' but really enjoying it so I'll try and work out your instructions--However if you hear of a Nutter hunting a chap called Theo around the back streets of Christchurch take cover--It will be me....Taa Edwin
edwin Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Posted April 16, 2012 Found it thanks Theo--should have looked harder. I do not use the Paintkit PSD files with Photo Paint (Although I can) I do all my work directly to the PNG files without setting up layers (Again although I can) The highly efficient masking options/processes in CorelPaint X4 (Compared to Photoshop) allows me to accurately isolate anything on the PNG Map work on it/them then combine it/them back in. So far I've found this the most convenient methodStill very early days as far as Liveries go for me yet enjoyable though challenging--Although I've constantly updated the program over the years I've not used it for a very long time and when I did it was for a completely unrelated type of Graphic/Photo editing.Thanks for all-Edwin
PWJT8D Posted January 14, 2013 Report Posted January 14, 2013 Would it be okay to request a livery for this wonderful aircraft? To any willing artists, I would like to have N8704. It's a beautiful still flying C-47 restoration owned by the Yankee Air Museum near Detroit. If you search the registration, there are tons and tons of pictures available. This aircraft is also a daily visitor to EAA AirVenture flying in passengers. Thanks. 1
Ntr09 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Posted January 14, 2013 It is currently impossible to do shiny metal liveries for the DC-3 because there is no reflection dataref. It just wouldn't look right. -NR
Nicola_M Posted January 14, 2013 Report Posted January 14, 2013 Leen's done some fantastic liveries, also utilising the bare-metal. No reflection is not 100% perfect, but he's got it down to a fine art. 1
PWJT8D Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 I'm definitely not one to be picky about reflective textures. If it's a good looking bare metal skin of the likes I've seen done such as JR's Jetstream will do fine for me! Beggar's can't be choosers. If someone is willing to do their best with what we are given to work with, I will be happy.
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