Sgt R Lee Ermey

Yeah I had came to that conclusion as well. I realized this is a 32 bit app after I tried to force it to quit and realized it would be a mem issue. I will just have to only do 3-4 at a time and then switch them over to png. Thanks though

I actually tried photoshop on another PC I and it does NOT say there is an alpha layer at all. Nor GIMP. Threshold Alpha is greyed out in GIMP, and in Photoshop it only has the usual RBG channels. When you download from the USGS how do you do it? I get an email with a zip file. Inside the zip is all sorts of information and meta data but I only copy the .tif file out of it and extract it to my scenery/tiles dir. The tif files snap perfectly to the correct geocoded locations its just this dang color issue. I actually did find within one orthophoto a change in color. You could see when the plane came back a couple hours later and the shadows were different. It happens to be right across one of the runways I'm working! Its like they took pictures from a high altitude when it was smoggy out. Anyway thank you for your suggestions.

Mine crashes after I add a 13th orthophoto.. I can't seem to break past 13 for an area. Starting to tick me off, there has to be a way around this, others have done hundreds.

Just curious how did you remove the alpha in the USGS photos in GIMP? When I select the layer, go to layer/transparency the option to remove the alpha channel is grayed out. It seems that the USGS tiffs are already merged/flattened when I load them into any editor. The only solution is to play with the levels and adjust the gamma to get a decent color, but in this case the levels don't match up for each program Therefore I can't use a preset template.

The tighter the grip, the more that falls through the cracks and gets away... Pretty soon they'll have nothing left.

Wow it looks awesome actually. Thanks.

Anyone ever make one of these?

Looks great. Wonder if the autogen just fills in the roads or did he actually model all the downtown buildings? Or just the main ones? Also wonder if they'll autogen boats because if you have static boats like that it would look funny if it were snowing out or winter seeing one out there.

I will be uploading here only and I'm sure the trend is going to continue as more people abandon ship over there. It is like the days of Saddam Hussien over there, nobody willing to say anything negative about anything or they'll get shot. Life under a dictatorship is in plain view over there. Anyway because I'm only in it for the pure love of flight sims, I won't allow some little men with no sense of self worth or power take out their "shortcomings" on people like me. Case closed!

Pretty cool. Orthophotos are extremely time consuming! Especially if they need to be touched up!

Looks like I found myself a new home. I grew tired of the disrepect the common man was given over there on a daily basis by the nazi power mongering moderators. It is such a shame too because their own arrogance and ignorance has offloaded a whole lot of business and contributions from a lot of good people. I had earmarked a good $1000 this year to spend on x-plane products. So their arrogance anda mental disability has cost them money. So in a way I'm glad I found this place. All my contribution in scenery and aircraft development will go here instead free of charge as well as any purchases if I find any I like. Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, mental and interpersonal control at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency. Probably best to avoid the place. That being off my chest it is time to move on from that cesspool of tyranny.