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how to create a good skin? - NASA - 19.06.2009

Hi everbody,

I have made some skins but they are looking plastic planes




Like that.. so.
my question is how you guys how to make a very nice plane with details? like this? viewtopic.php?t=16899

I hope you guys can help me..

greetings NASA

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- NineToes - 19.06.2009

Use layers, man
And don't forget the little details...

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- F22-Raptor-2006 - 19.06.2009

First Photoshop is required. Then a template. Then the rest you kinda learn by practice and with the mistakes u learn from doing one skin you'll find it easier to do the next skin etc... It's all a very complicated thing and really if you follow a set of guidelines such as having photoshop then having a template. Painting in layers, one for each diff colour or part. That's basically it, the little details you learn yourself, every1 has a different way of doing somethin.

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- JAMF - 19.06.2009

F22-Raptor-2006 Wrote:First Photoshop is required.

Optional, not required. It is one option... and the others are GIMP and Paint.NET. Both freeware/OpenSource. (Paint.NET needs plugin to be able to work with PSD files)

NASA, Dutch markings? Sooo... your Dutch too?

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- NASA - 19.06.2009

JAMF Wrote:

F22-Raptor-2006 Wrote:First Photoshop is required.

Optional, not required. It is one option... and the others are GIMP and Paint.NET. Both freeware/OpenSource. (Paint.NET needs plugin to be able to work with PSD files)

NASA, Dutch markings? Sooo... your Dutch too?

Yea i am dutch you see that good you dutch to?

And i have Paint shop Pro XI that is a lot of better then photoshop photoshop is to dificult for beginners

Greetz NASA

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- PDelaney - 19.06.2009

There are some good tutorials here

http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/ ... tutorials/

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- F22-Raptor-2006 - 20.06.2009

Well yes photoshop is not neccessarily required but it is the most valuable tool for skinning purposes etc... and it is more commonly used than paint shop pro I think so if you ever need help there's much more on it. As with any program, play with it for a while and you'll get it. Could take me a week or two to make a skin when I started and they wouldn't even be good, I can do one in an hour or less now depending on what it is.

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