[nzwilliam]

Use GIMP 2.6 if you don't already have a photoshop program, it's free and downloadable from the net. While you're at it also download BRIGHTER, I think that can be found at simmerspaintshop under utilities. In a nutshell, Gimp is a brilliant program once you get the hang of it and can open all the skin templates or you can make your own, but you can't export files in the type of bitmap format required for IL2, thats where Brighter comes in. I can give some quick instructions if you have any trouble working them out.