[kaban_ger]

I have a Problem if I try to do a skin then the skin is always becoming shit like this:



but I wanna do some professional skins like this:



Pls help


Sorry for my English this is my third language that I try to learn.

[Carts]

What program do you use to paint with,and do you use a template?

[kaban_ger]

I use Paint 3.36.

I use always the void skins of the planes as a template.

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

If you want to make professional looking skins you need lots of different brushes with different textures etc. I am using fireworks 8 and thats enough for me. Actually Im not even very good skinner but i have few good ones...

[JG3_VonHahn]

to get started, i recommend to use a downloaded template from "flying-legends" You will only have to add a layer in the right place and draw it like you did everytime. Because there are many layers over your skin it will have all the professional stuff on it.

Later you can hide all layers except of one "stuff-layer" to see how its painted and try to draw something like this, too. Very useful for that are filters.
Then, if you know how to create this stuff yourself you can add a new layer over your skin and draw this.

[F22-Raptor-2006]

Basically the difference between yours and the other one is that, they've painted in layers and also had a masking layer.

Masking Layer:

It uses a plain colour, pattern or gradient to block out all the areas that will not be mapped onto anything. (ie. you can't see it on the plane even if you paint colour there). This makes the skin look like they haven't painted over the lines so it is very neat.

Layers

They've probably painted in layers which means every section or colour is on a different layer. You can also block out mistakes by changing which layer is on top etc... Also makes it more flexible to edit one colour where they meet rather than having everything on one layer which is much more annoying. You can like paint a whole plane orange for example. Then paint the certain areas you want in blue and if you don't like it the layer can be moved, flipped etc until you think it's right. The masking layer is usually the layer at the top (it often includes the mechanical set, ie. wheels, propeller blades etc)

[fly_zo]

...moved to proper forum section

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[JG3_VonHahn]

But I think he worked with layers, too. But only with a transparent void skin and his skin

[{HVY-E}Jinxx]

First and foremost.....

GET A DECENT EDITOR. Paint is not very good for skinning at all. If you want something good and FREE, D/L Gimp. It's available on Sourceforge.net. It's a completely free, opensource Paintshop/Photoshop clone. I personally use Photoshop CS3 Extended and Fireworks MX. If you have access to Photoshop, there are a couple of small plugins you will deffinately want to get. One is called remove white (removes all the white from a void, leaving you with just the rivets and panels etc), the other is called remove black, (same kind of deal as the previous).

Then start working with color pallettes and markings. You can find pretty much all you need on Airwarfare.com, mission4today.com, wp.scn.ru (Wings Pallet), and flying-legends.net.

[JAMF]

First and foremost.....

GET A DECENT EDITOR. Paint is not very good for skinning at all. If you want something good and FREE, D/L Gimp.

He wrote Paint, but he meant Paint.NET.

[JAMF]

...and to add, Paint.NET opens .psd files fine with a plugin.