PSP9 Virgin...... Need some help???

[commercialcobb]

What I am trying to do here (or think I am trying to do ) is add engine covers to the PAI C-17 Globemaster??? Their aircraft look good for AI but I think they need a little touching up on the tails and so on... I cant figure out how to exactly cut out an image (.jpg, .bmp, etc) from photo's I have provided for you.... Every time I try to cut out the tail of the C-17 its just jagged and rough , or wont fit the image and I cant resize without losing all of the quality of the original image??? I know I need to do some experimenting with this for a while but just need some direction with what tools to be experimenting with??? My luck, the last tool I'll try, is the one I need in the beginning!!! Also with the texture file and aircraft already designed by them which I'm not going to mess with, can I add engine covers to the front of the engines when there off, and go away when the lights come on?? That might be a designers forum Q's? huh..... Anyway I would at least like to know how to get the image off of the .jpg and into PSP, where I can layer (still working with that tutorial) on the texture file imported with the DXT converter???
Tail and Fueselage image...
Airliners.net Photos: USA - Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

Engine cover image....
Airliners.net Photos: USA - Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

[Snake]

Well, I use the Eraser too, or the Magic wand , if you use the magic wand click on the outter edge and then copy it and paste it as a new image onto your PSP desk top or as a new layer into your skin that your working on .

[Serval]

You might want to look here the best brands of the world - vector brand, logo, logotype, logos and logotypes and try to find the logo(s) you need. EPS is a good scalable format.

And if you have or can find good fonts and the images are not too difficult, then drawing them yourself often gives best results.

[commercialcobb]

I have got some of it down and thanks for the replies guys, but the proglem I have now is that I cant figure out how do deform or adjust images once their in the new layer?? every time I try to dform of rotate it just rotates the background image, and I cant udjust the edges or size unless I unpaste it and then repaste it after its adjusted and that annoying becaus of the time it consume.... any tricks to that?? One more thing, which tool can I use to draw a freehand line on a layer to lets say make a curve accros an image background then follow the edges to complete the circuit and fill in?? only thing I have found that also a bit cumbersome is the Benier tool?? I am trying to get the tail section white out done....

Airliners.net Photos: Air Zermatt Eurocopter EC-135T-2

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[Serval]

Make sure you created a new layer. And make sure you have selected the right layer.

http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/foru...yers-work.html

For the more specialized PSP ansers someone else needs to reply.

Oh and inserting images as link that are on your own harddisk does not work.
You can upload them by clicking "Go advanced" and scroll a bit down from the editor. Ther you see a button "Manage attachments" there you can upload some files. For JPG we accept sizes up to 1280.

[Snake]

I know in PSP 11 when you click ctrl=r there is an option to rotate only the layer you are working on, I just saw it the other day , if that helps at all?

[commercialcobb]

snap! thanks guys it worked great....I tell you if it werent for forums like this I never would have even bothered with painting......