Using Panel Finder

Ubet · #1 (**permalink**) 26th August 2005, 01:38

Hello, just getting started doing some skinning. The panel finder I have heard and read about sounds great. I downloaded it and um well how do you use it?
It opens in photoshop and paintshop but from there I'm stumped. Not to savvy on the paintshop programs yet so If it sounds like a dumb question entertain it anyway! Thanks!

adlabs6 · #2 (**permalink**) 26th August 2005, 05:12

Just load it into a plane's skin directory and load it up as a skin in game. From there you can find any parts you are stuck on. Then drop a copy into your skin PSD in photoshop, and what ever color/number that part was in the game... is now directly in the same area of that color/number on your PSD.

It's not perfect, but it can really help find where some parts are on the voids.

Aero_Shodanjo · #3 (**permalink**) 26th August 2005, 19:37

What adlabs said. He's the creator of it anyway

Btw, your tool has saved a lot of hair in my head m8

Many thanks for it

adlabs6 · #4 (**permalink**) 27th August 2005, 02:19

Hey glad so many people get some use from it!

tommytone · #5 (**permalink**) 27th August 2005, 19:28

Hey guys I'm really starting out new. I'm presently working on a P39D2 skin but the void doesn't show a lot of detail. The other problem is the plug-ins in Paint Shop (using 9) won't work such as Mac etc. I'm going to try the panel finder and download the plug-ins for Paint shop. Any insight as to what other plugs I should look for would be helpfull.

Serval · #6 (**permalink**) 27th August 2005, 20:01

Have you tried the DLL files that are on our Tools page.
Just DO NOT overwrite existing dll files in the PSP or PS folder.

tommytone · #7 (**permalink**) 27th August 2005, 22:58

I've deleted them in the Plug-in folder because I did just that by accident. So I've reinstalled them. The other thing is can the find panel be tranparent to the skin to get a better visual of it and skin relationship? Right now I have it installed in the game just as you've said and using it to as best it can to try and understand where things are going. The numbers in the game aren't showing up that well in spots.

Serval · #8 (**permalink**) 27th August 2005, 23:06

You best notice the colours. For small parts the numers do not work.

When I cannot find the spot I use a 90 degree rotated verion. Also there is an extention to the panelfinder.

Just be aware it is no super tool, just an aid.

Ubet · #9 (**permalink**) 28th August 2005, 16:55

Alright! Thanks a bunch for the info. I was doing right "sort of" from the start. But it would totallyl block the void layer is all. Then there is this slider called Opacity, lowered it to @ 70 and Voila! could see the void panels thru the "finder" great aid indeed!