Laying Down the Paint
Using PaintShop Pro 7
Note: This article is also avaliable for download from Snake's webspace in PDF format (9MB download).
http://www.cs-kc.com/stuff/snake/Tut...HE%20PAINT.pdf
Hello again!
In this tutorial we will begin to lay down the paint. I will be using a template from LOMAC, the A-10 to be exact. Once the panel lines and rivets are done you can begin to top lay down some paint. This is a simple way of doing this process so do not make it any harder than it is. As with the other tutorial please feel free to contact me via e-mail. Also there are a lot of talented skinners to be found at the IL2 forums so pick their brains and get as many tricks for your black bag as you can.
Fig. #1
Here in Fig. #1 you can see the panel and rivet lines. You can change the colors of these like this.
Fig. #2
Here is a close up in Fig.#2.
You can see that I have changed the primary rivets on the wing section to gray and left the highlights white. In this skin I will be painting the top of the skin mostly black so I will change them later to a red or dark gray and lighten them up by playing with the opacity settings.
If this sounds like Chinese to you I suggest you read my other tutorials. These will assist you in getting a quick understanding and translate some of the lingo occurring here.
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Fig. #3
You can see the portion of PSP7 that we will be using to change the rivet colors. The Selection tool on the left side of the PSP toolbar, and the Artistic effects specifically the pencil selection.
The dotted lines you see formaing a square is the area we will change, just use your selection tool to draw a small square to try for yourself. If you do not like it, change it back or hit your Ctrl+Z buttons on your keyboard to reverse what you have done.
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