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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject: repainting windows

Hey there,

I have a little problem on repainting. I'm repainting a helicopter with photoshop but all the windows are gray(I used another model fot the textures). How do I make those windows transparent so that you can se through it???

If someone can help. Thanx

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject:

www.projectopensky.com

Repainter's forum. Lots of great tutes and things you should know about repainting.

Exxman

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

still not found how to do it. Do I need to cut out the gray windows and paste the fusalage on some transparent or something?

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject:

cut out the windows and paste them onto a new layer and put that layer right at the top...that way your painting/fx won't go over it. That site I gave ya has some of the most aweseome tutes written....it is there...just put 'windows' in the search and you'll find it.

Exxman

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject:

tried it but the whole helicopter went gray (I used Microsoft Picture It 9). Also read the opensky lessons but they didn't match with my photoshop.

Do I need another photoshop? I made the whole thing MPI9(see above)

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

You cut out just the windows, pasted them onto a new layer and the a/c turned gray? Why would it do that when all you have are windows on top of your paint layer? You did something incorrect me thinks...here's what I do but there are other methods as well...

Make a new layer. Draw a rounded box 1px in width the size of the outline of the window like a frame. Make a new layer underneath that one. Pick the interior of the window frame and fill it black or partially gray if you want shades. If you want a shadow fx on the shade you can copy the frame layer, blur/multiply it and put it between the frame and shade layer. Merge the layers together...blur them if you need to soften them up a bit and thats it. Duplicate the layers to get all your windows done. If you need plugs, just omit the fill part and keep the frame...works perfect.

This is how it should look...it took me 5 layers on the windows alone just to get them like that. The whole paint has 76 layers! File size...14MB in PSD format. I put a glass fx on my windows with an Andromeda plugin. You can do the same with the paintbrush on a new layer using the multiply function. Multiply is used a lot for repainting.

Hope that helps

Exx

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:

Oh...and you need to convert the textures from Photoshop to Fs format with DXTbmp...Martin Wright's site has that one.
http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Seriously...you should read up on repainting. That topic regarding DXT is topmost at POS. Can't see how you missed it. And their tutes are for Photoshop...not PSP.

Exx