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falcon4:textures:ddsskins [2007/07/10 17:03] – created ddsskins initial page snakemanfalcon4:textures:ddsskins [2024/07/31 09:24] (current) – links added. snakeman
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-====== DDS Skin Tutorial ======+====== Falcon 4 DDS Skin Tutorial ======
  
-**DDS Skin Tutorial**+[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=47|Falcon 4.0 Forum]], [[:falcon4|Falcon 4 Home]], [[falcon4:campaign|Falcon 4 Campaign]], [[falcon4:cockpits|Falcon 4 Cockpits]], [[falcon4:database|Falcon 4 Database]], [[falcon4:file_formats|Falcon 4 File Formats]], [[falcon4:srtm|Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain]], [[falcon4:terrain|Falcon 4 Terrain]], [[falcon4:textures|Falcon 4 Textures]], [[falcon4:tools|Falcon 4 Tools]] 
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 +**Falcon 4 DDS Skin Tutorial**
  
 by JanHas by JanHas
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 Sometimes an area needs to be transparent. Before the arrival of the DDS format we used the color magenta. See the following picture for the right numbers for the color magenta. Magenta is Red 255, Green 0, Blue 255. Sometimes an area needs to be transparent. Before the arrival of the DDS format we used the color magenta. See the following picture for the right numbers for the color magenta. Magenta is Red 255, Green 0, Blue 255.
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_magenta.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_magenta.jpg }}
  
-In the next example everything magenta will become transparent (not shown in the sim). +In the next example everything magenta will become transparent (not shown in the sim).
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_magenta2.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_magenta2.jpg }}
  
 **Notice** **Notice**
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 Now you open PhotoShop and open the skin file. What I do is select and remove the magenta section with the background remover. Here's how it looks. Now you open PhotoShop and open the skin file. What I do is select and remove the magenta section with the background remover. Here's how it looks.
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_selection1.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_selection1.jpg }}
  
 Use (on the right) the //Magic Wand Tool// and select the magenta color. Use (on the right) the //Magic Wand Tool// and select the magenta color.
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 //Notice: the edges also have an darker or lighter magenta color because of file saving. Select them also.// //Notice: the edges also have an darker or lighter magenta color because of file saving. Select them also.//
  
-Use the additional options (between the two red lines. First one: select one area. Second: Add area's to the selection. Third: De-select an area from the selection. Fourth: Intersect with selection. I use only the first three) aviable to make selection easier. +Use the additional options (between the two red lines. First one: select one area. Second: Add area's to the selection. Third: De-select an area from the selection. Fourth: Intersect with selection. I use only the first three) aviable to make selection easier.
  
-After you have selected all of the area you need to erase selected area by using the //Background Eraser Tool// (right clicking on the eraser tool). Erase a little part and then hitting the "delete key" on the keyboard will erase the rest of the background. +After you have selected all of the area you need to erase selected area by using the //Background Eraser Tool// (right clicking on the eraser tool). Erase a little part and then hitting the "delete key" on the keyboard will erase the rest of the background.
  
 You'll now have this You'll now have this
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_selection2.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_selection2.jpg }}
  
-Now select the entire skin (CTRL-A). This is also the moment to resize the skin if needed. If you do that, make sure that - after resizing - you select the skin again. +Now select the entire skin (CTRL-A). This is also the moment to resize the skin if needed. If you do that, make sure that - after resizing - you select the skin again.
  
 Copy the skin. (Save if you feel the need (it will become an psd format)). Copy the skin. (Save if you feel the need (it will become an psd format)).
  
-Now create a //New// (picture) (CTRL-N). +Now create a //New// (picture) (CTRL-N).
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_new.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_new.jpg }}
  
 Then add a second layer (100% opacity). Naming the file is not needed. Then add a second layer (100% opacity). Naming the file is not needed.
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_newlayer.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_newlayer.jpg }}
  
 Now paste (CTRL-V) the skin file. Now paste (CTRL-V) the skin file.
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 **Notice** **Notice**
  
-Here do the white corners become handy. For example; when you have erased near the bottom of the skin the entire area, the pasted skin will be centered in the new file. With the white pixels in the empty corners, shifting to the center will not happen. +Here do the white corners become handy. For example; when you have erased near the bottom of the skin the entire area, the pasted skin will be centered in the new file. With the white pixels in the empty corners, shifting to the center will not happen.
  
 Now you have an new file with two layers: the background layer (1) (also no fill) and the skin layer (2). Now you have an new file with two layers: the background layer (1) (also no fill) and the skin layer (2).
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   * Save   * Save
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_saving1.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_saving1.jpg }}
  
-Now you enter the dds saving options menu. +Now you enter the dds saving options menu.
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_saving2.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_saving2.jpg }}
  
-Select the //Generate MIP maps// option. +Select the //Generate MIP maps// option.
  
 Next you have to select the output quality of the dds file. I normaly use the //DXT1 with alpha// option. That'll keep it nice and not to large. Remember //DXT1 no alpha// is low quality and DXT5 which is high quality but makes the skinfile large. Larger means more videocard memory use and more rendering time. (For my cloud skin files I used DXT5). Next you have to select the output quality of the dds file. I normaly use the //DXT1 with alpha// option. That'll keep it nice and not to large. Remember //DXT1 no alpha// is low quality and DXT5 which is high quality but makes the skinfile large. Larger means more videocard memory use and more rendering time. (For my cloud skin files I used DXT5).
  
-{{ http://tactical.nekromantix.com/images/wiki/JanHas_saving3.jpg }}+{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/JanHas_saving3.jpg }}
  
 Now press "Save" and the skinfile is ready for use. Congratulations! Now press "Save" and the skinfile is ready for use. Congratulations!
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