Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Edit DDS textures and made liveries without Photoshop -- FOR FREE!

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Edit DDS textures and made liveries without Photoshop -- FOR FREE!

DVA3115
Captain, B757-200

Joined on May 04 2006
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club

"A good pilot never stops learning!"
Kaysville, UT

270 legs, 520.9 hours
265 legs, 512.9 hours online
255 legs, 491.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 01 2012 18:14 ET by Aaron Cook

Hey guys, I just wanted throw out some info about editing FSX/FS9 liveries (DDS or Direct Draw Surface textures) for free -- No need to buy Adobe Photoshop.

1) Download & Install Paint.NET - Google it: www(dot)getpaint(dot)net This is a free, powerful image editor that I like BETTER than photoshop (at least CS4. I haven't splurged for 5 or 6 yet.) It supports layers and plugins - everything a good painter needs

2) Download & Install the DDS plugin for free from Nvidia for Adobe Photoshop (it works for Paint.NET as well.) Link below or just Google "DDS Plugin"
https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-adobe-photoshop

2b) Optional: Download the PSD plugin for Paint.NET so you can edit the paintkits provided by most developers (here: http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/)

3) Open Paint.NET and you should be able to open DDS files and save them and edit them.

Notes:
- DDS files must be exactly square (i.e. 512x512, 1028x1028.) So when you are editing make sure they are saved square.
- DDS files are usually saved flipped. The Nvidia plugin in Photophop asks if you want to open the file flipped and usually asks when you save if you want to save the file flipped. I usually always have this option on. In Paint.NET, you have to do this manually but that is quite easy with the flip vertical option.

Thats it! You are ready to paint. This has works great for me. Let me know if you are able to get it to work.

Aaron Cook (DVA3115)

AFV295
First Officer, B747-400

Joined on May 13 2010

"Oh look a cloud with a ski lift !"
UK

10 legs, 70.0 hours
8 legs, 58.5 hours online
10 legs, 70.0 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 17 2012 12:34 ET by Mark Gronan

Very nice but I'll stick to my adobe :-)

Mark Gronan (AFV295)

DVA8060
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on December 06 2009
B757 100 Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Swindon, UK

347 legs, 998.9 hours
280 legs, 861.5 hours online
343 legs, 986.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 17 2012 18:10 ET by Jamie Moss

Very good, I might look at this as I like to re-paint existing liveries and add the different registrations

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

DVA9571
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on March 10 2011
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club

Miami, FL USA

612 legs, 2,333.0 hours
590 legs, 2,242.9 hours online
602 legs, 2,307.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 18 2012 08:35 ET by Bob Klemm

I would also remind you to NOT share, upload or distribute liveries you've edited, unless you get permission from the original author. That would, unless otherwise stated by the original author, be a no-no. wink

Bob Klemm

Senior Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on December 18 2012 11:17 ET by Jamie Moss

No worries Bob, I'd never share stuff anyway, if someone could repaint the entire fleets numbers then that'd be fantastic as they'd do a better job than I ever could

Jamie Moss

First Officer, B737-800

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