Anyone know how to alter bmps with DXTbmp?

[b17lover]

Hello. I have the Fravin00 FS2004 Cessna 150 and I was told that someone got most of the gauges working in FSX by altering the alpha channels in some of the bmps for the gauges using the program DXTbmp. I do not know how to do this. Do you? Thanks a lot.

[n4gix]

You don't "edit" bitmaps with DXTBmp. I it is simply a file conversion utility. You must create or edit bitmaps in a "paint" type program, such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or the OpenSource program GIMP.

[mike_cyul]

What you can do do with DXTBump, is use it to send the alpha to the "paint" type program as mentioned by Bill, edit it there, and then re-import it back into the .bmp in DXTBump. Perhaps that's what the other person had done.

Mike

[Lateral-G]

These may help:

http://www.calclassic.com/repaint.htm

http://www.transpointtrucking.com/forums/index.php?topic=7135.0

http://www.modhalo.net/index.php?showtopic=3137

http://forum.projectopensky.com/index.php?showtopic=30594&st=0&p=287122&#entry287122

http://www.gjsmith.net/Tutorial/step_6.htm

Remember Google is your friend.......

-G-