Gibbons
August 9th, 2009, 20:53
Greetings all.
I'm starting out in the skinning field and have looked on YouTube, Simmers Paint Shop, and some other sites and haven't found any really good tutorials on how to start from scratch. Most of the tutorials seem to be made with the idea you already know how to do half of the actions needed. They are also mostly done around Photoshop or PSP. I have Paint.net, and GIMP. I've used Paint.net some and GIMP not at all yet.
How did you who know how to do it learn how to do it? Is there a certain site or collection of sites that have basic tutorials? Or did you learn it from asking questions in forums like this? My own inclination is to go and read how to do it, then drop in here from time to time to ask the harder questions.
So far it is rather difficult to get started. Some of the tutorials I've gone through mention a 'Remove White' plugin, but is that for PSP and Photoshop only or does it work with .net as well? And I'm still not sure why you use it or what it does, even after going through those specific tutorials more than a couple times.
I've been flight simming since '03 and it seems to me SOH puts out some of the best skins and repaints I've seen so I'm stopping by here.
So if you haven't clicked out of here yet, any concrete direction in how to dive into this endeavor would be more than appreciated.
Thanks
Gibbons
I'm starting out in the skinning field and have looked on YouTube, Simmers Paint Shop, and some other sites and haven't found any really good tutorials on how to start from scratch. Most of the tutorials seem to be made with the idea you already know how to do half of the actions needed. They are also mostly done around Photoshop or PSP. I have Paint.net, and GIMP. I've used Paint.net some and GIMP not at all yet.
How did you who know how to do it learn how to do it? Is there a certain site or collection of sites that have basic tutorials? Or did you learn it from asking questions in forums like this? My own inclination is to go and read how to do it, then drop in here from time to time to ask the harder questions.
So far it is rather difficult to get started. Some of the tutorials I've gone through mention a 'Remove White' plugin, but is that for PSP and Photoshop only or does it work with .net as well? And I'm still not sure why you use it or what it does, even after going through those specific tutorials more than a couple times.
I've been flight simming since '03 and it seems to me SOH puts out some of the best skins and repaints I've seen so I'm stopping by here.
So if you haven't clicked out of here yet, any concrete direction in how to dive into this endeavor would be more than appreciated.
Thanks
Gibbons