Hi guys,
My current repaint project is VH-DHS, which is the hire 172 from the local aero club as per below.
I've usually done my repaints in Photoshop but this time I'm trying GIMP because my photoshop is quite dated. Anyway, I'm having issues getting nice smooth lines compared to what I've been able to get in the past. I've tried exporting using the DDS exporter for GIMP as well as through DXTBMP and the results are pretty much the same. Is there something I'm doing wrong this time? It seems like the lines aren't being anti-aliased or something like that. I've disabled mipmaps, but can't think of anything else to do
to compare with the lines that I've usually had;
My thoughts are there's something I'm doing wrong when I'm drawing the lines (usually by creating paths) as the logos and text I'm using are turning out ok.
Cheers for any thoughts and/or pointers,
Rob
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Re: VH-DHS Repaint - GIMP question
Well, I don't know what I did, but I just redrew some of the lines on the side and they came up a lot better.
I guess I'll keep working on it
I guess I'll keep working on it
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Re: VH-DHS Repaint - GIMP question
Thanks Lewis, I was creating the lines by paths and I'm not sure what I did, but it does seem to be working now. Not sure what I did, the only thing I can come up with was that the original lines were anti-aliased and smooth, but if you use the fill tool and then try to fill in all the other anti-aliased pixels on the inside of the stroked path, it creates a hard edge around the polygon.. So that's what I must've done.
Re: VH-DHS Repaint - GIMP question
Hey man, where can i download your skin/paint job fromFuzzyDropbear wrote:Hi guys,
My current repaint project is VH-DHS, which is the hire 172 from the local aero club as per below.
I've usually done my repaints in Photoshop but this time I'm trying GIMP because my photoshop is quite dated. Anyway, I'm having issues getting nice smooth lines compared to what I've been able to get in the past. I've tried exporting using the DDS exporter for GIMP as well as through DXTBMP and the results are pretty much the same. Is there something I'm doing wrong this time? It seems like the lines aren't being anti-aliased or something like that. I've disabled mipmaps, but can't think of anything else to do
to compare with the lines that I've usually had;
My thoughts are there's something I'm doing wrong when I'm drawing the lines (usually by creating paths) as the logos and text I'm using are turning out ok.
Cheers for any thoughts and/or pointers,
Rob
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Re: VH-DHS Repaint - GIMP question
Hi, I don't know if you are still having this issue since this thread is dated but I solved that problem by lessening the force of the brush to about 20-30. Usually about 25.
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