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Graphics Tutorial Continued

Step 4 The Tail  

 


Figure 23

For your, and my convenience I have created an independent blank tail for us to work with.  (Figure 23)

This file is available as:

BlankTail.bmp.

This has a Magenta area so selections, fills and cut and paste will be easier.

Tools to be used: Wand  and Retouch

Load the BlankTail.bmp file and use the Magic Wand to select the white areas – this should select just about everything for the tail. 

We have highlighted the areas we now want to work with – We now need to darken the area so that our colour retouch can take a richer effect. Select Menu Item Colours – Adjust – Brightness/Contrast – set the Brightness to –60 (minus 60) and the Contrast to 8 – click OK (we know it is -60 because 40 + 20 was what we had to use last time to get the area dark enough)


Figure 24

Click on the Retouch Tool – set the Tools Control box Retouch Mode to Colour to Target

Holding the mouse button down – rub over the highlight area repeatedly with the colour blue and it will slowly mature into a dark blue area but all of the detail will still be there. You should now have an image that looks like Figure 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We now need to place the yellow/orange stripes on the tail of the aircraft.

This can be achieved with three thick lines in yellow and a few lines in black with a bit of fill to finish it off.

The Logo


Figure 25

Tools to be used: Dropper  and Line

Using the Drooper tool – select an orange colour from the body area for use on the logo.

 

We will start with the bottom part of the image first.

 


Figure 26

Top and bottom lines should be 6 pixels thick and the middle line should be 20 pixels thick.  The line from bottom to top on the left of the logo should be 6 thick again and should be use to tidy up the rough edges created by the other lines.  See Figure 26

 

Reduce line size back to 1 and clean up all of the edges.

 

Use the line tool to clean up the overhang of orange on the magenta area as well  - use the Dropper Tool to select the magenta colour and draw lines over the orange that should not be on the magenta area.  

 

Time to insert the black V within the Logo.  This will be very quick and easy.

 

Tools to be used:  Line  and Fill

 

To finish off the black part of the logo we need to draw a few lines and a quick couple of fills.

 

 

 

First use the Line Tool to draw three 1 pixel wide lines in Black (select black for your colour).
Figures on the left

 

 

Next using the Fill Tool fill in the areas.

 

 

Figures on the left

 

We have completed one side of the tail with the logo we will now simply have to use the Magic Wand to select the orange and black areas and paste it to the other side of the tail.

 

Tools to be used:  Wand  and Dropper

 

Select the Magic Wand tool and click on the orange and black areas of the logo whilst holding down the SHIFT key.  

 

Figure 27

Then press CTRL C to copy this area.

 

Press CTRL E to paste the area.

 

But wait! We have a small problem

 

Our Logo is upside down and backwards

 

Press CTRL I to Flip the image and then CTRL M to Mirror the image then position the paste in the right location on the other side of the tail.

 

You should now have something like Figure 27

 

 

The last step is to copy the entire tail to be pasted over the master texture.  Select the Selection Tool and right click on the tail image (anywhere will do) this will release the select on the logo.

 

Now using the Dropper Tool Right click on the Magenta area so that this is set as the background colour.

 

Press CTRL C to copy the image.

Go back to the master texture image and press CTRL SHIFT E to paste with the Magenta being transparent.  Position the new tail over the top of the existing white tail.

 

Your Bahamas-737.bmp file should now look like Figure 28:  


Figure 28

 

Time to save again

Congratulations on completing your first texture paint task. I hope it was worth the effort and that you are inspired now to create many more for all of the simming community to enjoy.

Now go to Step 5 - so we can save and fly it

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