Wrong section either way, you want the XF section not the XR.

I've gone and done it now, shot myself in the foot. Anyways I've based it on this Oldsmobile I found on that JL site.

What's in it for us?

I'm back, in style!

My very first work for Design Dudes.

Hope you like.

Obviously you don't know what DDS actually is for a format.

Want a complete guide on how to?

Check here: http://www.lfs-gear.com/TUTORIALS/Tutorials.html

What you'll need:
CMX Viewer for quickly previewing skins. A must have for skinners.
Image editing program(in this case Photoshop)
Vital: Skin kit for the car you're skinning(Get it here)

Not much else to it. Learn Photoshop.

also check out Robby Mac's garage. Brilliant skinner who has a few good tips and hints: http://skinnerz.proboards.com/ ... on=display&thread=795

Colored bold text with extra size. Doesn't look good I better check this to be sure no copyright violations have been done.

I've had this problem before and it's not directly a Vista erroer as I had it on XP.

I think I fixed it by manually extracting the files from the zip you download with WinRAR. I think that's how I solved it.

Quite a few skins using me bodykits without proper credits...

Well done *removed* for posting bmp previews. How oblivious do you have to be not to know WHY NOT TO USE bmp online when obviously you are into creating skins.

Sigh...

Quote from hansonator69 :

#47 Little Debbie Toyota Camry driven by Marcos Ambrose in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Credits
Base: Me
Numbers: Masgrafx
Logos: Brands of the world, BC Racing Designs B Pillar set
Toyota Camry CoT Parts: BC Racing Designs
Contingencies: Rubbin's Racin decal set

Ehrm. You've used my bodykit so where's the credits?

Either put the credits on or remove my parts from the skin.

Not too hard to find inspiration for skins or cars you want to replicate. Here's some examples:
BTCC
D1GP
DTM
WRC

Just a few search terms that churn out lots of cars. You can the alter the search more specificly for certain cars.
Example Ken Block wrc(much overdone skin atm.)

You can also start watching car videos from drift/race/drag events and find inspiration from there.
http://www.streetfire.net/

Great skin and brilliant bodykit I must say. Top notch

I'm going to draw some inspiration from that most definately.

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

My new Holley equiped themed FXO
Skin in 2048 format

Edit: skin is not on LFSW if you feel like uplaoding please remove 1024 from file name

Really nice skin, but you're missing the credits.

Remember to credit on the skin/packaging itself when/if you release it

Allright feedback.

I know it's WIP but there's alot of things to attend to if you ask me.

- The XR GT Turbo logo on the sides needs to be interchangable. So users can invert it for a black car.
- The XR GT Turbo logo on the back is very smushy. Should be fixed.
- In general the details on this kit is very smushy. You need to sharpen up your edges and shadows. They appear very strange and a bit grungy.
- Image sizes is a preference issue, but 4096x4096 work size is great for small details that give it just that extra. You don't have to release 4096 version and most details scale very well to 2048.
- Rivets needs definition.
- Small vents needs definition and sharpening up. Rear side vents has noticable brush markings(darker areas and not perfectly smooth).
- Doesn't work very well on dark skins. I toned up the skin in the dark version attached to make it visible. Make highlights to fix this.
- Front hood vent is imo oversized vertically(needs less pure black and a longer gradient).

I like the idea, I really do, but the execution needs refining. Keep working on it and you'll only get better. Learning by doing.

forgot to mention, the front end actually looks pretty good(bumper) from the font

Last edited by daloonie, Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:30.

I have a skin that might just fit into testing it. PM me with a link and I'll test it for you.

Quote from tinky winky :

Okay it's not that great but geez, its only one of my first ever skins Enjoy, comments welcome.

P.S: Thanks to design-dudes for the bodykit

First off always put credits on the skin. Second know where you got the things. I see some of my work there and the original kit is by mogster from designdudes.

And don't come here with "sombody gave it to me" excuse. It holds no water.

Quote from GloryJ :

yes it's closed

Quote from janwolf :

The Server is down and nobody want to sponsor -> as a result -> no lfssdb

No sponsors? Cheapskate owners if you ask me. It's possible to get fast servers with big storage and no bandwidth limits for as less as around £25 a year.

With the master-skinnerz skin kit and photoshop it's actually one of the simplest things to do. Apply an outer glow to the black mask layer with a solid color set to normal and 100% oppacity and tweak the color and size to your likings.

Video "podcasts" would be interesting. Definately.

Evidently a full skin pack was required to be finished within time to enter... Sigh.

Well suit yourself.

Quote from logitekg25 :

i ended up getting GIMP because photoshop diddnt download 4 me...just need the files now.

http://master-skinnerz.com/
Under Skin Kits.

Photoshop CS4 only.