All three skins finished and uploaded to lfs world, have zipped the skins up and pm'ed the 2048 x 2048 versions to you. If you spot any errors on them just pm me and i will fix them. Prieview below
Any half decent graphics package will do, but I would recommend Photoshop if you have it or Gimp is a pretty good alternative and its free download it here
when you spin the car you do not change down so you are expecting it to pull off in 3rd gear which is just cooking the clutch, press f9/f10 and look at CT.
your getting there just keep practicing, like others have said just keep an eye on logos stretching and where they line up on body panels, not sure if you have seen the master skinnerz site but that has everything on there you need including some very good tutorials and of course the pro kits
As your skin progresses save it as a jpg and load it into cmx viewer (click the reload button in viewer every time you re save it), that way you can see how things line up, check for stretching or spot any other errors before its too late. Also leave the wireframe layer on top when you save so it shows on the car in viewer and then you can see what part of the car the wire frame is lined up to.
Just remember to save a psd of it when you've finished skinning so you can go back and edit it
wip so far i've got the base colours about done needs a little tidying, struggling to find the CRUZE logo anywere or the font thats used for it, anyone have it , anyway here it is so far