Well Hi there and greetings "new guy"
Glad you made the best decision of your life and got LFS
See ya on the track sometime

All I can add is that LFS is the best.
As for me I am not exaclty a great racer however I reckon it's woth every cent I spent on it (and that was not a lot) and hour I have spent trying to get better.

Welcome to S2 and gald to see another convert

Keep it between the ditches (or at least try)

Quote from Smax :

Sorry mate I'm 6 weeks from the end of a degree and currently trying to mediate a major argument bewteen the other people on my course which has the potential to blow the whole thing apart, manage a crazy workload, hold down a partime job, make sure my girl friend remembers who I am, oh and get out for a beer with my mates from time to time....

Ask again in the middle of June

No problem at all - all the best for the degree - looks like a shed load of work for ya alright

Quote from Smax :

I'm afraid I was cheeky and took a few liberties with your skin Mr Vanirl, I hope you don't mind. I'd suggest you you use it as a base to stick your own ideas over the top of.

Here's a 2048x2048.jpg unfortunately I can't give you a layered file, I flattened it and hit save by mistake :doh:

It's only somethin quick and simple, sorry I dont' have more time to give it.

Note this isn't a render I'm not that clever...

OK Smax now that I have the Fox looking great is there any chance you could / would do me one on the same style for the F08 and maybe (just maybe) the MRT5, however the F08 would be great on it's own
I live in speed and hope

Thanks - fantastic - it's on my desktop already and the next project is to give it pride of place on the website - again MANY thanks to ya

OK guys - I added a bit of logo's etc to the skin very kindly made for me by Smax.
So here it is.

Smax - How did you manage to break the skin up so that the color runs up the side of the car and not broken like my effort?
I am still only scratching the surface of using paint and to be honest I doubt if I will ever master it – but I’ll keep at it

If ya have a basic skin for the single seater (to match) I would use them as well no problem

Now for the BIG question – what are my chances for a render by anyone (and yes I know it asking a lot) as they say if you never ask you never get. I'd love to have it on my desktop and website

Quote from Smax :

I'm afraid I was cheeky and took a few liberties with your skin Mr Vanirl, I hope you don't mind. I'd suggest you you use it as a base to stick your own ideas over the top of.

Here's a 2048x2048.jpg unfortunately I can't give you a layered file, I flattened it and hit save by mistake :doh:

It's only somethin quick and simple, sorry I dont' have more time to give it.

Note this isn't a render I'm not that clever...

No problrm at all, in fact I quite like it and will let you see what I do with it (hope I dont wreck it) thanks

OK guys I’ve bee sweating away trying to make a bit of progress in using Paint shop Pro and while there are MANY things I have not mastered as yet, I think I have picked up on a few of the recommendations made by all.

So, here is the latest offering and if Tristan or someone elso thinks that it is worth it, maybe????

Got myself blender but I might as well be looking into a bush for all the sense I can make if it so far. :heyjoe67_
Anyhow, comments on the progress are most welcome

Ta for now

Oh CRAP - will change NOW (BIG sorry to all LFS community)
I will thrash myself for the next 4 hours


OK - now sorted thanks for the information

Last edited by vanirl, Sat 25 Mar 2006, 10:46.

Ta m8 - and that was quick


Just added the picture to my web site - hope that is OK with you

Last edited by vanirl, Sat 25 Mar 2006, 09:57.

Ta

Blast it - I must remember that for my next one, but after the work I put into that one I will leave it as it is

:slap:

OK Guys, I think I got it.

• 1st up, the attached skin should be the right size now – 2048 X 2048 (Ramtech & Tristan)
  
• I also seem to have sorted out all the smudges and lack of clarity.
  
• I also think I got the compression right – (Tristan)
  
• Not sure about the DPI – (Ramtech)illepall
  
• I think I have saved it as a proper jpg - (Ramtech)
  
• Now that I have Pain shop pro and quick notes / tips ? - (Hyperactive)
  

Still haven’t mastered all this stuff about layers – need more time on that.

So if anyone want to render this final attempt – feel free (yes I will grovel at your feet in admiration)
Anyway let me know that ya think (be kind)

On balance I reckon I will stick with Paint Shop Pro – by the way I noticed that this has a render feature. Does that mean that I could render my own skins?????

Ta Tristan - :drunk: Messed it up a bit again. Think I'll cal it a night and go at tit again tomorrow (might be best)
Anyway, as you can see progress is being made
:something

Ta - that's it OK

How do I make the size bigger ?????

Having spent most of tonight getting to grips with paint shop pro and producing a skin (see picture fox paddy) I then added a little bit more and the whole dam think went askew.

Any one got any ideas what I did wrong. Al I did was save the file
I also include the skin file (fox paddy 2)


Talk about frustrated:twirl:

Ta for the replies so far.

Hey guess what, just discovered that I actually have Jasc Paint shop pro 8 on my PC. Have tried messing with it for a bit and to be honest it has me beat so far.
It seems to be complicated – just like gimp. (like I say a simple chap am I)
The only handy thing I see is that you can overlay a grid which would make it easier to map out the design.
All this talk of layers, dpi’s, anti-alaising, vector lines had me baffled at the moment. I guess I need to get a hold of someone who can sit with me and show me the ropes. However I will bash away at it and see what I can do

Tristan
I THINK I got it - looks a bit better ????

Ta for the tips. will try that

Trustancliffe & Ramtech.

I took your advise and spent some time using Gimp. To be honest I still haven’t got much of a clue and spent more time re doing stuff rather than making any progress. However will keep at it.

In the meantime I took you advise Trustancliffe and re did my skin from scratch with a bit more colour – hope you think I am heading in the right direction.

It was done with good old paint (gave up in frustration with Gimp), but I still have not managed to get things tidy. Every time I reopen it all the lines seem to be “smudged”, I tidy it up and it then goes back again.

However have a look and if ya feel it is worthy of a render ???????
I would love to see the differance

OK guys, I got "Gimp" and have had a quick bash with it. Basically I botched it up big time and it seems to me a bit complicated (I’m a simple fellow really).
I also happen to be one of those types that HATES reading a manual – I like to have someone show me and then I get a better feeling for it. Little chance of that happening so I guess a bit of reading is unavoidable.

I also now see that a little bit more colour in the skin (as suggested) would be nice. So I’ll strugle on a bit more and see what I can do (either in paint or in Gimp).
Having said that I am really chuffed and again my thanks.

As usual the LFS community shows it’s real strength

That's fantastic, thanks a lot.
There already up on my desktop
Yes will do as suggested and get "Gimp"

Hope I can figure it all outillepall

OK Guys n Gals, not knowing what to do but taking up on tristancliffe’s suggestion that I needed to tidy up some things, I have spent the afternoon with “Paint” tying to do what I can.

Here are the results which I hope is at least on the right track (get the pun). I have now taken it about as far as I can go.

I do hope that my efforts have at least gone some way towards making them acceptable for some other person to take up the challenge

Thanks for the idea – however I do not have Photoshop either. The bit I have seen on it looks way beyond me I’m afraid (like I said – bit of a dumb ass on computers really).

Looks like my efforts are not worth the talents of anyone, however I live in hope, so if some kind person takes pity on me…..