need a hand with a skin

[Sand_King]

k ive never done this before not even touched microsoft paint ever... well maybe once or twice but i.. think i messed up. i got the wheels to change to the color i want them to but the car. its like a metallic black of some sort. i dont want to show it to the public yet cause its the first time ive ever made anything and i think it looks like crap. but if anyone wants to help can i get a private message, ill show you with what ive come up with so far.

[Sand_King]

nevermind im getting better in my mind. i can actually see the car now although its like 10% colored i think its eventually going to look decent in a derby.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tk_main.jpgbut yeah im aiming for a jurassic park truck. the ones from the first movie. one that i can drive around and crunch cars with =] well its not gunna be a truck in the game but its gunna look similar.


anyone wanna help me discover the missing parts on the map? i need help =[

[dakn]

I've got 2 of them...



Sorry, really lame joke

= hand with skin

[Sand_King]

would you be able to help? i dont know how to cipher where the car piece ends and starts =[

[Teddie]

Originally Posted by dakn

I've got 2 of them...



Sorry, really lame joke

= hand with skin

lol. I passed through Sand_King's post a couple of times last night wanting to make the same joke...

Sand_King, I haven't started messing with skins yet for this particular game, but when I do, I'll be glad to help. You'll probably figure it all out before I even get my hands dirty with it though.

[Sand_King]

how am i supposed to reword it that i need help making this thing =\

[Teddie]

Originally Posted by Sand_King

how am i supposed to reword it that i need help making this thing =\

Don't re-word it. We're just being goofy. Sorry, bro.

[Sand_King]

k, i think im almost there, just need to get all of the stripes to match, tires to
be re-named (not really important) and how the heck do i get that 67 off there!

[Skidmarque]

Sand_King, one way of working out the edges of the body work is to open the "main_m1" image and split it into red/green/blue channels, the green channel is the one you want (ambient lighting level).
This gives a good outline of the body & can be useful in finding things like doorhandles.
Save a copy, resize it to match the "main" image (1024 to 2048), then from it you can create selections to use on "main".

Another way is good old trial & error, add dots or lines in a ruler fasion...crude but effective.

As for the numbers...hmm...I think these could be the bane of skinners for the time being as they're not part of the livery but a post render add-on of sorts.
A matter of "live with it till somebody figures it out".

Quite an apt livery, that car looks like a big ol dinosaur from a bygone era.

[Sand_King]

i had it the 2 both in photoshop, the one where theres color and the one with everything green, the one where its all green that was on top with i think 25% transparency so im pretty sure i colored everything. the problem now is i dont know which part is which.... i thought i was also smart by copy and pasting them into paint and rotating them and fitting them together but i think i switched up the hood and the trunk. and the bumper, i still cant find where that is... i wanted to make that black like in the picture. i made a video to go with it, i put the song crazy train on it... cuz if u ever saw the first jurassic park the vehicals are actually on a track, like a train. but this car decided to be crazy and go off the track. i think the song fits well with the video, but not many people have watched it yet. and i have like 2 stars on v1 so i dont think people want to watch because of that