REPAINTING FAQ

[leen de jager]

REPAINTING FAQ  for X-Plane painters,

Questions and answers are collected by me or my fellow moderators and reproduced in these FAQ`s
This means this faq will only grow vividly when X-Plane-painters visit this forum and start asking .

I must emphasize I am not having a complete knowledge about repainting
I am just a collector of answers and questions
Any help to improve this FAQ`s is welcomed gratefully.
Reacting here on this topic is not possible.

Leen de Jager

The Painting FAQ`s

Question 1: What is "repainting"?.......................Answer

Question 2: Wich tools do I need for repainting?.......................Answer

Question 3: Tutorials about repainting?.......................Answer

Question 4: Painting with "Layers" ???.......................Answer

Question 5 :Publishing repaintwork, copyright and other restrictions?.......................Answer

Question 6 :The repaint-readme file what`s that?.......................Answer

Question 7: I have problems with converting to DDS files in DXTBmp , is there a solution?.......................Answer

Question 8: Where can I find font-types and logos?.......................Answer 

Question 9: How to find a spot on a texturesheet?.......................Answer 

Question 10: Problems with registrations , decals and logos .........................Answer

Question 11: What should I know about re-sizing (scaling) textures?............................................  Answer
 

Question 12: High resolution textures  whats that??  HD-Textures , some explanation ........................ Answer 
 

Question 13: Normals whats that ?  ....................................... Answer   
   

Question 14: I want to paint a plane and there is NO PAINTKIT .................................... Answer  
 

Question 15: How to make a LIT.file .................................... Answer
  

Question 16: When you cannot find the right FONT.................................. Answer  
   

Question 17: Can I personalise airplane-icons in XP11?  ...................... Answer
 

Question 18: A "Total-Fuse" how to make and how to use? ..................... Answer...... Answer2

Question 19: Normalfiles in XP11, How do they work?   ................................Answer
 

Question 20:  Editing OBJ file for XP11 PBR/Metalness   ................................Answer
 

Question 21:  How to make my plane dirty ................................Answer

Question 22:  My beautifil straight lines are curved on the model  !!  What to do??................................Answer
 

Question 23:  What to know about flags...............................Answer
 

Question 24:  I want my livery to have exact correct colors...............................Answer

 

 Nb: The question-number is just for reference and has nothing to do with the importance of the subject.

Painting FAQ`s for X-Plane as HTML-download  available    HERE   very hand in case of my server being down.

 

If you can not find the answer to your question here, please put your queston on the Painters-Forum , your question and its answer  might be added to this list afterwards.

Please do not ask me for help by P.M. , new questions and answers , the forum is the place for it.

Leen de Jager

Edited March 8, 2019 by leen de jager

[leen de jager]

updated 4 june 2020