This is my first airline here on AM running in the 1950's at the moment. I haven't any other types yet, only the DC-3. This is also my first attempt at making a livery albeit one I refined and edited multiple times for about a week. All thanks to Matias's GIMP Tutorial in the branding center and some excellent GIMP video tutorials on YouTube.
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Although I seriously enjoyed the recent discovery of painting my own liveries I was incredibly annoyed that I could not find a way to render the polished metal texture automatically to satisfaction. I am aware that it is possible to do it, to some degree, by creating an unique pattern by editing the colors used and then applying it using a blend tool. However I can only manage to apply the lines of shine perfectly horizontally and am not able to bend them, so to speak, to conform with the fuselage. Although that does create the effect of polished metal it does have the disadvantage of appearing completely flat and without any depth. Hence I was forced to paint every, single metal surface by hand using an airbrush like tool which of course was incredibly tedious. Does anyone have any tips for me in that regard.
I'm also wondering if anyone would care to explain how to create these custom liveries on photographs that look so brilliantly realistic. I'd absolutely love to create some of those.
