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Then open "Windows/Dockable Dialogs" and select the Select these options, and your GIMP layout will look
ones I have highlighted in the screen shot below. These like the screen shot above (you can move the dialog
will get us going, but as you gain confidence with "GIMP" boxes around if they get in the way, or close them
you may well choose to have other windows open, and in individually, stretch them etc., as you wish).
fact you should probably add the "Tool Options" window
Go to the "File" dropdown menu, then "Open" and
as well as the ones highlighted. You will need that dialog
navigate to the folder that contains your white
soon. I know that when I use Photoshop, I only have
livery. In my case: "X-Plane11/Aircraft/Laminar
Photoshop's equivalent three windows open, i.e. "Tool
Research/Cessna
Options" "Layers" and "Undo History"
172SP/liveries/full_white/Objects/fuselage.png"
(or, if you have chosen not to convert),"X-
Plane11/Aircraft/Laminar
Research/Cessna172SP/liveries/full_white/Objects/
fuselage.dds"
You should end up with GIMP as per the screen
shot below:
You can see the original "picture file" for this livery
showing fairly obviously, the left and right sides of
the fuselage, the top of the fuselage and the
bottom of the fuselage, plus the tail planes.
Note that the "Layers" dialog box shows one layer
"fuselage.png" and the "Undo History" dialog box
shows "Base Image".
Note: It has been reported that, in a fresh install of Now folks, from here on in, it's all about getting
"GIMP", the extra options were merged in the "Paths- familiar with GIMP, reading, practising and
Brushes" menu on the right, and that you had to drag the experimenting. If you make a mistake, go back to
tabs out to get the screen as per the screen shot above. the last thing you did correctly listed in the "Undo
History" dialog box and try again, it's as simple as
I think the secret here is to play around with GIMP and
that!
get reasonably familiar with the menus etc. Also
familiarize yourself with zooming in and out and moving There are many tutorials available for GIMP, either
around. GIMP isn't the most user friendly of programs, from its own web site or by googling, but to be a
but it's powerful and free! Just try and end up with the "serious" repainter, I would focus on the following:
screen shot above or equivalent in the later versions of
GIMP. https://www.GIMP.org/tutorials/Bezier_Selections/
