HQ Paintjob Tutorial from Acyd

buy a new car and all body parts


paint one part in black


save the pj and leave the game
go into skin folder




open the file with gimp/photoshop


clear the pic and rezise to 1024x 1024 or 2048x2048



paint the hole pic in your favorite color


save this with xxx.JPG


go into your skin folder
you can see 3 files
the first file is the game load file
the second file is the old skin file ( delete )
and rename the JPG file ( remove JPG )




back in the game and load your PJ
you can see the black font bumper now in your edit color
use the copy and piant tool in slrr
( copy the font bumper and paint the all parts )







now save the hole PJ
you can see in your skin folder the hole PJ


remove all parts up to those decalable want


now put a decal on car



you can see little mapping mistakes ( not all cars have this problem )


save the PJ ( left, right, front or back )


leave slrr and go too your skin folder you can see the saved ( left ) skin



open all three files with gimp/photoshop
you can see the blurry edges and the mapping mistakes


use the free choose and select the wrong things


paint the choose ( with all files )




result


save your edit pics with .JPG on the end





back in the game and load your work ( you can see...is not blurry )




add the other side parts and use the copy and paint tool
copy the left door too the right door
copy the left frontquaterpanel too the right frontquaterpanel...





and save