I WANT TO SKIN LIKE A PRO!

zasx9000 · Post by **zasx9000** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:00 pm

OK people I got a question, or rather needed some help, I want to skin like a pro. The only way i can skin right now is by just putting a whole picture above the .dds file on photoshop. But the people who make the greatest skins make it so that it fits on every part of the vehicle, item etc. I was wondering HOW do you do and + If people want to help on how make the picture you put in.

OrionWarrior · Post by **OrionWarrior** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:10 pm

Hard work

Just download nice skins, and save the image in your computer with HMT

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:11 pm

You know how?
Learn ps.

Mr.Brightside · Post by **Mr.Brightside** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:28 pm

cryticfarm wrote:You know how?
Learn ps.

Agreed.

UntalkativeBunny · Post by **UntalkativeBunny** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:32 pm

cryticfarm wrote:You know how?
Learn ps.

Yup.

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:32 pm

cryticfarm wrote:You know how?
Learn ps.

SL!P · Post by **SL!P** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:02 pm

pepsi711 wrote:
cryticfarm wrote:You know how?
Learn ps.

OrionWarrior · Post by **OrionWarrior** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:11 pm

Now what everyone is doing is just spam

Elite_Green_Devils · Post by **Elite_Green_Devils** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:04 pm

tell me about it. anyways. use the photoshop polygonal lasso and lasso the part you want to edit. then work with about 25-50% opacity so if you accidentally edit a part you lassoed but didn't want to edit, you can take it out. then just do it over with 100% opacity so it will looks cleaner. or keep it as 25-50% opacity and use the sharpen tool at 25-50% strength to sharpen the edited area to make it look like it was painted onto whatever you skinned, not like a cover.

MoDFox · Post by **MoDFox** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:17 pm

I like using the Magic wand, defining edges, and then slowly editing it to fit and erasing extra parts. This among with many other PS things, just got CS3 today or uh... yesterday as of 1 hour 17 minutes ago, can't wait to see what I can cook up with it.

Elite_Green_Devils · Post by **Elite_Green_Devils** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:15 pm

yeah but magic wand will sometimes leave out some details, even after changing the tolerance level. i use it every now and then, but polygonal lasso i use the most.

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:11 am

i the earliest version of photoshop i have is version 5, then i got all the way up to CS3.

SL!P · Post by **SL!P** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:59 am

Mine's old too.

Its intended for Win2000 so it crashes all the time.

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:20 am

i did not mean it was old. i meant that i got all the versions of photoshop from 5-CS3. and no i am not a pirate

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:23 pm

bcnipod wrote:i did not mean it was old. i meant that i got all the versions of photoshop from 5-CS3. and no i am not a pirate

Adobe CS FTW. Aka adobe photoshop 8.

Corrupti0n · Post by **Corrupti0n** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:26 pm

takes for ever to make a good skin, I made a mustang skin once with a model to but it took forever