el cid again -> RE: Plane Art Question (7/21/2015 6:59:22 PM)
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There are two different kinds of files involved to "add airplanes" - 1) aircraft filmstrips 2) scenario data files (always aircraft, usually groups, sometimes devices). Aircraft filmstrips should come in groups of three: sides, tops and alphas for one side or the other. You may not add more types than there are "slots" in the aircraft file available for each side, nor more art than there are bitmaps for in the filmstrips. There are more slots than there are bitmaps too - but it is common to share a bitmap for more than one aircraft type. Editing of scenario files is done in the AE editor. Editing (cutting and pasting at least, possibly editing existing art or making new art) is done in some kind of video application program. A good (free)one is Irfan View. I can provide a rich set of art from which you may "borrow" images. I also have calculated the technical numbers for each plane type - to formal definitions that are consistent with each other - but are not consistent with stock values. If you are interested in either art or data, you may download the RHS installer or contact Mifune or myself. We have just about every aircraft of interest in WWII PTO - including types not actually produced for various reasons. However, although Mifune made (or modified) much of the art, we also have a good deal made by Cobra in WITP days, and use a lot from the altwars site (although I have altered some of that to change national markings from German to Japanese). I have also technically created three types myself - one using a photograph - two using non AE art altered to fit our formats. This last is a disclaimer - I did not wish to sound like we did all the art: I am not even sure we have done a majority of it. It is a collection including stock, several years of work by Cobra, several decades of work by those in the common art project, and even art from sources unrelated to AE per se. We use the best art we can find - and replace it when/if we find better. But the collection work is done - if you want it. As a novice in terms of making aircraft filmstrips, I can help explain fundamentals having just learned them myself. I was assisted by two other artists who understand the art applications better than I do, and I stood on the shoulders of giants in terms of using art already made in the main.
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