deadpool923 1 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Air Caraibes A330? Even tho I don't think their fleet of 333's have the Roll's Royce engines. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve dra 571 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 American Airlines...oh how I hate your paint! So the bottom line is that this is going to be a gradient paint. After trying many flat paint variants....I was never completely satisfied with outcome in the sim...even if I felt I nailed the color (which you never can with a metallic paint using a flat color BTW) Anyway..... This series of screenshots shows you the stark difference between a flat and gradient paint. 1st up....the madness that is my paint shop when working on countless variations of colors, hues, brightness, gradient patterns and such...here I am adjusting a gradient...the notepad shows just some of the colors I tried to match (7 on this list...many others that I didn't even bother to log after seeing them in the sim) what see see in the real world. Please login to display this image. Notice the bottom fuse (left side of the plane) is slightly darker than the right (I'm playing with the best brightness level now that I'm happy with the color...for now) Depending on your monitor settings....it may not even be noticeable to you (hence the issue we have when someone claims a paint is too dark or light...sometimes its just monitor settings....or in-game settings, or Nvidia settings, or HDR settings, or time of day, season, cloud coverage, angle of view, etc....) Now see the difference in flightsim.... Please login to display this image. Pretty amazing contrast in the sim vs what's on my paint screen huh? Of course the light source in the sim is heavily influencing this effect as well....but you see the challenges painters face to get all the various paint settings just right (or as close as we can) Finally....this next pic clearly shows how superior a custom gradient looks against a flat color selection when it comes to replicating a metallic paint in flightsim. The mid-fuse texture map (on the right of the screen with the "n" in American near the border between the 2 texture maps) as you notice is a flat color...one of the many grays I tried after going thru my blueish phase....which I found is only relevant on an overcast day after looking at 100s of photos. I may add just a tinge of blue to the final color to get a best mix scenario...as the in-sim color rendering engine does not faithfully reproduce the different hues you see in varying overcast conditions (Trust me I tried every type of overcast and saw no appreciable difference in the fuse color) Please login to display this image. I KNOW you guys are anxious to fly an American paint...and trust me I'd like nothing more than to release one now for you guys to fly....but it would be a flat-color version that I would not be happy with...and neither would you after seeing a properly painted, gradient version. Give me some time....in the midst of the holiday season when I'm not painting full time as you can understand....and I'll give you the best American Airlines repaint I can.....After all...I've done a few good ones in the past...hehe. Please login to display this image. Okaayyyyy.....that is the OLD AA paint in bare metal (with PBR effects)...but you get the idea...I like to produce very good paints. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RALF9636 28 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 vor 5 Stunden , steve dra sagte: American Airlines...oh how I hate your paint! So the bottom line is that this is going to be a gradient paint. Looking forward. Thanks a lot for your contribution. It's a shame American gave up that bare metal look - now that we have PBR! Btw. anybody doing a Condor A330? Would be very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj88 0 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 new livery edelweiss air HB-JHR please thank you! https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/airbus-a330-hb-jhr-edelweiss-air/3v6gqk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olschelsea8 51 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Qatar Airways please. Happy Holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve dra 571 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 2 hours ago, olschelsea8 said: Qatar Airways please. Happy Holidays. Already done.... Guys...it would behoove you to check the downloads page before submitting a request....may save you some time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olschelsea8 51 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josu 2 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 The Edelweiss Air HB-JHQ (with the current livery) would be very nice for christmas holiday flights (I took the picture myself.) Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie2950 3 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Im literally dying for a Hawaiian or American 330. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigt 83 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 7 hours ago, scottie2950 said: Im literally dying for a Hawaiian or American 330. You and I both! There have been quite a few requests for a Hawaiian Airlines paint and I know at least one is being worked on, hopefully they start to pop up soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve dra 571 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Guys....I will get to Hawaiian....Hopefully other painters are monitoring this forum and have see the many requests for it and are ready to release one for you....mine is next after...well...you know. You will see a "version" of my American paint before Christmas....I will release an "almost done to Steve's standards" version when I clean up the tail and tweak the custom sparkle I've added to the alpha layer to emulate AA's custom silver-mica paint. In the screenshot below you can see the mica flecks between the "c" and "a" in American. Its only visible close up (as it is in the real paint). Please login to display this image. As I mentioned above...the paint effects are extremely difficult to get right, and you have to try all sorts of custom layer and channel and map editing to replicate this special paint. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve dra 571 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Please login to display this image. I'll link the page to the upload when I finish up some last things (it'll be on the default Aerosoft Downloads page). This will be version .90. I have many little things still to do to her to make her what I feel will be a complete paint...but she is certainly flyable in her current condition...and I KNOW some folks are really wanting to fly this bird Christmas morning. (no way I'll have all the little touches done by then, I'll make the final updates and include a change log so you know what I updated later after the holidays) ....some of you may not even notice the changes as on most of them...you can't see them using the normal external views...you need a camera utility (or know how to move the default camera) to move in close to see the many enhancements I made to this paint. I used some special techniques that are unique to metallic paints to try and replicate how they react to the sun's glint at certain angles...within flightsim (extremely difficult to do). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie2950 3 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 3 hours ago, steve dra said: Please login to display this image. I'll link the page to the upload when I finish up some last things (it'll be on the default Aerosoft Downloads page). This will be version .90. I have many little things still to do to her to make her what I feel will be a complete paint...but she is certainly flyable in her current condition...and I KNOW some folks are really wanting to fly this bird Christmas morning. (no way I'll have all the little touches done by then, I'll make the final updates and include a change log so you know what I updated later after the holidays) ....some of you may not even notice the changes as on most of them...you can't see them using the normal external views...you need a camera utility (or know how to move the default camera) to move in close to see the many enhancements I made to this paint. I used some special techniques that are unique to metallic paints to try and replicate how they react to the sun's glint at certain angles...within flightsim (extremely difficult to do). Can't wait!! It looks incredible, thank you for dedicating so much time to make this repaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve dra 571 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 In the library guys....go get her and let me know what you think! Please login to display this image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindfinder 1 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 That American paint looks awesome! looks better than the real one if you ask me. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlopek11 0 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Please Oman Air a330 livery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-OSS 87 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, wlopek11 said: Please Oman Air a330 livery! https://www.inibuilds.com/a330-prof-liveries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhavin1820 1 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Thanks Steve for the AA repaint. Happy Holidays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs Holgi 2364 Posted December 25, 2019 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted December 25, 2019 Merry Christmas and a little preview of the AIR TRANSAT. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCT2003 2553 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Holgi said: Merry Christmas and a little preview of the AIR TRANSAT. Amazing work Holgi! We're truly blessed to have you providing such excellent work to the community - and of course even more blessed given how long and how many terrific liveries you've provided to people! Thank you my friend, thank you so VERY, VERY much! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klisura 92 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Alitalia please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz0428 6 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Delta Skyteam livery please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohey 1 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Hi guys any chance of making ether/or of these interesting liveries? Pretty much never seen them before on the A330. Tibet Airlines: Nepal Airlines: Please login to display this image. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA777-200ER 543 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 19 hours ago, Holgi said: How about the C-GTSO with the same scheme (#3) instead, G-GCTS has already been painted by HV Repaints and is available here. Also C-GCTS in the 30th scheme has been completed and is available at Avsim 19 hours ago, Holgi said: Merry Christmas and a little preview of the AIR TRANSAT. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiFlightSim 20 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Anyone able to do Hawaiian A330? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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