Lesson 4: How to apply Decals

[Akirameerkat]

where did those decals come from, and do they have any Japanese ones ?, all my decals I have to do in paint, since there doesn't see to be a tool that makes a perfect circle in photoshop..

[DavidPirez]

Just press shift while drawing an ellipse.

[lllViperlll]

thanks for the tutorials ive put some black flames on my plane.

[vetitoe362]

Haha, Oh yea, this is helpful stuff thanks!!

[vetitoe362]

I dont know if anyone has explained the different Markings on here yet... to lazy to look back. THe US marking changed a few times during WW2, the early one being the star in the circle with the red circle (this was removed due to miss identification in the pacific!) in the middle... The last being the star and bar. No difference in army and navy... just the era of the markings!

[bclmax]

I guess if u know photoshop these videos are good, a novice like me, this is way too complicated. Everytime i copy a decal I cant move. what format does the decal have to be in? psd?

[bclmax]

figured it out, only took 20 min :)

[bclmax]

how did u move the decal? mine is stuck where it was posted.

[shrewmeister]

um, i think you have to use the move tool, which is the one he has selected

[310thVagab0nd]

You have to paste the decal to a new layer then you can move it with the pointer tool anyplace you like, sometimes you have to select the object, just use the box tool, Marquies, and select the decal then you should be able to move it

[cmtecarvalho]

Vagabond, thanks for such an awesome explanation! I have a doubt: in the first tutorial, when you made the "yellow bird", i noticed that all details (propellers, cockpit area, engine exhausts, etc.) were yellowish. The same happened here in my tests. Is there any easy way to separate those areas from the others that really may receive the background color? Thanks for your attention, bye!

[310thVagab0nd]

well that was becaue I was not really teaching how to make a historicaly correct craft. You would have to "paint" each part on it's own, I would do each one on a different layer, and then stack them as if the top layers were the top layers of paint. If that does not make sense drop me a line.

[TheRealSpanishBull]

awesome stuff