Hello guysIm trying to make my very first repaint of Carenado's Caravan in Susi Air colours, I will use dxtbmp and photshop for this but im already having some trouble. The blank textures im using isnt blank at all but blue, i dont know if thats correct so I decided to create this topic to get advices on how to do it the right way. Here's a print of what im seeing on dxtbmp and/or photoshop: Thank u very much!

Your screenshot is too small to tell, but it looks like you are trying to paint the bumpmap instead of the diffuse. regards,Joe

yeah, its the bumpmap but its the only textures i have of the exterior in the folder (the others are all interior textures). As this is my first attempt to repaint an aircraft I dont know if I should convert this file or what.thank u for the help

According to their website (I don't own this plane) a blank texture is included. I suspect the folder you are looking in is named "texture" and contains fallback textures available to all liveries. Keep looking for another set of blank textures. If a white version is available in the sim, the aircraft.cfg will point you to the correct folder. regards,Joe

N60JBravo, You were correct, I by mistake was trying to repaint the files from the wrong folder, newbie i am =(Today, with the correct files I started to make my first repaint of a Susi Air Caravan, its not perfect but im pretty satisfied for a first repaint. I basically finished the colour scheme of most of it an now I want to place the Susi Air logo, the Tail number and write "PropJet" in the nose and here I have 2 problems1 - Firsty, I coulndt find on Photoshop the same font Susi Air planes uses for their tail number and the "PropJet", is there any place where I could get the right font or a way to use some picture and add these?2 - I tried to place the Susi Air logo in the right place but the white background of the image stays over the details of the fuselage + the differente colour, how could I manage to do that right?below are pictures of my repaint with the issues + a pic of the real airplane (taken by me when I was a Susi Air Pilot =) cheers

As far as the logo goes, there are a couple ways to do this. If your lucky there is a vector logo available for you. Google "vector logo" and you will find there are several websites that offer them. Vector images are cool in that you can resize them without any lose of quality. If there is no vector logo for you then hopefully you can find a good picture of the logo and copy/paste it to a new layer, then move/transform it into position. Then you can duplicate it with the pen tool or sometimes the magic wand. You can do the same with the reg number. Or spend days searching the web for what may be a custom font created by whoever painted the plane. To remove the white background go to this great painter's resource- http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/ Specifically, go to- http://www.simmerspa...intshop-pro-11/ and get Remove White. Great picture! Looks like a fun place to fly a great plane like the Caravan. regards,Joe

Hi, to get rid of the white, you can also use the 'magic eraser tool', just click on the white and it's gone, and then a second click for the inside of the 'A'. For the 'propjet', check my Pacific Wings paints (link, in the ned I handpainted those letters I believe. to get the details of the white paint, like rivets and panellines to shine through your paint, I always put the layer with the white textures ABOVE my own paint and then set it to 'multiply' in the layers menu, works perfect.