I'm working on EVA Air livery for 777, it looks ok at the moment but I found trouble to align the paint strip in a couple spot, I did some digging on internet without succes so I'm hoping any of experts here can help me to correct it please.

1. I found the strip at the nose section aren't align correctly and the thickness is somehow different while it was create from exact copy from the other side to the same spot. Not sure what I did wrong to cause such issue.

 

2. I'm having trouble to get strip aligned at the underside tail section where the curve joint to the straight lines. I tried to ajust it several times but it just never look perfect to me. how can I to get this align percisely in photoshop please?

 

I use Photoshop, I learned about FSrepaint for awhile but still not sure if I should get it due to numerous of feedback I read on internet and if it does help on such problem.

Any advice is apprecited!

 

And excuse my english here, hope it is not difficult to understand

The way I do it...

Creat a folder which I name Left.

Work on one side of the aircraft only and place all work into that folder.  Once I'm happy with all elements I creat a special layer in that folder which I name Alignment.  On this layer I will zoom in to one of the doors and I add a square of color aligned with the bottom of the door outline.

I then will duplicate the entire folder and name it Right.

I then flip that folder vertically then move the entire contents of that folder using the align square to align with the bottom of the door outline on the right side of the aircraft.  I then go to each layer that has text and or any graphic element that needs to be flipped then flip that layer horizontally.  Any cheat line you create on the left will be aligned across the nose with the right when you correctly zoom in and align your color square.

 

As far as the aft alignment goes, it's trial and error.  Nudge, launch in FSX, take a screenshot. Open in Photoshop and nudge some more.  I've taken days sometimes to get complicated art to look right but that's the nature of the beast.

 

Pete mac Paint

PMDG Graphic Designer

The way I do it...

Creat a folder which I name Left.

Work on one side of the aircraft only and place all work into that folder.  Once I'm happy with all elements I creat a special layer in that folder which I name Alignment.  On this layer I will zoom in to one of the doors and I add a square of color aligned with the bottom of the door outline.

I then will duplicate the entire folder and name it Right.

I then flip that folder vertically then move the entire contents of that folder using the align square to align with the bottom of the door outline on the right side of the aircraft.  I then go to each layer that has text and or any graphic element that needs to be flipped then flip that layer horizontally.  Any cheat line you create on the left will be aligned across the nose with the right when you correctly zoom in and align your color square.

 

As far as the aft alignment goes, it's trial and error.  Nudge, launch in FSX, take a screenshot. Open in Photoshop and nudge some more.  I've taken days sometimes to get complicated art to look right but that's the nature of the beast.

 

Pete mac Paint

PMDG Graphic Designer

Thank you very for the advice Pete, I will definitely try it.

Thanks!