Gauge BMP's

[MaDDogz 242]

Hi

I have made a gauge,

https://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=134&t=58936

 

nailed the xml to do what I want it to do, and now I want the gauge to look pretty 😁

I have the basic layout and made it look ok-ish useing paint, but it's really not ideal.

my system is sim only so I haven't got much in the sense of editing software

 

can anyone suggest the best freeware for this purpose? 

I have paint, Gimp and I think it's called DTXBMP

are there better ones out there? 

 

Thanks

Luke

[dragonflightdesign 98]

Not without paying money for a licence e.g. Adobe Creative Cloud Photographer's Package at £7.95 a month. Honestly though, learn how to use GIMP. It's as good as Photoshop for making gauge bitmaps, if a bit idiosyncratic at times. I use both but have a preference for Photoshop simply because I'm more familiar with it.

[MaDDogz 242]

Thanks for the reply

 

off to read the GIMP manual...

[vololiberista 205]

Gaugeface v.4.1.1 is also very useful. I think it is available on avsim. It's free

[fs4fun 366]

Thanks for the tip about Gauge Face Creator, though I only found version 3 in the library here:

https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxutil&DLID=163810

Is there a newer version 4.x?

[MaDDogz 242]

Excellent thanks, looks useful. I'll check it out.

[vololiberista 205]

On 27/03/2017 at 7:58 PM, fshobby said:

Thanks for the tip about Gauge Face Creator, though I only found version 3 in the library here:

https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxutil&DLID=163810

Is there a newer version 4.x?

Ask on fsdeveloper forum

[fs4fun 366]

Got it, it's here for anyone else that's interested:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/dial-creator.425899/page-2#post-637010