January 4, 20233 yr I have downloaded the USA and Europe Ortho for XP12. I have used the tools in Ortho4XP to use Google as the base map, but to also use other map providers where Google colours are poor. I would now like to use a graphics editing program to edit the tiles for better colour accuracy. I wondered if anybody here has already done this and could recommend a program to use? I have seen a few like GIMP, but this is a new field for me so I would appreciate some pointers. Maybe useful to be able to batch correct images? Edited January 4, 20233 yr by MrBitstFlyer CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
January 4, 20233 yr Commercial Member If you want to get into this, and do it properly and correctly, you'll need something a little beefier than Gimp. I hate subscription based software, unless I absolutely need it. So in your case, if the budget allows for it, I recommend Affinity Photo. I've used it for years and I've used it for the TBM and Challenger. It's a 1 time purchase, and you get free updates for the life of the version run. On top of that, you get 40% off until 25th January. Edited January 4, 20233 yr by GoranM
January 4, 20233 yr Author 44 minutes ago, GoranM said: If you want to get into this, and do it properly and correctly, you'll need something a little beefier than Gimp. I hate subscription based software, unless I absolutely need it. So in your case, if the budget allows for it, I recommend Affinity Photo. I've used it for years and I've used it for the TBM and Challenger. It's a 1 time purchase, and you get free updates for the life of the version run. On top of that, you get 40% off until 25th January. Thanks for this suggestion. As I am just starting out I have a couple of questions. 1. Does Affinity Photo allow batch editing of the ortho tiles (once I get proficient doing a single image!). 2. I believe it is the DDS files I'll be editing - does it read (and save in correct format) those files? I feel I have used Ortho4XP to the full (wonder what the new version brings?), and now I want to take it further. So many Google tiles are mis-coloured, have wrong colour temperature and many other issues. Some areas are perfect and a joy to fly over, but others not so. I have plenty of time to use and learn, but I want to start with the right tool that others have used with X-Plane - don't want to go down the wrong path multiple times! CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
January 4, 20233 yr Commercial Member 7 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said: 1. Does Affinity Photo allow batch editing of the ortho tiles (once I get proficient doing a single image!). I have no experience with editing ortho tiles. But it does allow for batch editing. https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Macros_Batch/batchjobs.html?title=Batch jobs 7 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said: 2. I believe it is the DDS files I'll be editing - does it read (and save in correct format) those files? No editing software, that I know of, can edit a dds file. You'll have to convert it to a png file first. Make your edits. Save as png. Then convert back to dds. 10 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said: I have plenty of time to use and learn, but I want to start with the right tool that others have used with X-Plane - don't want to go down the wrong path multiple times! If you don't feel like making a commitment right now, Affinity Photo has a free 1 month trial. Give it a go and see how you like it.
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