I'm a bit stalled on my 170 project. Without a decent panel I am unable to do a VC. I've tinkered a bit with an old 190 panel and got something flyable, but not great. Any takers or contacts would be greatly appreciated.

>I'm a bit stalled on my 170 project. Without a decent panel I>am unable to do a VC. I've tinkered a bit with an old 190>panel and got something flyable, but not great. Any takers or>contacts would be greatly appreciated.Find a photo of the entire panel and then develop a full bitmap based on the photo. Work with a LARGE pallete area. This is a compressed .jpg of a 18MB .psd (Photoshop) file for a project I'm working on. Every gauge was created on a separate layer and placed in position directly over the original photo, and scaled to size and position.By working this way, I have (a) a full image for the "exterior" model, (:( the bitmaps for the gauges already to build, © the bitmaps for the VC panel, and (d) after appropriate cropping, the bitmap for the 2d panel!There's a seamless transition between the VC and 2d panels because they're identical! :)BillAVSIM OmbudsmanFounder and Director,Creative Recycling of Aircraft Partshttp://catholic-hymns.com/frbill/FS2002/images/fartslogo.jpghttp://forums.avsim.com/user_files/19395.jpg

Very nice! You do great work. The biggest problem I am having is the first item. The large bmp of a 170 panel. None in my area, but Brian Gladden's seen one in his area and will attempt to get me one.

Very good! Let me know if you need any help with anything.BillAVSIM OmbudsmanFounder and Director,Creative Recycling of Aircraft Partshttp://catholic-hymns.com/frbill/FS2002/images/fartslogo.jpg

Hi,I wonder if anyone has a good advice on "stretching" an image right where the perspective is a bit wrong.BrgdsEugen

>Hi,>>I wonder if anyone has a good advice on "stretching" an image>right where the perspective is a bit wrong.I assume that you're talking about one that is 'skewed' into a trapezoidal shape, and not rectangular.Most paint programs have the ability to 'rotate' an image, but only a few have the ability to do parametric reforming. Serif's newest PhotoPlus has such a tool. You can simply lasso the entire image and 'square up' the image by using the adjustment handles.BillAVSIM OmbudsmanFounder and Director,Creative Recycling of Aircraft Partshttp://catholic-hymns.com/frbill/FS2002/images/fartslogo.jpg