I hope the mods bare with me on this one. Not strictly Com. Aviation, but related to.
After several requests I’m going to show you a rough guide on how to create the templates I do. Now there are undoubtely plenty of different methods, but this is the way I do it 🙂
First off, the tools I use:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Official 3 view line drawings from Boeing.com
Step 1.
Clean up the 3 view drawing for Boeing, I use just the side elevation view. But there’s nothing stopping you from doing this withthe top or front views.
The drawings from Boeing mostly have the correct fuselage shape and placement of doors and windows. But they usualy lack finer details like antennae, panel lines and detailed engines. So I add these using photos for reference. On occasion you can find a good drawing from a third party that has lots of detail which you can use for reference.
Here is what you should have once the above is completed:
I use illustrator as it deal with vector graphics. Vector are infinately scalable.
I know open photoshop and open a document of a fair size. For example, 5000 by 2000 pixels.
(For a precision drawing, you can size the drawing so that it will be to scale with the real thing, 1cm equals 1 pixel for example
So if the plane is 60 meters long, thats 6000cm which would mean a 6000 pixel wide picture.)
Bit by bit I copy and paste the parts of the illustrator file into photoshop so that the outline of the wing, fuselage, engine, etc are on their own layers.
Once that is done, the real fun begins. Fleshing the template out.
Part 2 coming up when I’m ready. (I’m writing this as I work on the template)
By: T5 - 21st December 2005 at 12:28
Go on Google and search “Ares Lite” it’s a P2P program. Search Adobe on that program and you’ll come up with a lot of results, which are all Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator downloads. 🙂
I’m sure nobody on this forum uses illegal software… :diablo:
By: Bmused55 - 21st December 2005 at 11:40
be carefull. One shouldn;t be suggesting the use of bootleg software on such a public forum 😉
By: A330-300 - 21st December 2005 at 11:35
Go on Google and search “Ares Lite” it’s a P2P program. Search Adobe on that program and you’ll come up with a lot of results, which are all Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator downloads. 🙂
By: Bmused55 - 21st December 2005 at 11:05
doesn;t necessarilly need to be Photoshop.
I just find the use of layers to be very handy and I simply can’t do without them now.
A program like Paint Shop Pro is also good and it has, from what I hear, a rudementary layer functionality.
By: dartie - 21st December 2005 at 11:00
so photoshop aye fair enough 😛
By: Bmused55 - 21st December 2005 at 10:48
Well, just creating liveries for fun, Photoshop will do you fine.
Photoshop 7, CS and CS too are all good products. CS2 is the current version. But if you look on ebay you’ll be sure to pick up a 7.0 or CS version for pennies.
By: dartie - 21st December 2005 at 10:19
how expensive would i be able to go with out it and my liveries will be still as presentable?
By: Bmused55 - 21st December 2005 at 10:12
Okies but does the Illustrator come on the Adobe Acrobat Reader Disc?
not that I’m aware of. Still things ay have change since I finished at Adobe in January, but I doubt it.
Illustrator is quite an expensive tool.
By: dartie - 21st December 2005 at 10:08
Okies but does the Illustrator come on the Adobe Acrobat Reader Disc?
By: Bmused55 - 21st December 2005 at 08:56
For this task I use both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
IIts entirely possible to do it all in Photoshop though. Mainly I use illustrator to tweak and improve the drawings Boeing provide on their website that are in a format Illustrator will open, which Photoshop will not.
By: airband1 - 21st December 2005 at 07:37
Omg thats cool, where do i get Adobe Illustrator from?
Buy it in a shop or off ebay or somewhere.
By: dartie - 21st December 2005 at 07:15
Omg thats cool, where do i get Adobe Illustrator from?
By: Bmused55 - 28th April 2005 at 17:45
I invoke Crown Privilege….. :D:D:D:D
well if your ever stuck… liveries is not the only design service I offer 😉
By: Bmused55 - 28th April 2005 at 17:45
I invoke Crown Privilege….. :D:D:D:D
well if your ever stuck… liveries is not the only design service I offer 😉
By: Grey Area - 28th April 2005 at 17:41
I invoke Crown Privilege….. :D:D:D:D
By: Grey Area - 28th April 2005 at 17:41
I invoke Crown Privilege….. :D:D:D:D
By: Bmused55 - 28th April 2005 at 17:32
That would be a bit difficult, mate. It’s an audio-visual presentation from work that contains some rather sensitive information.
I do have a day job, you know….. 😉
Your tutorial was invaluable in helping me produce some of the graphics, so kudos to you.
So do I ;)… oh no… wait… not just now… anyway.. comission!! I demand comission.
LOL
By: Bmused55 - 28th April 2005 at 17:32
That would be a bit difficult, mate. It’s an audio-visual presentation from work that contains some rather sensitive information.
I do have a day job, you know….. 😉
Your tutorial was invaluable in helping me produce some of the graphics, so kudos to you.
So do I ;)… oh no… wait… not just now… anyway.. comission!! I demand comission.
LOL
By: Grey Area - 28th April 2005 at 17:28
That would be a bit difficult, mate. It’s an audio-visual presentation from work that contains some rather sensitive information.
I do have a day job, you know….. 😉
Your tutorial was invaluable in helping me produce some of the graphics, so kudos to you.
By: Grey Area - 28th April 2005 at 17:28
That would be a bit difficult, mate. It’s an audio-visual presentation from work that contains some rather sensitive information.
I do have a day job, you know….. 😉
Your tutorial was invaluable in helping me produce some of the graphics, so kudos to you.
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