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Old 07-21-2006, 09:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Photoshop Vehicle Skinning - Nice Pic TUT

Ok, this tutorial was made by me. I made it cus i didn't see a good one, thus giving a hard time in the beginning when i was learning to skin. I hope its easy to understand, GIVE FEEDBACK!


Programs needed:
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Dothalo (In AIO v2)
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop DDS plugin (to open .dds images)
H2 Bitmap Internalizer (In AIO v2)

1.)Open Dothalo.

2.)Open your map.

3.)Go to [bitm]

4.)Find Objects\vehicles\warthog\bitmaps\warthog_standard

5.)Click it. If nothing is in your Raw Data Editor then you have to enable it.

6.)Click Extract Meta from the Raw Data Editor.

7.)Save that bitmap somewhere.

8.)Now open it up with Photoshop.
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FOLLOW THE PICTURE TUT NOW
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Click the image to open in full size.
Click the image to open in full size.
Click the image to open in full size.
1.)Go to the top : File, Save As

2.)Select a file name.

3.)Make format: DDS (*.dds)

4.)Click save.

5.)Make save format: Explicit Alpha (DXT3)

6.)Click save.

7.)Open up H2 Bitmap Internalizer.

8.)Open up your map.

9.)Find Objects\vehicles\warthog\bitmaps\warthog_standard

8.)Select bitmap reflexives number : 1

9.)Choose Non-Proper

10.)Click Internalize Bitmap!

11.)Open Dothalo.

12.)Go to [bitm]

13.)Find Objects\vehicles\warthog\bitmaps\warthog_standard

14.)Click Inject Meta.

15.)Now find your skin and inject it.

Congradualtions you can now skin anything.

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Old 07-22-2006, 07:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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well i like it but theres other tuts just like this already help her
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Old 07-22-2006, 09:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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keep up the good work
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Old 08-22-2006, 09:59 AM   #4 (permalink)
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after i get photoshop I'm goin to go and try this out cuz i always wanted to know how to skin
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Old 08-22-2006, 06:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
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nice tut
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Old 02-02-2007, 11:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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for some reason when i try and open the vehicles an error message pops up saying it cannot be found wtf is the matter with it
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Old 02-06-2007, 11:10 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I don't have the polygonal lasso tool?
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right-click under the lasso tools.
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this is a nice tut.
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i egt a error saying that it cannot find the shared.map in the folder how do i fix this : \
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Old 02-09-2007, 10:23 PM   #11 (permalink)
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um. where do i find shared map? i know i have to ftp but what to i do from there
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if you have the halo2 disc on youtr comp get the mainmenu.map, shared.map, and single_player_shared.map from your maps. or get them from fxp from you D:>Maps. and put those in a folder. then open up dothalo to get the bitmaps
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Can i internalize multiple bitmaps, and have diffrent skins on all my weps and vehicles?
i know i tried before and my ghost and warthog ended up with the exact same skin...
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great tut, i will try this
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Old 07-27-2007, 11:28 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I"m gonna do this =D and i dont have photoshop I have gimp its almost as good as PS and its free! I dont know if i can post links so just look it up on google BTW nice tut.

OK i got the plug in for it but it shows up all distorted and clear lol whats wrong?

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EDIT: when i go to warthog_standard in the h2 IB there is only a reflexive number 0. there is no 1 at all. what am i doing wrong? plz help. thanks.

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Old 07-28-2007, 03:19 PM   #18 (permalink)
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nice tut but i cant find the dam dds plugin for photoshop...anyone have the link?
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Old 08-06-2007, 09:46 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Ok whenever i go to inject the meta for the new warthog it says that it is bigger than the original. So i resign the map and put it on my xbox. When i play the entire hog is black....
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Old 08-09-2007, 06:30 AM   #20 (permalink)
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