iRacing Gimp Tutorial #1, Beginning Basics
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- New v 2.0 video 1 for beginners can be found here my friends: • iRacing skins with Gim...
My new website: www.ajppaint.com (new addition)
This is just a simple tutorial on how to design a custom paint for iRacing using GIMP. I basically just explain how to use gimp to get a custom paint in iRacing. I apologize for my slur and realize I can be tough to understand. I explain why in the beginning of the video. If you already know how to get a paint in iRacing then this may not help you at all. I do provide a few tips with regards to set-up and ease of use. - Hry
New v 2.0 video 1 for beginners can be found here my friends: czcams.com/video/tObSWOxBGWU/video.html
Second video in the older series can be found here: czcams.com/video/fY6nCk1if3E/video.html
This helped me so much, thank you. I am so glad there a people out there willing to do this. You are a great painter, and you don't need to apologize. I am very happy you were able to fight through such a tough thing. Stay strong!
I never knew you had cancer. Great asset to the iRacing community, glad you made it through that.
Thank you very much MrSnowrocks my friend. I appreciate the kind words.
Buddy never apologize for being great. You too your own time to help people. If they want to not watch your videos based on your speech then it's their loss. Great content. Subscribed!
no need to apologize for slurring man you survived and you're living life like the rest of us. Congrats on being cancer free and thanks for the awesome paint tutorial.
Mate that is the easiest most in depth video I have seen, I know you only covered a small portion of things but you covered it well, Thankyou, my painting just improved.
I think you have a very calming voice and its very understandable. Thank you for your time with this....I've learned SOOOOO much
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these video tutorials for us newbies, it was very helpful, now I have custom paint on all of my iRacing cars. Keep up the great work.
You sound more clear than most people I speak to at work everyday. Congrats on beating the cancer!
That means a lot my friend. Thank you so very much for the kind words.
James Petty you are my hero. I'm so comp. illiterate I couldn't even get the template to gimp lol. I've been looking for a tutorial like this for a long time. Very generous of you to share your knowledge. And your speaking was very understandable, congrats on beating cancer and persevering!
I'm sorry about your cancer battle, but I'm glad you are cancer free! Your videos are super knowledgeable and has helped me along to understand how to create custom paints, as I'm excited to join the ranks of iRacing soon! Thanks Jamie!
I would not have come close to getting started as fast with this video. Thank you SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally able to upload from Trading Paints. Now I just need to come up with a design :-)
Dude...I understood you perfectly and you're awesome for taking the time to make this video. I was terribly confused about getting my car into iracing as well as some of the Gimp functions. Very nice explanation. Thank you so much.
You're clear to understand man! Thank you for the videos too! I actually about lost my mind trying to just do it, it took over 2 hours and I got no where, with you I have already created a full scheme in only and hour and a half! Thank you man for the videos, and I'm glad you made it through the cancer.
Thank you so very much. Be sure to watch the newer version of this first video. There were some changes that may help. The link is in the description my friend. Thank you again for the kind words.
I'm so glad I found this tutorial again, I didn't know the best way to find it but have done now and it's a good one, well done.
Thank you for your tutorial! But more than that THANK YOU for being a survivor! Best of luck to you. Stay strong brother!
What a fantastic comment to read. This literally made the rest of my crap work day just go away. Thank you so much. I cannot tell you how much this comment means to me. Thank you.
I gotta say this is my far the most informative video I've watched. You've gone into fantastic detail with every step making my experience so much easier and enjoyable. Thank you so much!
By the way...congrats on the Cancer recovery mate. All the best
Thank you very much for the kind words. Glad I was able to help my friend. Have fun and good luck.
Hey bro, thanks for taking the time to put this tutorial together for us that don't have a clue about custom painting cars for iRacing :)
Every bit as helpful still 9 years on. Thank you champion.
I thought this looked easy, watched your tutorial and realised I had no idea! well done and thanks for posting.
You bet my friend. Just glad I could help.
Excellent! Had no problems understanding you and congrats on beating the cancer!! This was very Helpful
Thank you so much my friend. I am working on a new series with the same info but in shorter clips and better explained so it is easier to refer back. Also, a few things have changed with iRacing and TP that need to be addressed. Thank you again for the wonderful words.
Didn't expect this story at the beginning of the video :O. I've been confronted with cancer lots, i'm happy you won the fight man! This video helped me out and will help many others i'm sure, thank you.
Glad I was able to help and thank you so much for the nice comments. It really means a lot.
Thanks for creating such a great tutorial, I literally just painted all my circle track stuff now because I love it so much! As for the cancer, I completely understand this, my mom and grandpa both had cancer, and I was easily the worst moment of my life. Both my mom and grandpa have been clear for over 3 years, and I hope that you keep battling the remains of whatever is still inside you. #keepfighting #survivor
Thank you so much and I am glad I was able to help my friend. I greatly appreciate the nice comments. Thank you.
Amazing video! I understood you completely and learned a lot. I am proficient in graphic design but I was having a hard time understanding how iRacing setup their templates and you cleared everything up for me. Cheers, wish you all the best.
Thank you very much for the kind words my friend.
Thanks for your post, its been really usefull for somebody like me with zero experience painting cars!
Great video, takes alot of confidence to put yourself on youtube after a serious illness, keep up the good work
Thank you very much. I really appreciate that my friend. I really need to get new videos out. It is that time.
I just made a quick one following your video. Thanks man I will be painting for a while now very excited.
Glad I could help.
I have never used gimp for paints looked to advanced and difficult compared to Photoshop elements that I use, but after watching this I will give it a go, seems easier and once I watch your other videos I'll be a pro!
My father was a survivor as well. Glad to hear you're free. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thank you very much icwtgh. I really appreciate the kind words.
For someone who has had some health issues in the past, You sound great. Thank God you are cancer free. I do not wish that on my worst enemy. Keep up the great work brother. Total respect...
Man, that means a lot Joshua my friend. I cannot tell you how great you and the community have been to me and my family. Thank you so much. Also, I just re-did the first video in the series. You may be interested in it my friend. I am trying to clean them all up and because things have changed, re-do them all as I go. Thank you again my friend. Here is the link: czcams.com/video/tObSWOxBGWU/video.html
new to channel, and i love your videos, keep up the great work.
Good video man! I am glad you have recovered. Keep it up!
+Nicholas Curry Thank you so much Nicholas. I really appreciate that my friend.
thanks for uploading this, i used it to put a picture on my aircraft skin for IL2 Cliffs Of Dover: a ww2 flight sim. I now have a "pin up" on my engine cowling!!! All thanks to you!!
Thats great. I did some skins for arma 2 and 3 on the A-10 and others using GIMP as well. So glad it helped my friend.
i know videos take an awful lot of time to upload.....but if you DO have a video of this....(i don't play Arma but i'm sure i could adapt it to Cliffs Of Dover or Rise Of Flight!!)
Many thanks again, i'll be following your videos
Very very helpful video. I did a couple paints on photoshop a few years ago, but they weren't very good cause I had no idea what I was doing. I know I'm gonna have to watch the video again when I do my next paint because you put so much good info in it that I won't remember all of it. (By no means am I saying that is a bad thing) I look forward to putting a paint job on the track and hopefully racing with you in the future. Thanks for the time put into this video.
I am humbled by your words my friend. Thank you so much. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Thanks again for the kind words.
This is fantastic!! I am useless at these art programs and this has helped me feel pretty damn good about myself! My MP4 is coming on great!!
Best beginner tutorial i've seen ,thnx m8!!!
Thanks to your tutorial I will start making my own custom paints for my cars. Thank you so much man!
+kabal223 You are very welcome my friend. We are taking donations right now due to some terrible issues. You can read about them here if you like. Please do not feel obligated though.
www.gofundme.com/7x5zk8gs
Loving your tutorial man, its really helpfull for a starting painter like myself!
Thank Man I appreciate the video you have helped me get a custom paint made its very basic but I can add to it and spruce it up THUMBS UP MAN!!!
Great tutorial. Going to try making my first scheme tonight.
Man that was a awesome tutorial. I could understand you just fine. Sorry for what happend to you wish you the best. This helped me paint my first car thanks again. Keep up the awesome job.
Thanks for the kind words. I am happy I was able to help my friend. I really need to get off my arse and do a tools and tips tut for this. Thanks again.
Your welcome, and i would love to see more vids from you.
Wow thanks for this man. This really helps. Glad you made it through and are cancer free. I understood you perfectly. Thanks again man!
You bet my friend. Thank you for the kind words and glad I was able to help.
nothing to be sorry for Brother. congrats on winning your battle and great video.
Easy listening dude, lound n clear, great tutorial
Cheers
Man i really really love all your videos very helpful thank u soo much for taking the time to help ppl like myself
thank u very much
Thank you so very much Kenny my friend. I hope they help, if only a little.
You had me at "If you have a problem with that, tough sh*t! SUBBED! I am graphic designer and am going to try and market this idea. I use photoshop, but tried Gimp. Only difference is Gimp can glitch imagery during replays at certain angles, so maybe check for edges and layer scaling. It does not do this a lot, but it does happen. Your lisp, slurp is not that bad, btw. Nice video and goodluck!!!
Thank you so much my friend. Your comment brought a huge smile to my face. I appreciate the kind words and advice. Thank you Spoony.
Great work mate, very easy to follow
Thanks for this and other tutorial videos. I find them very helpful.
neon3690 You bet. Glad I could help.
I'm sorry to hear about the Cancer of your mouth, I'm glad to hear you are okay :) Thank you very much for this video!
Don't worry about your voice. For me as a german it sounds like typical American with a little slang. But I understand your pretty well. Thanks for the tutorial. It helps very much :-)
Thank you all for the great comments on my videos. This google + think is going to take some time to get use too. I do not have reply options on some of the comments anymore so I apologize if it seems I am ignoring anyone which I assure you, I am not. Thank you again my friends.
love the tough shit comment mate :) thanks for posting
Thank you for the reply my friend.
Nicely done. Looking forward to viewing the rest. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your video it helped me so much . the link for the templets doesn't work on iracing anymore though . and as far as understanding you I had no problem buddy . please keep the vids coming . SUBBED
Many thanks for this tutotrial man.Great stuff!
You bet Raf. Thank you for the comment.
Hey man thanks so much for the help!!!
Around two weeks ago I believe I raced you in a 100 lap race at Charlotte with the Street Stocks , not quite sure if it was you but I just thought I'd share that haha. Thanks again!!!
Yeah, it was not me my friend. I just do not have the time to race right now with the paints I have in the booth. Hoping to change that in the future. Thank you for the kind words and glad I was able to help.
Great video, definitely helped me out a lot.
Thanks for your help man! I appreciate it! keep it up! congrats on kicking Cancers butt!
That means a lot. Thank you so very much.
Absolutely. We (everyone) appreciates what you've done here man! GOD BLESS bro!!
Great thanks, I will be trying this tomorrow.
Dude these videos are awesome, if you could ever do a video where you do one from start to finish that would be awesome
Paradox86 Thank you very much my friend. I am going to be getting more free time soon and will see what I can do. Thank you very much again.
Really helpfull tutorial, thank you very much sir!!!
Thanks a lot for this nice tutorial.
Hi, I'm new to this and found your tutorials of great help. How do I get the metallic layer?
Youre a survivor. Dont let your slur get you down. Fuck what people think. Thank you for posting this video.
Nice job there! Very useful.
Thank you very much Andrew. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much for the kind words jerm my friend. I really appreciate it.
Thank you for that tutorial!! Wish you all the best !
Thank you Naamaa my friend. Your kind words mean the world to me.
you are welcome!! The whole day i have watcht your tutorial, again and again. Now i´m on a good way with my first painting :-)
So Glad to hear it my friend. I really need to work on some new videos that address tool tips and tricks that make things easier and smoother. Hopefully I will find time in the near future to do just that. Thank you again.
Ok, nice. Go easy Aj !!
You bet my friend. So glad I was able to help.
Great, easy to follow. Thanks.
You bet my friend. Glad I could help.
Just want to say thanks for the tutorial's you have put out. They have been very helpful. The best on youtube in my opinion.. I noticed when you save a skin to see what it looks like in the game you send it to a replay you have saved.. I have Windows 8 and my media player doesn't open TGA files.. Is there a certain player you can get that will let you view the car?? And once again thanks for all the info..
Josh Hall The replay is one I saved in the sim with the sim software. Just save a replay in game. Then you can get to it from the main page. Load it up and view it in there my friend.
Thank you very much for the kind words.
Thank you so much, very, very, good tutorial. If you aren't a Teacher you should be!
+Jon Steiber Thank you my friend. I am honored my friend. I am not a teacher or instructor. Well, a bit at work but not as a job.
Thank You This Helped Me Alot..
Thank you very much for the help its greatly appreciated! and congrats on being cancer free my friend god bless!
guy u have all my respect . i are BIG!
Thank you very much Luis my friend. I really appreciate that.
really good tutorial mate I learnt a lot from it. Could you tell me why i have to up load it to trading paints . thanks taff
Great video helps a lot. Is there a way to copy a design from one side of the car to the other without having to re-do making the design on that side?
Thanks for the vids, good job!
Great video thank you for the help see you on the track
Great tutorial, thanks!!!
+tiomestre Thank you so much. I hope it helped my friend.
Love your videos
I am new to the Rfactor seen.. And trying to figure out how to get car templates to the Gimp I have on my computer seems to be a difficult task.. I downloaded WinWar. Created a new folder for racing templates like you did. When I went to extract them into Gimp it wouldn't work.. The only thing I can see that is different from yours is at the 5:17 part of this video after you downloaded the template, under the heading TYPE.. Your say's WinWar Zip Archive, and mine say's RAR file... How do you combine the 2 ?? Great video's by the way.. The best on youtube on explaining how to do this.. Not being a computer whiz by any means, they have been very helpful.. Thanks again..
Nothing to be sorry, I am sorry you had to go through that you are a brave dude.
Thanks for the video tutorials. great job! I also sent you a request in iRacing.
Cheers for the tutorial, could understand you fine :)
Thank you very much. Glad I could help.
I'm having trouble blending separate layers so could you explain how I can take a picture and cut out the piece I want say a corner of it and create a separate pic from that cut out ?
I am having an issue with my folders. I try to do the preview with the replay, but as I push CTRL+R The new paint will not come up, It still shows my iRacing default paint. How can I fix this?
No problem my friend. Glad I could help.
That design you did on the side of the car. WHat about copying that and duplicating it on the other side? What's the best way to do that?
You do not have to upload to TP and I dont in this tutorial. However, after you are done painting and if you want others to see it in the sim, then you will need to upload it to TP. When you do that TP will put it in the proper folder of everyone else so they will see it as your skin as well. There are settings now that allow those to be deleted after each session as well. Hope this answers your questions my friend.
I accidently closed my toolbox how can I get it back? And the scale
ahaha, I love your comment... "tough shit we're gonna move forward" haha!!!! You rock man!
Hey, thanks so much my friend. I hope you find something helpful in these videos and best of luck.
great vid subed! plz keep up the good work!
When I try to open up the dirt late model template, I get a dialog that asks me if I want to "Convert to RGB Working Space?" It says that the image "dirt late model.psd" has an embedded color profile.. Then it asks "Convert the image to the RGB working space? and below that there is a question about "Rendering Intent:" with the choices being "Perpetual", "Relative colormetric", "Saturation" & "Absolute colormetric" Below that a box is checked that says "Black Point Compensation" Below all of that it asks me to choose "convert" or "keep" This might be a whole lot of nothing, but I'm unsure what the correct thing to do is since I am pretty new to Gimp. Any input would be appreciated.
No problem my friend. Hope I was able to help. Drive fast.
My issue is with the logos, when i open the image with GIMP i get window that is just black.
Thanks for the good tutorial for painting my own car, And Cancer is a real bummer I had one operation to remove a cancer on my Pancreas 2 years ago but now I just found out I have another on my kidney
leongt1954 I hope for all the best with your upcoming battle, so sorry to hear about it coming back.
Thanks for the kind words and you have all my best my friend. Please keep a positive attitude and power through. You can recover again. You have done it once, you can do it again. Your strength is evident.
When you export it ask's you a question something about the bottom i don't understand can you help please. i'm glad you beat that monster my mom is beating it now i'm glad your both still here. keep going strong my friend,
First, thank you very much and my thoughts a prayers are with you and your family. I am glad to hear your mom is beating it as well.
It is the RLE compression. You want to leave it checked and leave it for bottom left if not selected already.
Great video! Thank you Sir :)
You bet my friend. Thank you.
You bet my friend. Thank you.
Hi Dude, First of all thanks for this great video. I do enjoy the pace so us beginners can keep up. I downloaded my (ruf) template via the download template button on the paint page of the iracing member site. And i can -for the love of god- not find the paintable layer in my layer tab. I just installed gimp2 and didn't used it before...
EDIT; if i open one of the templates from the zip file from the forum, i do see the paintable layer. With the RUF the paintable layer is nowhere to be found
I am not completely sure off all the issues you may be running into my friend but if you are only missing the one paintable base layer you can just create a new one and use it. Right click in the layer section and choose, new layer then when the window pops up make sure to keep it transparent. Then you can just fill that layer with any color. Be sure to keep it at the bottom if that is where you need it.
Thank you for the kind words as well my friend. Good luck.
Hi mate you video is great just watched you 1st one .
Just got a little problem , I got to the export part I can not get it to iracing car ?
I got lost on file ( what file name ) number ( what number ) where is my number .
This is the thing at the moment .
the number is your iRacing id which you get from your account page. You will name it car_xxxxx.tga . Just like that except replace the xxxxx with your id. Then you put it in the right folder for the car which will be documents/iracing/paints/ "car type" I hope that helps my friend.
can i ask how can you copy your image to the left side or vice versa the door? you didnt show in your vid
Hi. The way that works best for me is to first, right click on the layer you want to put on the other side. Choose "duplicate". Then, you can use the transform tool from the tool box or select it from the tabs up top. Then, flip it and move it to the other side. It may take some nudging to get it just right.
Also, I almost always make sure the layer I am duplicating is only as big as it needs to be. To do that right click on the layer and choose "alpha to selection" (something like that hehe). Then, right click on the template someone, go down to layer and choose, crop to selection. Then, when you play with you new layer, you are only adjusting the size you have too instead of the whole template size. Once you do this a few times you will see what I mean.
Sorry for the delay in getting you this response my friend. Best of luck.