Is there a way to fix this? Found the fix!

[hminky]

Having been away from Railworks for a while I am getting this with Harry Adkins' repaints in 2013:



Thanks
Harold

[buzz456]

Beg Harry to do this. It is fixable. While he's at it maybe he would fix the C&P cabooses.

Buzz

[dejoh]

I'm missing something, whats wrong with it?
Looks like an old boxcar on its way to the scrap yard.

[buzz456]

The rw2 stuff is all washed out looking. If you get it at a bad angle it turns almost white.

[dejoh]

Oh, I see that now.

[hminky]

Here is what Harry's cars look like in RW2:



Harold

[buzz456]

He re-did all the forty footers for 2012.

[harryadkins]

Sorry I haven't been able to "fix" my repaints. I've been busy with another area of TS2013 for the past several months. Hope to get to them soon. BTW, there is a simple fix to the washed out look. If you'll search the forums, you can fix your copy.

Harry

[hminky]

Sorry I haven't been able to "fix" my repaints. I've been busy with another area of TS2013 for the past several months. Hope to get to them soon. BTW, there is a simple fix to the washed out look. If you'll search the forums, you can fix your copy.

Harry

That is why I asked I can't seem to find a thread on fixing them.

Harold

[harryadkins]

Photo Reskins Too Bright

I just did a series of photo reskins of JRSX Refridgerators. The reskins look good except the model in RW is much brighter than the TgPcDx files were. How do I darken the graphic files and how do I know how much to darken them?

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Reply by MadMike1024 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:02 am

If you are using Gimp or PS, add a layer mask that is a greyscale copy of the main layer before saving it. It cuts the brightness by a third and reduces the glossy look.

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Reply by Kali » Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:23 am

Reduce the alpha channel a ton; the specular map ( at it's basics ) adds environmental light to the texture. You can't get rid of it entirely unless the texture is covered in mud, but a great many textures have way too much specular.

Just play with brightness & contrast also (and/or hue/saturation/lumi ) - if you're using photoshop you can use adjustment layers until you're happy and you won't irreversably change the original texture. As a rule of thumb most of the time I find if it seems right in photoshop, it's 25% too bright, but that depends on the texture itself.

[hminky]

Thank you
Harold

[hminky]

Did the car as a Reskin using RWtools on the updated GreatNortherner car:



Thought the problem was in the graphics.

Thanks
Harold