[Skwer1]

I was thinking why there is no modder around who would want to give every units in generals a more realistic look by reskinning them? I think EA made them cartoonish so they could get pass ESRB. Thought it would be a pretty neat project for you decent skinners out there.

[smurfbizkit]

You seem to be missing the point, imo there arn't more than a handful of "decent skinners" who could do skins like that. Making skins in the style of the generals units is very easy to do, and requires little skill.

[Mishkin]

Yeah, this may be a little out of topic, but is there any FREE program out there that lets u open TGA files and re-skin them?

Or what do u suggest I do...

[smurfbizkit]

if you are going to skin, use photoshop....5, 6, 7 any will do

get ahold of it by any means nessicary

[Flyby]

Paintshop Pro (www.jasc.com) will do nicely, and they have a 30 day demo...
You can use most of the Photoshop plugins with it, including the *.dds exporter...
Just like PS, you can use layers, work with saved selectionsets etc...

I don't think my B17 skin, done with PSP, looked that bad, no Smurf?

[Mishkin]

thanks guys!

[Vengence]

My skins don't pass as "realistic" but most of my skins look alot better than EA's when seen from a distance. Sorry, no pics.

[Henford_]

PSP sucks, in the fact that you cant create alpha channels, plus Photoshop gives you alot more effects options etc.

[Sypher_5]

GIMP <-- Free, Open Source, Penguin friendly.

Not as good as Photoshop but mine is legit, the only way I'd have it.