Skins appearing very dark

[Dommie72Mgbboy1962]

New member here. Been downloading some Fokker D8 .dds skins but they all appear very dark, even when I convert them to png. What am I doing wrong please.

Thanks

Edited January 9, 2023 by Dommie72Mgbboy1962
Typo

[Raptorattacker]

Where are you downlooading them from?

 

[Dommie72Mgbboy1962]

From this site created by szelljr

[Misty06]

Dommie72 - I assume they look this way in the sim as well?  Sorry - had to ask. 

[Dommie72Mgbboy1962]

Not using in sim, for printing covering tissue on model aircraft thanks 

[Boelcke]

You don´t do anything wrong, the darkness is a result of the alpha layer with which the skin was created. That´s usual for IL2 skins.

[szelljr]

?

I just save from dds to png , all right here. (i use photoshop) Why you need in png ?? What a hack is a png ?? Anyway, in photoshop for me is all right.

What program you using ? 

 

 

Edited January 10, 2023 by szelljr

[Dommie72Mgbboy1962]

2 hours ago, szelljr said:

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I just save from dds to png , all right here. (i use photoshop) Why you need in png ?? What a hack is a png ?? Anyway, in photoshop for me is all right.

What program you using ? 

 

 

I need png to import into Inkscape. Your image seems a lot brighter than the one I posted

[szelljr]

6 minutes ago, Dommie72Mgbboy1962 said:

I need png to import into Inkscape. Your image seems a lot brighter than the one I posted

Maybe make a  try with my png version.

 

 

https://www.mediafire.com/view/shzqv0jjwaea3ik/FokkerD8_JASTA_6_ARROW.png/file

[Dommie72Mgbboy1962]

Thanks will give it a try cheers

[Rjel]

On 1/10/2023 at 11:23 AM, Boelcke said:

You don´t do anything wrong, the darkness is a result of the alpha layer with which the skin was created. That´s usual for IL2 skins.

But when opened in a paint program, they display normally. If they were re-saved in another format as a single layer, the alpha wouldn’t be visible. 

[szelljr]

39 minutes ago, Rjel said:

But when opened in a paint program, they display normally. If they were re-saved in another format as a single layer, the alpha wouldn’t be visible. 

That is not the alpha  . 

This is the alpha.

 

 

[Rjel]

1 hour ago, szelljr said:

That is not the alpha  . 

This is the alpha.

 

 

I know. What I took his message to mean was the semi transparent gray look you see when you view the skin in its folder.