How to repaint aircraft for FS2004 and FSX - Part 6
Adding details
You now have all the main logos and text, but if you want to make a quality livery, there is more to do.
Something you still need to do, is to add the last part of the tail number on the doors of the nose gear. For that, use the "MS Sans Serif" font in regular font style. Use a dark blue color for it. When you have added the text, name the layer "531 left" and use the Free Transform function to resize, position and rotate the text. The end result should look like this:
The passenger doors are next. The door details are already there, but do not resemble the real Korean Air B777-200 doors. A few adjustments are needed. When you compare the real passenger doors with the ones in the paintkit, you see a few differences: 2 warning stickers are double, the warning sticker above the door handle should not be there and the warning sticker next to it should be darker. Also, the grey above and below the door should be darker.
Lets start with the warning stickers that are double. First you need to locate and select the layer of these door details. Its "Layer 43" in the layer group "DOORS". When you have selected the layer, use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to select the second warning sticker from top. Delete it and then select the upper warning sticker and use the Free Transform function to resize and position it.
Do this for just one door, you will add the changes to the other doors later.
Next, you have to delete the second warning sticker from below. Then resize and position the other one like this:
Also delete the (left) warning sticker between the arrow and the door handle. Select the other warning sticker, which is right from the one you just deleted. Go to the menu on top and click on "Image", then on "Adjustments" and finally on "Hue/Saturation...". Decrease the lightness to -40.
Now select "Shape 25", go to the menu on top and click on "Image", then on "Adjustments" and finally on "Brightness/Contrast...". Decrease the brightness to -50.
One door is done, now you have to replace the other doors. To do that, make sure that layer 43 is still selected and use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to select the details inside the door. Go to the menu on top and click on "Edit" and then on "Copy". Now click on "Select" and then on "Deselect". Click on "Edit" again and then on "Paste". You now have a new layer with a copy of the door details. Move these details to one of the other doors so it fits on the details of that door. Select layer 43 again, then select the details inside that door and hit the delete key. If done right, only the new door details remain. Do the same for the remaining 2 doors.
After you are done with the other doors, you have layer 43 and 3 new layers. There is no reason to keep them seperate, so merge them to one layer. Go to the layers window and select layer 43, then select the other 3 layers while you hold shift to prevent deselection of the previous selected layers. Now go to the menu on top and click on "Layers" and then on "Merge Layers".
Only one layer will remain, which includes everything from the other layers (the door details of all 4 doors in this case). Rename the layer to "Door details".
It is time to add a detail to the forward static port. There should be a red circle around it, but it is missing. Open the layer group "left detail" and select the layer "STATIC PORT DO NOT PLUG OR DEF". Click on the create new layer icon. A new layer should be added to the "left detail" group, directly above the layer "STATIC PORT DO NOT PLUG OR DEF". Select a red color, I used "#850000". Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create a circular selection around the forward static port. Use the Paint Bucket Tool to fill the selection with red. Go to the menu on top and click on "Select", then on "Modify" and then on "Contract...". Fill in 2 pixels and click on "OK". Now hit the delete key and there you have the red circle around the forward static port.
The right side of the fuselage also needs this circle. You don't have to create a circle again, you can just duplicate this layer and add it to the layer group of the right side. This is how: Select the layer with the red circle and click with the right mouse button. In the menu that pops up, click on "Duplicate Layer...". Click on "OK". Now drag the duplicate to the layer group "right detail". Make the layer group "left detail" invisible and make the layer group "right detail" visible.
Select the duplicated layer ("Layer 131 copy" in my case) and "Layer 89 copy". Merge them together and rename to layer "Static ports right". Go back to the layer group "left detail", make it visible and make layer group "right detail" invisible. Select the layer "STATIC PORT DO NOT PLUG OR DEF" and also select the layer with the red circle ("Layer 131" in my case). Merge them together and rename the layer to "Static ports left".
The windows
Airlines buy aircraft in various configurations. The number of windows vary between airlines. All windows you might need are provided in the paintkit, you just need to delete a few, so the number of windows is exactly the same like the real Korean Air Boeing 777-200. Also, the windows provided in the paintkit are all the same. It would be nice to add a few different windows like the ones that have the sun wearing closed. You can get those from closeup photos of a Boeing 777 fuselage. This can be either a -200 or -300 version.
When you find a good photo, load it in Photoshop and use the
Rectangular Marquee Tool to select around the window. Copy the selection to the clipboard. Go to the paintkit , open the layer group "Windows" and then select the layer "LEFT". Paste the window from the photo so it becomes a new layer.
Use the Eraser Tool to remove the blue around the window. It is best to use a small brush size, I used 5 px. If you remove a part of the window by accident, just go to the menu on top and click on "Edit" and then on "Step Backward" and try again. It takes some practise to edit a part of a photo this way. When you are done and just the window remains, use the Free Transform function to resize and position the window. Place it over one of the windows in the paintkit and make it of the same size.
You can duplicate the layer a few times and place it over other windows as well. You can use this method for other photos as well. I have added 5 more windows to the paintkit:
Now there are 6 different windows in total, all of them in their own layer. Lets duplicate them and replace all default windows with these. While doing that, also remove the windows that should not be there. You can use a photo of the left side of the Korean Air HL7531. The result look something like this:
After that, select all the window layers together with layer "
LEFT" and merge them together. Rename the layer to "LEFT" again. Delete the layer "RIGHT". Duplicate the layer "LEFT" and name the duplicate "RIGHT". Edit that layer, so the number of windows is exactly the same as on the right side of a real Korean Air Boeing 777-200.