Herr Kruger Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Truthfully, how hard is MODing? I want to know because I want to do a MOD or two, but I am not a graphics guy... I looked a bit at that new site Mods and Modders and it was helpful... I'm just wondering how it all begins and how difficlut it is and is there a lot of pixel by pixel altering and how do apply camo and things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Nevermind, wrong thread again. Not my day, I'm afraid... [ February 02, 2002, 09:38 PM: Message edited by: Juju ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 The best to learn is to just pick one specific Mod you want to do and go for it. If you are using Photoshop or something similar you should devote most of your time learning how to use the Layers and the Masking tools along with the cloning, airbrush, dodge and burn tools. The path tool in Photoshop is well worth learning also. Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 This one IS the right thread. Is it difficult? Two answers really: If you wanna do it like AndrewTF, Bergman and the other MOD greats, then yes, it's difficult. You'd need a lot of practice, a more than fair amount of actual skill, an intimate knowledge of the program you're using to MOD, research (if you wanna go the historically correct way) and lots and lots of (spare) time. If you wanna do it like me, and dabble a bit with Paint, but still come up with the odd satisfactory result that actually looks nice, then no, it isn't (That is, if you stay away from vehicles, which makes things a lot easier IMO). Let's face it, I've got zip skills, but for a guy with my 'talent' my mods aren't utter crap, and I even use most of them myself (and I'm picky). Oh, and applicationism goes a long way, in my case. Anyway, it actually begins with actually choosing what you'd like to MOD, and start doing it, come what my. Expect a lot of 'trial and error' stuff, if you've never done this before. That's the way it started for me, anyway. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Three words: Applicationism, Applicationism, Applicationism! I don't have a lick of talent in art, but I can come up with something reasonably good looking if I have a good base to work off of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Find a good paint program that you feel (JASC, Picture Publisher or Photoshop) comfortable with and just start playing around changing hues, adding textures using overlay merge modes (to overlay the textures while not losing the detail beneath; learn to use masks to section off areas to work on, et. al. It's not as difficult as it sounds and can be quite fun (till you burn out on it ) [ February 02, 2002, 11:52 PM: Message edited by: Tiger ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Chef Sakai Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Can i get a link to that King Tiger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Nice to see you advertizing your MODs again Tiger. I mean, how could I review MODs and stop saying Tiger thrice in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Beauty KT, Tiger. Good to see you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cos Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Nice one Tiger. At my computer graphics skill level I'll have to depend on you guys for the mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfamily33 Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Slipped, posted twice. [ February 03, 2002, 02:28 PM: Message edited by: bfamily33 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfamily33 Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Herr Kruger: Start with something easy. Take the minefield sign. Paint it red and write "Don't Step Here!" in black. Once you've done that, you'll be on that slippery path to mod land. However, kiss your normal life goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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