Posts by IZ0JUB

  • Examples of retouched images

    To be honest I prefer the un-edited images, showing the muddy water in the river and the different contrasts in the inland waterways.

    At the end of the day beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    Its good to see someone else out there having a go at making scenery.

    It is addictive!

    Kindest regards,

    Michael.

  • Germany in AeroflyFS2

    I think making some sort of interface between the existing Ortho4XP and making scenery and cultivation would be a quantum leap for FS 2.

    I'm currently working on Part 19 for Germany North and having to rebuild parts of lakes, towns and fields that are missing from the downloaded images, not an easy task as I don't know the areas.

    I'm doing the best I can.

    Kindest regards to all, Michael.

  • Germany in AeroflyFS2

    On my long journey as an amateur attempt on the Northern part of Germany the images are of so poor quality I'm almost giving up.

    I then looked at "ArcGIS" as an alternative and it blows my mind for such clear, top quality, professional images, if you want to look here is the link.. http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1 On this page click on the BASEMAP button top left and then select IMAGERY.

    As I have had no communication from Nick Hod author of "AeroScenery" for over 6 months its time to call for your HELP PLEASE.

    There must be someone out there that can implement ArcGIS into "AeroScenery" PLEASE?

    There doing it in X-Plane 11 so why not for FS 2?

    Come on chaps lets get this up and running...............................

    Michael.

  • Germany in AeroflyFS2

    That's very interesting, as well as Level 9 missing which is one file, on Level 11 there are only 15 files there should be 16.

    I checked my GE folder and that's OK Level 9 and all of Level 11 files.

    So it appears its only in the Bing tile.

    Kindest regards, Michael.

    PS. Downloaded the Bing tile again and noticed that this is the one with the black and white chequered area.

    I have checked through my scenery and its most odd........................

    Using "AeroScenery" with GE images with size 9 tile it generates Levels 9, 11, 12 and 13

    The same tile using Bing images generates Levels 9, 10, 12 and 13.

    Anyone else noticed this?

  • Germany in AeroflyFS2

    Hi Michael,

    Its been a most interesting project with the other tiles. One in particular had a chequer box with no image so I had to clone the shoreline of a lake and small town to fill in the missing images, all part of my learning curve I guess!

    I hope they turn out OK?

    On re making Part 1 it would not make "Level 9". I have tried several times now but every time I process the tile in "AeroScenery" it skips "Level 9", its most odd?

    It would be of interest if another simmer could try the same thing. The other tiles are processing OK.

    Kindest regards as always. Michael.

  • Germany in AeroflyFS2

    Many thanks to all of those who have acknowledge the work that I am doing for Germany.

    I have just finished remaking Parts 1 to 5 using an alternative server.

    They are being uploaded as I type.

    Kindest regards to all,

    Michael.

  • Editing the Coastlines Tutorial

    I used to do it this way when I first started many years ago, but, the art package that I used on some occasions bled into the land so you had to re do it with the paint brush anyway, making more work.

    The ONLY problem I see is that the bucket feed fills up to the coastline destroying the natural colours of the shoreline water.

    Everyone has different takes on it, if your happy with your results that's fine.

    Welcome to the addiction of scenery making.........................................

    Cheers Michael.

  • AeroScenery made scenery loading in patches

    The "Water Mask" feature does not work in Bing and not that very well in Google so I suggest switch it to "NO"

    You have to edit all the coastline using paint shop or I use the free Paint.Net anyway.

    I suggest delete ALL the scenery that is corrupt and start again with say no more than about 6 tiles to download and or edit.

    Good luck.

    Michael.

  • Faster Scenery Editing

    I have started making photo scenery of the Northern parts of Germany.

    Both satellite image servers offer very poor quality images.

    The result is I have to use a mixture.

    All of the inland waterways had to be edited by hand, for most of them I used R=42, G=57 and B=36 to give a muddy effect.

    This is my normal download "AeroScenery" main panel.

    aerofly.com/community/index.php?attachment/15761/

    Then I had to wait hours for the "GeoConvert" to process the tile or tiles to then view the results in FS 2 using the "Location" button.

    Then I realized that there is a faster way to do this.

    When processing with "GeoConvert" in "AeroScenery" un-tick the Level boxes leaving only Level 9.

    The process takes under 3 minutes, however you have to force the software to close using "Task Manager" as it will continue to process.

    You can then view the scenery (Level 9 only) in FS 2 using the "Location" button and either re edit the images or if happy with the results process in the normal manner.

    Michael.