Compensate
For Stretching
You
may notice some stretching and distortion on some of your skins
and wonder what's going on. After all, the skin looks fine in
your graphics program, why are your decals stretched out of
shape in-game?
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The
image on the right shows the XRT as it appears in the game from
side on. Below it in black we see the difference in proportions
to the actual skin file. The skin file is of square proportions,
but of course the cars are not. Areas of the skin file are mapped
to the 3D model and in some places it is stretched across an area
of the car causing distortion or stretching.
Obviously any artwork applied to the default will appear
stretched in-game. We can compensate for this stretching and make
all of our artwork and decals appear as they should, unstretched.
Some areas of the skin will be prone to more
stretching tha other areas. Pay particular attention to bumpers,
wings, guards
etc, as well as the areas close to the nose and tail. These areas
may stretch a little more than the overall skin and this is simply
due to the way the 2D texture needs to wrap around the 3D model. |
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The
first image is the skin at its default proportions. On the right
the skin is stretched to more realistic proportions.
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Although
there is no magical "perfect" ratio to use, we can get
most of it right by doing the following: Resize your default skin
from 1024 x 1024 to 1280
x 1024. Now apply your artwork and decals, then resize back to 1024
x 1024 before saving as a JPG. This should compensate for most stretching.
If you are working with a skin that is 2048 x 2048 then resize to
2560 x 1280 before appying your artwork,
then resize back to 2048 x 2048.
Remember, this formula compensates
for stretching in most cases but some
areas will still need tweaking! |
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Tools
& Utilities
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| Live
For Speed CMX Viewer |
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Official
3D skin viewing utility for Live For Speed. |
| Master
Skinnerz Skin Kits |
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Very
high quality templates and components. |
| Master
Skinnerz LFS Decals |
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Very
high quality LFS decals and decal kits. |
| Master
Skinnerz Tyre & Wheel Shop |
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coming
soon |
| Master
Skinnerz Interiors and Lights |
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coming
soon |
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