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  • #1 · How to Make Your Own Painter Brushes + Stickers + Icons + Stencils
  • This is a tutorial on how to make your own painter brushes.

    Before we start, you will need:
    Your copy of TM
    A photo editing program (I will use Paint.net)

    1. Go to C:\Program Files\TmUnitedForever (or whatever)\GameData\Painter.


    2. You will see five folders:

    FillPatterns (???)
    Layers (Prelight, Rust, etc.)
    Stencils (Brushes)
    Stickers (Self-explanatory)
    SubObjects (Sub Object Selections)

    Stencils is what we will be working in.

    3. Open the Stencils folder and you will see many subfolders.
    Inside any of those are two images:

    Brush.tga
    Icon.dds

    Now we will begin making our brush.

    4. Make a new folder in the Stencils folder. The name of this folder will be the name of your brush in TM.
    I used 'Flame'.

    Now use your photo editing program to make the brush.

    5.When you are done making the brush, delete the background. Yes, I said DELETE it! You should have something like this:

    Save it in Targa (.tga) file format.
    Don't forget to save it in your brush folder!!

    6. To make the icon, fill in the background black. It should look something like this:

    Save it in .dds file format. Use these settings:

    I don't think you have to use mip-maps, I did it just in case

    Don't forget to save it in your brush folder!!

    7. Go into TM and use your brush

    Thanks for reading this tutorial, have a nice day & have fun with your brushes!
    Last edited by  crooms
    "Sir Proskilz"
    Posts: 299
  • #2
  • Making Sticker,Icons and Stencils

    Wow alot of words belive me after couple goes its EASY,if you can teach a old dog like me then anyone can do it
    images below to help abit more

    download the software
    picutre resizer
    and also DXTBmp
    *file sizes Icon.dds=64x64
    *file size Sticker.TGA 400x400

    Step 1
    open the picture resizer find the pic you got example 'war'
    resize it has 64x64 save it as Icon 'note the letter i must be caps on I
    now reopen again WAR the real one not the one you just did and named Icon
    and save it has 400x400 and name this one Sticker 'note also the letter s must be caps on S'
    PLEASE do not save them with jpeg BMP much better

    Step 2
    Now open DXTBMP
    find the pic you named Icon,open it and CLICK SAVE AS DDS TEXTURE and save it in 'please note it could go in 2 places please look'
    *MY DOCS/TM/PAINTER/STICKERS
    *MY COMPUTER/C.DRIVE/PROGRAMME FILES/TM/GAME DATA/PAINTER/STICKERS
    once found the right place.Place it in Stickers MAKE a new folder and call this the main name of your pic War 'note again the letter w must be caps on W'
    now find the Sticker and again open in DXTBMP CLICK SAVE AS 'Targa with Alpha' AND save it with the Icon in the same Sticker folder

    now return to check on names in folder 'STICKERS'
    example War open it you should see 2 files inside named
    Icon.DDS and Sticker.TGA
    ^^^^ if not rename as above ^^^^^
    *note make sure the largest of the files is named Sticker*
    now boot game up and goto paint a car your Icon of your pic should be in the Sticker bar/boxes IF NOT TRY AGAIN converting
    and saving files/pics but make sure to use the first letter caps on...

    TRANSPARENCY PICS
    STEP 1
    after you have sat for hours cutting the pic out !! and saved it with a white background
    add transparency
    *note do steps above first for making a folder in stickers ^^^ and naming it the name example Apple
    ok again resize both 64x64 and 400x400 and named Icon & Sticker
    now OPEN DXTBMP
    Find Icon save as DDS TEXTURE just like before and save it in the folder example 'Apple'
    now OPEN Sticker but now go along to the word ALPHA click it and add ALPHA FROM COLOUR,Click the WHITE colour box,
    now return and save as TARGA with ALPHA in the Stickers folder example Apple
    *again best to check if the wording is right on Icon.DDS and Sticker.TGA again if not rename them making sure the largest one is the Sticker !!

    Stencil
    just the same as the other 2 above ^^^ but adding the word Brush
    File/Save As/DDS Texture
    Choose the following path My Documents\Trackmania\Painter\Stencils. or in GAME DATA/Painter/Stencials

    Create a new folder (with the name your stencil should have).

    Now save your file as Icon.DDS
    This will be the symbol your sticker/stencil will have.
    For the actual stencil click: File/Save As/Targa with Alpha
    Save it as Brush.TGA in the same directory you created before.

    Now you should have 2 file like this:
    My Documents\Trackmania\Painter\Stickers\Test-Stencil\Icon.DDS
    My Documents \Trackmania\Painter\Stickers\Test-Stencil\Brush.TGA
    if not again rename them again making sure the largest is Brush.TGA

    *special tips
    when cutting out pics make sure you ADD the colour White back into the area you have JUST cut out,this colour becomes the transparency part !!
    note try to blend the white into the out line of your pic to stop a white border around your pic,if you get this in paint mode,simply pick the strip 'GRADIENT'and pic the colour of your car 'MAIN COLOUR' you can now FADE the pic and the colour into one,also set on paint mode to transparency so you can see through the paint gives it a custom spray job looks very good around your stcikers on the car
    ******
    THANKYOU to da-hoffi on TM CREATIVE SITE for this,since he is German words where mixed up abit.i have rewrote it out again.also thx to Sivert for the Icon and Sticker size's
    *plus you will have to upload your images/Stickers somewhere and make locator files for them if you would like others to see them.

    RESIZE FOR STICKERS 400X400

    RESIZE FOR ICON 64X64

    *for TRANSPARENCY STEP 1,2,3



    Last edited by  Wraith
    TMX Supporter
    Posts: 779
  • #3
  • sorry guys i have had to move pics to another site,can not find pic for 400.iam working on making another.and post it soon
    NOW FIXED hope fileden does not cap this one
    Last edited by  Wraith
    TMX Supporter
    Posts: 779
  • #4
  • i followed the first post, but when i got into tmuf the bruch had that "unloaded" black-red checkboard icon, and i couldent use it,
    any suggestions?
    Posts: 22
  • #5
  • sounds like a conflict of loc finding to blame

    if you get RED and BLACK squares thats a bad loc file conflict like its not finding the image to upload onto your p.c
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    Posts: 779
  • #6
  • what am i going to do then?
    EDIT ont anwer this post. didnt know i got in in pm's.
    Last edited by  Oreo
    Posts: 22
  • #7 · Re: How to Make Your Own Painter Brushes + Stickers + Icons + Stencils
  • how do you get on paint.net?
    Posts: 3
  • #8 · Re: How to Make Your Own Painter Brushes + Stickers + Icons + Stencils
  • SuperSpeedyRacer says...
    how do you get on paint.net?


    www.paint.net
    Last edited by  .Fakecheese»
    Posts: 12
  • #9
  • I <3 scenery.
    Posts: 301
  • #10
  • So, I know this is an old topic, but I have a problem.
    I downloaded the car_Flags file, which contains 300 brushes.
    And I open the first file in the pack with Paint.net, and do everything like said in the first tut.
    But it doesn't show up in the painter.
    I even resize the icon to 64x64 but nothing.
    Here is the file: http://www.trackmania-carpark.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11218&start=0
    The pack is a bit down in the first post, you'll see it.
    Please help, Blingy
    studying physics. ^^
    Posts: 715
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