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
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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

Hey, aks TStar if he put it in our tut section

Ok now I understand what T said

sorry guys i have had to move pics else where,fileden has capped me