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Tutorial by: noob4ever
Difficulty: 2/10

What is this tutorial about?
This tutorial is mainly aimed for the ones that have no clue on how to make a skin for LFS.
This tutorial will not teach how to make a skin look cool, but more of the information.
I hope that this tutorial will help you getting started in skinning.

What is needed to skin?
Editing program - (ex. Photoshop, Corel Draw, GIMP.. etc).
LFS CMX

What is LFS CMX?
A small car viewer program which can help with skinning for the S2 release.
Read the included readme.txt for installation instructions. (description from LFS official website.)
To download it, go here http://www.lfs.net/?page=addons

This is everything needed to get started in skinning.
After installation of CMX, you can go in the CMX\data\skins and you will find a blank copy of each car.
Just copy and paste it, and rename it to whatever you want.
Open your Image Editing Program, and start designing your skin.
Open up CMX, choose your car, and your skin.

However, I would like to put up a few tips.
Tutorials are essantial for beginners, and one of the best resources
for LFS is Master Skinnerz. Visit them here:
http://www.lfs-gear.com/TUTORIALS/Tutorials.html

Car Kits in PSD Format (Photoshop)
Credits: The guys at Master Skinnerz.
http://www.lfs-gear.com/kitz.html

Decals in PSD Format
Credits: The guys at Master Skinnerz.
http://www.lfs-gear.com/LFS-Decals.html

More Decals:
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/

just think i saw a jdmf skin and i wanted to know how to do the finders like the red skin that has the lime green fender thingd lol how would i do that

heres the pic-http://i37.tinypic.com/4fx2cx.jpg<-- its the plain red one with the green fender things

or like this-http://i38.tinypic.com/e84nmh.jpg

but the ectype has those kinds of fenders i just wanna know how to get the green part green lol

yep that lil lime green part tried painting it and always goes over and looks so ugly lol

OT:
      ]|I{•------»            Zεεk|Dα|Gεεk             «------•}I|[        says:
hittin u up on msn tell me wat 2 do XD

Ryan - HP Laptop FS $800USD says:
lol let me take my shower first, lol im like naked atm

Ryan - HP Laptop FS $800USD says:
haha
   
   ]|I{•------»            Zεεk|Dα|Gεεk             «------•}I|[        says:
XD

      ]|I{•------»            Zεεk|Dα|Gεεk             «------•}I|[        says:
ewwwwwwww

Ryan - HP Laptop FS $800USD says:
u know u wish that my webcam was on

      ]|I{•------»            Zεεk|Dα|Gεεk             «------•}I|[        says:
shhhhhhhhhh

Ryan - HP Laptop FS $800USD says:
hehe

Ryan is mine.

to add a little depth to your skin, make sure the original skin from LFS is on the top layer and change the blending mode to multiply. Of course, this only applys to photoshop users...

Also, when you start your skin, try looking around for a design you like. Try not to look in LFS, but at real cars. See how they place decals, how they draw out body lines with simple curves and shapes, notice the color combinations, things like that. This will enable you to create a unique skin that is 100% you.

Try not to complicate things as well. You will see designs like the JDMF skins that have 3573526 different colors and shapes and think "WOW! THATS AWESOME! I CAN DO THAT!" Well, its not as easy as you think. You have to make sure each piece of the skin works together to create a unified design. Once you start adding to many colors it becomes that much harder to maintain a uniformed design and concept. The JDMF skins are what I like to call "organized chaos."  There are tons of colors and shapes and design elements going on at one time. But it is not overwhelming due to the use of design and control. It takes a lot of practice and experimenting to gain total control over your designs. So keep at it and take your time. Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day 

to add a little depth to your skin, make sure the original skin from LFS is on the top layer and change the blending mode to multiply. Of course, this only applys to photoshop users...

Also, when you start your skin, try looking around for a design you like. Try not to look in LFS, but at real cars. See how they place decals, how they draw out body lines with simple curves and shapes, notice the color combinations, things like that. This will enable you to create a unique skin that is 100% you.

Try not to complicate things as well. You will see designs like the JDMF skins that have 3573526 different colors and shapes and think "WOW! THATS AWESOME! I CAN DO THAT!" Well, its not as easy as you think. You have to make sure each piece of the skin works together to create a unified design. Once you start adding to many colors it becomes that much harder to maintain a uniformed design and concept. The JDMF skins are what I like to call "organized chaos."  There are tons of colors and shapes and design elements going on at one time. But it is not overwhelming due to the use of design and control. It takes a lot of practice and experimenting to gain total control over your designs. So keep at it and take your time. Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day 

Wisewords... listen him, listen ^