How to Paint Dirt 3 Liverys - Video Tutorial Series

This is  a 3 part series on how to paint custom liverys ( skins ) for Dirt 3 , you will need to have photoshop with the Nvidia DDS plugins http://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-adobe-photoshop and the Ryder PSSG Editor 1.7.2 http://petar.outer-heaven.net/downloads/

Each of the dds need to be saved a particular way and they are as follows

cabin.tga.dds - DXT1, ARGB, 4 bpp, 1 bit alpha
glass.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
glass_dm.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
lights.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
lights_dm.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
lights_nm_sp.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
lights_on.tga.dds - DXT1, ARGB, 4 bpp, 1 bit alpha
main.tga.dds - DXT1, ARGB, 4 bpp, 1 bit alpha
main_nm.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
specocc.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
wheel.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha
wheel_nm.tga.dds - DXT5, ARGB, 8 bpp, interpolated alpha

I hope this series of tutorials wil help those of you who want to paint a custom dirt 3 livery

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Dirt 3 Skins

I decided to paint a skin for Dirt , Here is My Renault Alpine

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DIRT 3 Escort

Here is a screenie of the new DLC Ford Escort for Dirt 3, they have changed it heaps since Dirt 2 its an absolute beast now