[Doug]

Here are the images that I've made. Please help yourself to them if you wish. I'll add a few more later. Feel free to add your own to the topic. Perhaps some time in the future, we'll sort them all out.

Tornado

Black 5

BR Duchess Class

Flying Scotsman

Robinson Class 04

Coronation Class 'City of Coventry'

Coronation Class 'Duchess of Hamilton'

Class 57XX Pannier Tank

Prototype Deltic

Class 55 'Pinza'

Co-Co Diesel Electric Class 56

Class 20

Class 20 consist

Class 45

Class 31

 

[Doug]

A few more:

BR 4-6-0 Class N15

Streamlined West Country class 4-6-2

LMS Princess Royal Class

Class A4 (black)

Class A4 (green)

Harry Potter "Hogwarts Castle" Express

Merchant Navy Class (Blue)

Merchant Navy Class (Green)

G2a 'Super D'

Q1 Class 0-6-0

Class M7

 

[Doug]

A few more. The Flying Scotsman in the first post was updated.

A4 Mallard

Schools Class

4MT

Castle Class

T9

Clan Class

Dean Class

 

[Doug]

I have this one in my email signature. Thought it worth posting too. Must get the model out sometime.

Flying Scotsman Double Tender

 

[Doug]

Here is a little Photoshop tutorial on how I go about making these graphics. This was requested by a couple of members. There may be other ways of doing it, but this is what I do.

First find a reasonable sized image of the loco. Here we have the BR 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter Class 09.

I flip the image as I have the locos facing the right. Do this if you want - your choice.

To keep the lettering and logos the right way round, I make a copy of the background layer - then I select the loco number/name/symbols - copy and paste to a new layer

Then flip the loco (background copy). [Menu Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal]

Then move the numbers and logo layers over the flipped numbers and logos to make them look the correct way around. Merge the background copy layer and the number and logo layers.

Second step is to separate the loco from the background and copy it to your template file.

Select the background using the magic wand selector

Invert the selection [Ctrl-Shift-I] and copy it [Ctrl-C]

Switch to your template file (see ECoS_loco_image_demo.psd below)

Copy it to the template file [Ctrl-V]

Transform the pasted layer [Ctrl-T]

Resize the layer by dragging the corner anchors whilst holding the Shift key to maintain the aspect ratio.

It helps to zoom in a bit.

Size the layer to fit the available space, keeping the bottom of the loco wheels just on the line. Obviously bigger locos will size bigger than smaller locos, but scale isn't vital. We are looking for a good image to represent the model in the ECoS and we don't want too small an image even if the loco was a small one.

Once sized, click Enter to finalise the transformation.

Sharpen the layer [Menu Filters - Sharpen - Sharpen]

Name the layer if you wish - this helps to organise them

Save your image: [Menu File - Save As...]

Select BMP as the format, give it a name. Save as Windows 24-bit bitmat.

And you end up with this:

Upload it to your ECos and the the ESU loco database if you wish.

The PSD of this demo is here: http://www.modelrailforum.com/images/ESU/E..._image_demo.psd (it includes this Class 09 loco and a couple of other ones as examples). Use this as your template file. It is 190 x 40 pixels in size and has a background grey layer the sale colour as the ECos Screen background.

I hope this helps. If you need any more info on any of the steps, please don't hesitate to ask.

 

[GoingUnderground]

If, like me, your models are unusual, well modelling London Transport is hardly common, and need, or want, to use photos of your actual models on your colour ECoS, then place the models on white paper and then take the photo. The all white background makes it easier to remove the background later.

Also if I needed to turn round an image, I'm not sure that I'd bother about the running number being the wrong way round as it will be almost unnoticeable at 190 x 40 resolution.

 

[Doug]

Yes, agree. Turning things around only really matters if the bit is legible. Logos or big lettering.

For example:

 

[kirky02]

Many thanks for the tutorial Doug, very helpful.

Kirky

 

[Drithen]

Here's my collection:

SBB CE 6/8

SBB AE 8/14

SBB AE 6/6

SBB AM 4/4

SBB RE 482

Royal Bavarian S 3/6

Prussian Class 5810-21

DB V60

DB V300

CN SD40-2

 

[Putzi]

Or you can always pluck images from the near infinite database of The Traffic Screen Saver, and with the advantage that they are all to the same scale:

ÖBB Class 1822 / BR Battle of Britain class / CSD crane

 

[lostnortherner]

Here's my first attempt at making my own.

I'll try do them as I upgrade my trains I think.

 

[mikem64]

Hi Gents,

I don't suppose one of you really great artists out there have designed a BR Green Class 40 icon, or a BR Green Class 27 icon you would like to share ?

Thank you.

Mike.

 

[trainsntrees]

Hi

I do not seem to be able to upload BMP files to my Gallery? How did you post these?

Regards Kal

 

[dwb]

QUOTE I do not seem to be able to upload BMP files to my Gallery? How did you post these?

I think the Gallery only accepts JPG (JPEGs). The range of formats for attachments is a little wider - I think it includes PNGs. The avatar choice is wider again and includes GIFs.

David

 

[matin.2010]

hi
can you set these images this a signature

 

[trainsntrees]

Hi

It is just that the original pictures posted by Doug are in BMP, and to be any use to anyone in this thread they need to be 190x40,24bit images in bmp, else they may as well just have made them themselves.

I can post them on the ESU bazaar, so maybe pps can just go there for them.

Thanks and

Regards

Kal

 

[dwb]

QUOTE It is just that the original pictures posted by Doug are in BMP, and to be any use to anyone in this thread they need to be 190x40,24bit images in bmp, else they may as well just have made them themselves.

Ok; now I understand.

David

 

[Richard Johnson]

*** I'd have thought ESU would have enabled PNG as its such a good quality visual format for smallest file size....

Nice to see the proliferation of UK images.

regards

Richard

 

[trainsntrees]

Hi

Yes, I agree, and why they need 24 bit colour depth for a strange 190x40 image is beyond me, but that is what it is

Regards

 

[GoingUnderground]

QUOTE (trainsntrees @ 11 Apr 2011, 20:29) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi

It is just that the original pictures posted by Doug are in BMP, and to be any use to anyone in this thread they need to be 190x40,24bit images in bmp, else they may as well just have made them themselves.

I can post them on the ESU bazaar, so maybe pps can just go there for them.

Thanks and

Regards

Kal
Putting them on the ESU Loco Bazaar is the obvious thing to do as not everyone who owns an ECoS will be a member of MRF. I've posted several images there and not just of British locos. I think they've all been downloaded.

QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 12 Apr 2011, 09:56) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>*** I'd have thought ESU would have enabled PNG as its such a good quality visual format for smallest file size....

Nice to see the proliferation of UK images.

regards

Richard
Does the format really matter? The quality is more than adequate as it gives a very fair representation of the loco. You'll never want to blow the images up as pixellation rapidly sets in when you're starting at 190 x 40 for the colour images and 40 x 20 for the mono ones.

It's not just UK images that have proliferated. There are plenty of images from most european countries and some of US lines. There are even some of liveries that never existed, such as the "Edelweiss" blue and white livery of the Fleischmann rack & pinion drive version of the german E69 loco.

The images are easy to create from your own photos, which is the source of several of my contributions to the Bazaar.

Keith.