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Create background bitmap

lordofwings

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I wanted to add a background bitmap for my new airport project and have the following questions:

1. There is a checkbox that says "visible in Flight Simulator", does that means that my background bitmap can actually show as part of the scenery? how does it mixes with the scenery BGL that is already in place for that area?

2. I found the "Create Background" page on the FSX Planner site, very good in giving important info (LAT/LON of top left, bottom right) but then what good is it if you can't save it? can't do PRINT SCREEN because the image is too big to fit in the monitor In the page info I found some 56 tiles from Google Earth but then the coordinates given are not very useful anymore :(

Any ideas how to deal with that? This tool seems very promising, tried several others but they all let me crippled.
 
lordofwings said:
I wanted to add a background bitmap for my new airport project and have the following questions:

1. There is a checkbox that says "visible in Flight Simulator", does that means that my background bitmap can actually show as part of the scenery? how does it mixes with the scenery BGL that is already in place for that area?
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The background images used in FSX Planner do not show up in the sim. They are used in FSX Planner only as a convenient way for you to accurately place objects.

2. I found the "Create Background" page on the FSX Planner site, very good in giving important info (LAT/LON of top left, bottom right) but then what good is it if you can't save it? can't do PRINT SCREEN because the image is too big to fit in the monitor In the page info I found some 56 tiles from Google Earth but then the coordinates given are not very useful anymore :(
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You need to get a tool like SnagIt to copy and save the image from the web browser. (There is a 30 day free trial of SnagIt availale from their website.) Once you have the background image that you like in the main window, you click the 'New Window' button and a new window that contains only the background image will be displayed. Then with SnagIt (or other similar tool) you can save the image, even if it is larger than your monitor.

You also need to copy the combined lat/lon coordinates - just that one line. In FSX Planner you can paste that combined lat/lon info into the appropriate field in the Manage Background Images dialog once you select your saved image that SnagIt created.

-Russell
 
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