Gran Turismo 7 Livery Editor - General Discussion Thread

MidnightRun85 · Mar 11, 2023

StarRacer
If this question has been asked or there is already a thread for it, please guide me accordingly and I apologize.

My question pertains to "negative" or "mask" decals. Specifically, has any one figured out a way to outline the decals? For example, you paint the entire car silver then lay down all of your negatives and paint them black. Now you have a black car with silver lettering. What if those decals were all outlined in red? Or whatever color you choose. I have attempted to lay down a negative and then duplicate the same one over top, then make the one on top larger but that just turns out wanky and just a complete mess. A few of you are just masters at these liveries and was wondering if there is a way to do this.

The best way to do this is to make a negative decal then a single outline decal using the same shapes/text. It's hit/miss with decals in the community because they're not normally an exact match.

dcalde78 · Mar 11, 2023

This is the first livery I've made myself, from scratch. I'll normally run one of two kinds of livery - LiquiMoly cause I like their products, or old BTCC Supertouring car liveries. I'm quite happy with what I achieved with this one, considering I have no idea what I'm doing and just tried to make something that looked reasonable.

05XR8 · Mar 11, 2023

MidnightRun85
A mate of mine just landed a job as a mechanic on the BRT Team, so I'm going to make their Mustang. Surprised it's not in that post...

Is your mate a mechanic in the main game team or the Super2 program? The BRT Super2 is this one:

MidnightRun85 · Mar 11, 2023

05XR8
Is your mate a mechanic in the main game team or the Super2 program? The BRT Super2 is this one:
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That one. Are there two classes in the Supercars these days? I always thought it was just the one??

05XR8 · Mar 11, 2023

MidnightRun85
That one. Are there two classes in the Supercars these days? I always thought it was just the one??

There are three classes, with a fourth run by a different racing group. Supercars(main game Gen3), Super2(previous Generation/Gen2 cars), Super 3(Car of the Future before Gen2) and V8 Touring Cars(Australian Racing Group) for Project Blueprint(2004-1012 models)

MidnightRun85 · Mar 11, 2023

05XR8
There are three classes, with a fourth run by a different racing group. Supercars(main game Gen3), Super2(previous Generation/Gen2 cars), Super 3(Car of the Future before Gen2) and V8 Touring Cars(Australian Racing Group) for Project Blueprint(2004-1012 models)

Nice one, thanks! I'm guessing it's a little like the F1, F2, F3 structure?

996rick · Mar 12, 2023

StarRacer
If this question has been asked or there is already a thread for it, please guide me accordingly and I apologize.

My question pertains to "negative" or "mask" decals. Specifically, has any one figured out a way to outline the decals? For example, you paint the entire car silver then lay down all of your negatives and paint them black. Now you have a black car with silver lettering. What if those decals were all outlined in red? Or whatever color you choose. I have attempted to lay down a negative and then duplicate the same one over top, then make the one on top larger but that just turns out wanky and just a complete mess. A few of you are just masters at these liveries and was wondering if there is a way to do this.

I've done a few of these types of cars so far, and am working on one now.

The best method here is to treat the stencil and the outline as separate SVGs. When making these SVGs, you want to make sure the dimensions of the SVG are identical, and the art is in the same place in the SVG.

So for me, I'd make the art in a canvas/frame/artboard… whatever your program refers to this as. Then create my art on one. Then duplicate the frame, and modify each so I have a Stencil one, and an Outline one. Then export the SVG by the frame/canvas, not the art itself.

Then in the GT7 editor, you drop in your stencil as you normally would. Then duplicate it in the editor and replace it with the Outline version. This will ensure they lay exactly on top of one another.

As mentioned, I'm working on one of these now:

Stencil method

996rick
Mar 12, 2023

The left complete icon is the end result. The light blue is sort of a green screen here, and isn't part of the exported SVG. Then I broke it up into three separate SVGs. The main circle, the text, and the icon. I realized I needed the main circle to be a stencil sometimes, so that's an alt on top.

I place the large circle in place to position everything. Then duplicate it twice, and swap it out for 2 & 3 to have the entire logo.

Happy to help with any specific questions.

Panoz · Mar 12, 2023

A quick and simple vintage livery on the Aston Martin DB5 made as a GT Lightweight racing model.

MidnightRun85 · Mar 12, 2023

996rick
I've done a few of these types of cars so far, and am working on one now.

The best method here is to treat the stencil and the outline as separate SVGs. When making these SVGs, you want to make sure the dimensions of the SVG are identical, and the art is in the same place in the SVG.

So for me, I'd make the art in a canvas/frame/artboard… whatever your program refers to this as. Then create my art on one. Then duplicate the frame, and modify each so I have a Stencil one, and an Outline one. Then export the SVG by the frame/canvas, not the art itself.

Then in the GT7 editor, you drop in your stencil as you normally would. Then duplicate it in the editor and replace it with the Outline version. This will ensure they lay exactly on top of one another.

As mentioned, I'm working on one of these now:

Stencil method

996rick

Mar 12, 2023

The left complete icon is the end result. The light blue is sort of a green screen here, and isn't part of the exported SVG. Then I broke it up into three separate SVGs. The main circle, the text, and the icon. I realized I needed the main circle to be a stencil sometimes, so that's an alt on top.

I place the large circle in place to position everything. Then duplicate it twice, and swap it out for 2 & 3 to have the entire logo.

Happy to help with any specific questions.

That's a much better explanation of what i was saying. 👍👍

Note to self: explain thyself more eloquently.

3Tomac3 · Mar 12, 2023

A few of my livery works

RacingGrandpa · Mar 12, 2023

There's probably way too many of these already. But I had to make my own.....
Been a big fan since the 70's

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foxdylan · Mar 14, 2023

was really umming and ahhhring over this purchase.
Lot of credits
But really glad I did now its a hoot to drive the way it slides about and easy to control.
So much fun

LeftoverPizza · Mar 14, 2023

Had to do one of my favoured beer brand. The brown might be a bit too dark. Tried to create a beer bottle brown color, to go along with the black sides. 🤔

LeftoverPizza · Mar 15, 2023

Did another beer brand on the RA272. Undecided which one I like best. Lazily used the same striping layout as the one I did yesterday.

Panoz · Mar 16, 2023

To be completely honest, this Hellcat powered Willys is about only 65% on what it really should be.

A simple livery matching the late 1960s era of a Jeep AA Fuel Altered dragster that fits the class of a short wheelbase machine with a ridiculously powerful engine.

Needless to say, it's uncontrollable all the time.

RacingGrandpa · Mar 16, 2023

LeftoverPizza
Did another beer brand on the RA272. Undecided which one I like best. Lazily used the same striping layout as the one I did yesterday.

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I like the one on the right better. The colour combination is great

foxdylan · Mar 16, 2023

In a green mood today

MMX · Mar 17, 2023

Giving my Clios something to race against. Did 5 color variations of this classic GT livery.

Started out using Big Flake colors, but green was the only one that looked good, so switched them all over to Florescent.

Chikane_GTR · Mar 18, 2023

So I decided to make my own livery for each one of my 20 p1 gts there simple just a number change and color change but sometimes simple is fine.

Only done 9 so far.

05XR8 · Mar 18, 2023

MidnightRun85
Nice one, thanks! I'm guessing it's a little like the F1, F2, F3 structure?

Yes, feeder series for young drivers, with some, not all, main game teams running cars.

Super Taikyu begins this weekend. Some new liveries.

Mazda Spirit Racing

Team Zeroone

foxdylan · Mar 18, 2023

Some of my personal favourite liverys are the simple and subtle , not all out race cars but something i wish I had to pop to the shops via 25miles of moorland roads

MCL1974 · Mar 18, 2023

my first attempt at making a livery based on a real design. Based it on the Chevrolet Cruze as it was used in the WTCC race in Portimao in 2012, they had a one off livery as a tribute to the Michel Vaillant comics.
Tried to stay as close to the original as possible, but had to change the layout on the hood and added the GT decals as it looked a bit to empty..

Bluedice · Mar 18, 2023

RacingGrandpa · Mar 18, 2023

Tribute livery to a racer that was taken too soon.

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Nico_Ble99 · Mar 18, 2023

Made a livery with my employer as the main sponsor, featuring all the different tyre brands of where we are the exclusvie distributor for (GT Radial, Radar Tires and Tourador Tyres), our logistics partner as well as our rental car partner.