FlightGear Newsletter October 2020: Difference between revisions

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 == Scenery corner ==
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+===== New Photoscenery patches =====
+Nathaniel is working on a set of patches to add photo scenery support to FlightGear: {{quote|text=It works by replacing the normal scenery texture with satellite orthophotos when they're available. It's compatible with ALS, as well as the default renderer, and works with existing scenery. I have instructions, including links to patched FlightGear and SimGear, as well as a patch for the base data package, at [https://github.com/nathanielwarner/flightgear-photoscenery github]}}
+A few examples of the Kansas scenery with photo texturing are posted in the [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=38057#p374163 forum].
+As a result of some comparisons pictures which showed the difference between good custom scenery and the photo scenery Erik took the opportunity to better color match the supplied textures for hue, saturation and brightness. Here's an example of the [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=37950&p=374512#p374482 color matching effort].
 <!-- === Scenery Models === -->