How to skin SCS trucks in American Truck Simulator & CREATE a logo 2021!!

[@SkitzThaClown]

I thank you for this, I got ATS due to my grandfather being a trucker. I can't become a driver myself sadly wouldn't pass the physicals due to bad lower back and knees. But now I can make a custom truck in his memory.

[@ItzBlizard]

was wrapping my brain around this and failing everytime, found your video bro and instantly got it and done it! thank you!!!!

[@angryjgaming]

Glad it helped!

[@Papa-Kev]

I've watched and learned from tons of tutorials painting planes for FSX. I have to say this is the best paint tutorial I've watched. Good job.

[@TheHurkulez]

38:43 Letters and numbers can be flipped. "Flip" it "Horizontal" then flip it again "Vertical"... Easy Peasy 51:27 Just un check overlay layer then save it. NOTE: Been skinning since 1982. Have 360+ items in steam workshop.(moddingunlimited)

[@angryjgaming]

Nice! Thanks for the tip

[@TheHurkulez]

@@angryjgaming Yw, At.

[@WarblingWyvern]

I followed the video to a T, but my skin is not showing up ingame in my mods area...Does ATS have to be downloaded to my C drive for this to work?

[@warehousegoblinLPG]

Rotation of the image most definetly matters once coverted to the DDS file. If it is backwards then once moved into the game it will be backwards on the truck. This is such an excellent video!

[@AOG0921]

Man, this tutorial was awesome. Thanks for taking the time to put this out there. Been wanting to do my own skins and this is the best I have seen so far. Again thanks.

[@angryjgaming]

You’re welcome glad it helped you!!

[@mrvonklaus7729]

Easy to follow guide and in the end made my own truck skin

[@XGP_Rockarchy]

followed all the steps but im not seeing the skin in the game.

[@SkittleKicksPlays]

Just as a heads up folks. This was not mentioned in the video but you will NOT be able to access your custom painted truck until you are leveled up a lot (same for trailers). You can do just the day cab and paint that, but if you did the W900 that doesn't unlock for a while. I've already tested this Sorry newbie drivers. Unless you cheat and unlock everything you'll have to wait a while.

[@dand3975]

Thanks Jay, I have been watching your video, on truck skins. I have followed along in my own paint net file & am making a trailer skin. Your precision use & demonstration of paint net , layers or levels and file structure is excellent.

[@rogerbruce8710]

great tutorial angry. Got my fleet running a mix of alt uv and normal textures all looking beautiful

[@angryjgaming]

Great to hear!

[@HuntOfficial1776]

Whatever I did it was in the mod menu but didn’t show up in the livery selection of the dealer

[@XGP_Rockarchy]

I’m having trouble with my design showing up on the game.

[@Humzues]

Amazing video, very straightforward. well done

[@ThornGrim]

Thank you thank you, I watch your video and now have my own company trucks in ATS for my company Outlaw Trucking LLC. Awesome work.

[@quesostream]

This is a big help. I appreciate this video. I am also a streamer and have been wanting to do this for a while. I'm gonna kill the game now lol

[@angryjgaming]

Good luck buddy. happy I could help

[@mr.gameplay3882]

Thanks for this. I always wanted to make my own logo. Not to mention I watch your streams over Facebook as well. If you ever convoy up I would love to drive with ya

[@angryjgaming]

yes we do community convoys sometimes, thanks for watching

[@NormenBGaming]

got it to work! you did a great job explaining. Thanks for sharing

[@robertoparrillajr.2256]

Great video thanks, can you do a window tinting video please?

[@angryjgaming]

Sorry buddy I have no idea how to do that lol wish I did though

[@robertoparrillajr.2256]

@@angryjgaming Ok no problem thanks for the knowledge in this video very useful, where can I download one of your skins if you don't mind. I create ATS content on KZbin as well

[@j.light12]

Thanks so much for this video I finally made my first skin. It's just a trailer and only put my youtube logo on each side but that's the first time I've got it to work in game.

[@Iaamaj]

Thank you man , now i can make my truck a company vehicle Keep up the good work love the vid

[@angryjgaming]

thank you buddy

[@otf7466]

This is a great intro to photoshop/paint in general.

[@jedigaming2969]

Awesome bro thanks for this,been looking so long. i just stumble on this

[@angryjgaming]

your welcome buddy

[@michaelestrada1564]

Great tutorial man. Gonna have to do this when I get off the road

[@festersmith8352]

10 mins in and it doesn't work. Filled the layer 2 to black, moved it down as instructed, and both layers show solid black. You seem to be the best in detail of instructions so far, but I hit that wall. UPDATE: A few possibilities are in this problem. But I found a solution that seems to lead to what others are seeing and using now. Under adjustments, invert the colors of your background image. This will give you white grid lines that can be seen on the black base color. Then you can change the opacity of the background to darken or lighten them.

[@michaelwolford346]

first time doing skins was nervous but thanks that did help

[@luanvorster641]

I am subscribed and thanks a mil for your tut. I only have a small issue, i have done everything as you explained but noticed the mod is not showing up in the left pane when looking through all the paint jobs.

[@littlejp6090]

we need an update video on payware trucks like rudas w900 but overall great video

[@caseysanford6121]

This video helped me so much I couldn't have done it with out it. Do you have a video on doing like 2 tone stuff.

[@JustinWoodTV]

Im guessing your from Des Moines lol. Im not to far away over in Newton lol. Great video thanks for the information.

[@mikri88]

whenever i try to resize something smaller it looks terrible. Trying to add IFTA stickers and stuff like that

[@angryjgaming]

When you are resizing hold "shift" so the image goes larger or smaller but stays in proportion. If the clarity of the image is an issue, you can resize the entire image but going to "image" on the top left . there you can resize it all by pixel or inches. Probably will be some trial and error there, I can't really say what's a good pixle size.

[@jasonfessler4763]

I like your truck colors, I am using the same colors on my truck and am trying to make my frame the same green that you use with a black cab. Can you make a video on how to color the chassis? I am using vipers truck in the steam workshop

[@angryjgaming]

When you use mods from the steam workshop you can't edit those files and make your own skins. You have to download the mod from a website so you can access the files. I use to skin the viper pete non stop! In order to paint the frame the template to the truck has to have the frame in it. Yes I can make a video on how to skin it but it's a little more complicated to get it into game. But I will think about it for the future. Thanks for commenting

[@nerfcommando149]

I was able to follow your directions. thank you for making this. my only issue is i want to skin mod trucks. please make a video showing how to add skins to mod trucks. i was able to skin the scot mod truck but was not able to figure out how to add the skin to that mod(yes, i know how to find it as it is a steam workshop mod). I then downloaded a seperate steam workshop skin mod for the scot truck, and added the skin i had made to that mod. it worked!

[@angryjgaming]

Awesome buddy glad you got it. Skinning mod trucks can be a bit tricky, it really depends on what files come with the truck. I can't explain it perfectly in text but essentially there are two different ways to do it. One way is to make your own skin from the template for the specific mod truck and over ride an existing paint job that came with the truck. The second way is to use a program called "ats/ets Studio" it can be finicky but does work. unfortunately does not work for ALL mod trucks . I plan to make more videos on the subject in the future. Thanks again for watchin!

[@caseihpopper]

I have a question do you know how to put stickers on the visor of vipers truck

[@angryjgaming]

Sorry I do not know

[@caseihpopper]

@@angryjgaming I figured it out it only works on some visors tho

[@carlosquiroz6009]

I know is two years later after this video lol but do you also do modeling videos? Or edit some trucks?

[@ArtVandelay-Architect]

Absolutely Incredible. Thank you for this video, it helped me out so much!

[@jaredhowatt9639]

Thank you for the in depth and step-by-step video. This helped me to create my own design in the game. I look forward to watching a future video about designing your own trailer. If we are goig to design our own trailer, do we have to pull the "EXAMPLE" folder out of the game, create the custom skin and put the folder back in?

[@Rusouv3]

Thank you for the video. I haven't modded my truck paint in years and I forgot how it was. Plus it was a for Peterbilt Viper. I just did it for the 389. Thank you again!!! Super easy!!!

[@ebojager]

Great easy to follow video! I might actually be able to do this :) Will this mod work in like the multiplayer convoys?

[@MatokAKAM]

First let me say ty for making this video, it really helped me out. That said, I have a problem getting the paint job skin I made to show up in the game. I made a skin for a friend for his Freightliner Cascadia, and although the skin shows in his Mod Folder and on the mod selection screen, the paint job does not show up when he is in the truck customaztion area, not sure what happened. I sent him this video and even he can not make the paint skin to show up. I would love to discuss this over Discord.

[@angryjgaming]

Hey buddy sorry I just saw this. One question I would have is does it work for you and not him or does it not work for either? I wonder if the template you used is for the exact same cascadia, there are many different versions of the truck and would need the correct template for that truck. Just a thought, let me know.

[@JonathanPaulC]

Is there a ETS2 version , I am having trouble finding any example mods like yours for ETS2

[@angryjgaming]

Yes I believe there is, it would be different templates as well.

[@smdg4743]

hello question is the western star templte in that pack from scs

[@angryjgaming]

yes

[@SgtGoodGaming]

Dude this helps out so much!

[@kyledennison4365]

Thanks Bro your awesome! Defiantly subscribed!

[@cloudchaser8949]

deselect is also the esc button on your keyboard

[@daviddodd7958]

Extremely helpful! Thanks!!

[@bugsy5903]

This was very helpful. I was just wondering if you are playing multiplayer in a convoy will they see your custom skin or do you have to do something special to get that to work?

[@loyafamily2151]

How'd u get this 2 work am I supposed to extract the file or something it's just not working the way he showed I'm getting a error at saving Can u please help

[@bugsy5903]

@@loyafamily2151 I haven't actually done it yet. I was hoping to find out if I could use this in a convoy first. I would like for other drivers to see it.

[@loyafamily2151]

Got u thanks

[@bugsy5903]

@@loyafamily2151 I finally created my own skin. I got it to work fine. I can try to help you if you still need it.

[@loyafamily2151]

Thanks my friend I was able get it also thanks again

[@ThunderingDiesel]

Thanks for this video was easy, I was scared it didn’t work at first cause I spent a few hrs doing this but then I noticed I was in the wrong files

[@waynerobinson3186]

followed every thing too the letter but still won't load into the game file comes up in mod manager i activate it but when i go to truck shop and click on the paint tab skin not showing up in the options

[@angryjgaming]

maybe you are using the wrong template for the truck or not selecting the correct can variant for the template you used. ?

[@dudalves]

hi, i'm from brazil, and i liked your videos, how to put the company logo, i want to learn. I signed up, now I'm going to follow your videos, congratulations

[@oneshottrucker]

Thank you so much! Liked and subscribed

[@waynerobinson3186]

when i open the truck file from example file it just has a bunch of letters on the screen no images of the truck like in the video

[@angryjgaming]

right click on the file, then select view file

[@THELOSTUSCOM]

Thanks for the hard work and putting together this folder, I had no issues when creating my custom template for 2 trucks and 1 trailer. It works great when I put the folder I created in my mods folder, but when I pack it into a mod in steams workshop I get only pink and white blocks for the paint job. Even on trucks that I did nothing on and it should be the lines on the template as the paint job there also pink and white blocks. So I packed just the folder and did not change anything no lines on the template just pink and white blocks. the tag in the paint area at the dealer is showing up along with price. I made custom tags all is good there. Im new to ATS but not new to modding and was wondering if you have had or seen this issue before?

[@THELOSTUSCOM]

Not sure what was happening. I re-uploaded my mod and its fine. 4th time is a charm I guess. Thanks for your help it worked:)

[@laynejackson6577]

I doubt you'll see this being so old but when I try to save the dds file it says I can't due to it being set to read only ? Is there a way around this?

[@harutogames9204]

i did everything you said and it wont show up in my mods list even when i try and use it outside of the file pack for the template its self it wont work idk whats going on

[@msgtdrell]

Is there anyway to get the custom skin you make into ats convoy or truckers mp?

[@angryjgaming]

No not at this time, truckers MP is zero mods and that will not change. But convoy is supposed to be mod friendly in future.

[@Fazesnipes-mx5uj]

I did all the steps you said to do and when i get in the game it shows the lines of the template on the truck will not show logos or anything could you help me?

[@CajunTrails]

If you only mod one truck and have to save the entire folder in the mod folder, can you still go back to the example folder and mod the other trucks and save? Will it just over write the existing files? Also can you paint the truck more than one color? Thanks again for the help

[@angryjgaming]

yes it will over write the file but as long as your painting different trucks then it will keep them how you made them. yes you can paint them different colors just paint each area whivever color you would like

[@haystack_mikey25]

Has anyone had any luck with this? I’ve followed the steps for 2 different modded trucks and the scs 389, but i cant get it to work at all

[@angryjgaming]

When you save the file do you see the TWO pop ups after clicking save?

[@patrickrichmond9896]

Angry J. Gaming, what font is that I see at time stamp 41:11 that you are creating for the doors or sleeper? The reason why is if I get my copy of the game for Christmas, I want to use a font that resembles the older generation. I know that in the 1960s, Sears had what is now called the "Georgia" font that they used on their trailers. And I wonder what fonts does the game have that represents the generations of the 1950s or early 1960s.

[@SHOTTIG]

smart tip is to take a picture of your truck so you know where will show and where will not

[@rhinopoop1239]

Thank you this tutorial really helped me

[@angryjgaming]

Glad to hear that!

[@kenthornton3598]

Hi Jay, this is an excellent tutorial for SCS trucks, please tell me will this work on modded trucks as well, what I was wanting to do is create a skin for the Haterbilt 389v2?

[@angryjgaming]

coming soon!

[@smurg_teh_wurgg3540]

you can press CTRL + C to copy and CTRL + V to paste.

[@Torch327]

This helped immensely to be able to skin my own truck as a new player. Now on to the more difficult question. How do I get the game to recognize multiple skins for the same truck? I obviously have to change something somewhere, but I can't for the life of me figure out what.

[@angryjgaming]

I belive you must copy the file as a seperate file and add each file (each skin) as a mod.

[@ThunderingDiesel]

Is it possible to add more than one custom skin into Rudas truck not just at a time

[@angryjgaming]

one skin at a time. My advice, copy the original "definition file" multiple times. create a skin in each one and then you can just swap out the definition file. but you will need to keep those files in separate folders, NOT on your desktop or in the same folder. if you put two of them in the same folder or in game or on your desktop because it's named the same it will just over write one of them and make them the same.

[@ThunderingDiesel]

@@angryjgaming okay i understand, thanks for the advice

[@DemonWolfe-hg5zp]

Great tutorial but I have one problem, I can't save the dds format it keeps telling me to save as

[@tongangaming3527]

Having the same issue?

[@transcorrtrucking1461]

Same

[@LRGTRUCKING]

did you ever fix it?

[@kdhrcs9182]

Every time I export the file as a .dds it makes it longer/wider/bigger, so I end up with a space on one side of my trailer design. Any idea why this is happening?

[@Bonk_75]

Awesome video

[@flavegasvinnie]

This worked for me but now have a different issue. The files show up as a dds file and when trying to let my buddy use the mod so he has the same truck it doesn't work for him. His mods show up as scs files and these files are dds files. Is there a way to switch file types

[@PoppyLaneFarms]

Hey Mr. AJG. I'm curious if you can do a video on how to do a skin with Doms templates. I've tried to follow your video as close as i can and still can't get it to show up in game. I think the folder is missing something. Like it's missing a modesk.

[@coyne4586]

Hello angry J, question could you do a tutorial on pinga 389 for making a custom skin? Awesome vid easy to fallow along with

[@2sail2youschannel4]

Thanks a lot finally made my first skin! How can we make many skin for the same truck?

[@angryjgaming]

you can only have one skin active at a time for the same truck with the same cab size. you will need to make extra copies of the file and make your paint jobs in different copies then install the one you want to use

[@gopherbar]

Hi, I followed this and saved it as a dx5 dds but even though I have activated it in mods I cannot choose it as a skin/pibtjon for the trucks, why ?

[@njunderground82]

Same! You ever figure it out?

[@angryjgaming]

If you reopen the truck file, go to the paint job .dds file. When you open that paint job does it show up as the paint job your created or is the stock paint job?

[@jamesmarshall8430]

I've been trying to skin my w900 and for the life of me all im getting is a white truck with all the lines, nothing ive created. I finally got one to work on a pete last night. I did notice there are two kenworth folders so im not sure if thats why its not working. I am using the 900sleeper though in the kenworth folder.

[@angryjgaming]

Hey buddy, the Kenworth folder has different sleeper sizes are you using the template for the sleeper your wanting ?

[@jamesmarshall8430]

@@angryjgaming I have a "kenworth" folder with "900sleep" ive been trying to do it on with no luck. Then i have a "kenworthw900" folder with many different options which is the only one i can get to show up on the cab. BUT it is also taking the logos and randomly putting them on stuff like fuel tanks and such that make no sense. Any ideas?

[@spooksmultigames]

ok followed step by step but it says acess denid when pressing save an then ok gives me aceess denid plz advise anyone

[@don_ron]

what if the new one opens as a PGN?

[@don_ron]

*me seeing I downloaded the wrong one* :DD

[@AustinKinser-m3f]

Very in depth video. Thank you so much. I am having one issue though. After copying my pdn over to the dds template and trying to save I get a message saying access is denied. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@angryjgaming]

Ya that’s a tricky one I’ve had it happen on a couple different occasions and it’s a pain to fix. I don’t really have a true fix but one thing you can try is, download the template for the truck you want. Copy the file and paste them into a new folder on your desktop and now open the template and skin your truck. See if that helps.

[@AustinKinser-m3f]

It worked! Thank you so much!

[@angryjgaming]

That’s great!!! Happy to help buddy

[@KristanPitts-p6b]

what do i do if i want to make multiple skins for 1 truck?

[@phantomninjagaming]

when i paste a image onto the template it goes behind the template how do i fix that?

[@angryjgaming]

you must add a new layer first, bottom right corner. New layers go above the template.

[@phantomninjagaming]

@@angryjgaming ohh ok thanks!

[@WiscoGuyGaming]

I really wanted this to work for me. For some reason though, even though it showed in the mod manager, I still couldn't use find it in the paint options. I even tried it on two different trucks. :(

[@njunderground82]

Same! You ever figure it out?

[@Streetrocker28]

Very handy tutorial !

[@RoyalKingTrucking]

i spent whole hour and i tried to save it to dds it wouldn't let me save it said couldn't find directory😡😡😡

[@higgogaming6964]

Mine wont let me save as a DDS. Do i need any extra plugins or anything? TIA

[@Flyswatable]

Thank u a lot for the video I’ve watched several of your videos. Only trouble I’m having is the templates show as a png. And I click on it and customize the template to how I want it and it still shows png I’m not understanding how to get it as a dds

[@angryjgaming]

It’s been awhile so I’m going off memory but when your ready to save. Click file “save as” and where it says .png use the drop arrow and select .dds. I believe that’s what you’re looking for.

[@dwaynejoe5360]

Thank for sharing this

[@angryjgaming]

Your welcome

[@truthaboutjesus4487]

thx i need to know how to add cobra cbs and under glow to my truck

[@CowBoyHatGaMing]

alright everything is working , unfortunately the skin not lining up on truck tho?

[@Little-Duckling92]

This probably a long shot but I just got the game and did everything like you said but when I went to go save it, it says access denied. Any suggestions

[@angryjgaming]

Create a new folder on your desktop, copy all files in the folder you’re working with. Save those files in the new folder you created and try again.

[@masteroperator1]

thank you for the tutorial. a backup of the original file would be great I think. I'm brand new in ATS. If I have enough money to buy my 1st truck, I will try this here. :) sub

[@lolzers7092]

you can download a money mod through the steam workshop if you wanted to

[@masteroperator1]

So the 1st truck is done. thank you again @angry . but it seems not to work in multiplay right? tested it with one friend. he has exactly my folder in his mod folder. if he play alone, he also can use it. any idea? or is it really just in singleplay possible? thank you guys.

[@lelandalbertson2220]

Ok I need help. I followed everything in the vidoe but when i go to do the dds save, it says Acess Denied. Use save as to save under differnt locstion or name. Help please

[@lelandalbertson2220]

Update: I fixed it and it now works

[@whizardmagicstreaming2369]

I done everything as you show. I put mod in. It's never there in truck dealer. I tried everything.

[@hippychilli]

Hi mate great vid I have downloaded The template file and in the truck file only gives me DDS and TOBJ flies would you maybe know why?

[@owneropgaming6237]

I keep getting the template background paintjob instead of what I made. What did I miss?

[@thehunterxxnine1346]

I did everything right and nothing in game, i downloaded the templates but they are zipped as scs templates, what is the example, like i really need help?

[@johnwertz2466]

4 times I have went step by step and then A friend went step by step we still can not get it to save in example file . I am running windows 10 , can you help me.

[@j.light12]

So what do I do if I want to add more than one skim for the same truck or trailer

[@angryjgaming]

You will need to save them separately. So you can copy the original file as many times as you want. Then make different skins, but you can't have more then one skin FOR THE SAME TRUCK in one file. you can have skins for different trucks just not the same truck.

[@ProGamer-sc6vp]

Hey Angry J.. so I downloaded the file and uh, when I try to open mine up they are dds files. On yours it says paint.net files sooo..... can you please tell me what to do? PS: I am trying to paint a Peterbilt 579 standup.

[@angryjgaming]

but do they open with paint.net ? Some people have to do this trick and I dont know why. create a new folder and put it on your desktop, call it whatever you want it doesn't matter. Copy all of the files out of the files I had you download and paste them into the new folder you just created. Then open them as paint.net.

[@dodginthis]

I have a question. I have 10 trucks in my stable. 5 International LT’s and 5 Freightliner Cascadia’s. How can I skin all 10 trucks without them colliding together?

[@angryjgaming]

You could copy the file 10 times but you will never see your AI trucks going down the road so in my opion it would be pointless to have 10 different skinned trucks all at once when you can only drive one

[@dodginthis]

@@angryjgaming let me ask you this. I own my own company in the game and I’m trying to get all my trucks the same company name. Is there a way to do it without screwing up my paint job?

[@dand3975]

@@dodginthis Only use a mod truck or or skin as your personal truck. Sell it when you are done driving it. If you hire drivers and buy trucks , make sure they are stock SCS trucks with stock SCS skins, engines and transmissions.