Brian Zager
http://www.geocities.com/brianz111/nascar2002/nascar2002.html
lrzager@wctc.net
5/19/03

trklogo.stp
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There isn't really a template for this one just a black image with the correct size used by all other tracks. Just drop the logo you want to use on this and save it as trklogo.bmp. Then you must create the transparancy image. The eaiest way to do this in Paint Shop Pro is like this: 

1. Open the trklogo.bmp file you just saved. 

2. For one color select the main color from your logo and for the other select white. 

3. Select the color replacer tool and use a high tolerance (150-175)

4. Double click on the image. The should replace all the area of the logo with white. If parts of the area you want to show up are still black you may have to adjust the tolerance or paint them white by hand.

5. Change the color depth to 16 colors and save it as trklogo_stp.bmp. 

If you don't have PSP there is another way do to this part that is a little bit harder but should still work:

1. Convert trklogo.bmp file you just saved to gray scale.

2. Play with the brightness and contrast values (usually full positive contest) until you have the entire area of the logo that you want to show up in white and every thing else black.

3. Save it as a 16 color bitmap named trklogo_ti.bmp in the same folder with the trklogo.bmp. 

It is important that this image is saved as a 16 color bitmap because it won't convert to the .stp file format correctly otherwise. If your paint program doesn't easily save in this format you should be able to copy it into MS Paint and save it in the format from there.