FSX / P3D

FSX Tutorial - How To Make An FSX Thumbnail

FSX thumbnail creation becomes straightforward with this PDF tutorial by Mike Basford, explaining how to capture a clean aircraft screenshot and format it into the small preview image used by the simulator. Clear, practical steps cover framing, resolution, and saving so liveries and aircraft entries look polished in menus.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Images & Screenshots

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A flight simulator free flight setup menu is open on a desktop, displaying a vintage propeller aircraft and various configuration options.

A twin-engine propeller aircraft with blue and white livery flies above a cityscape and body of water.

A silver twin-boom cargo aircraft with red stripes and "Reddog's C-119" text flies against an orange sunset sky.

A twin-boom, twin-engine cargo aircraft with red and white livery flies above a cloudy landscape with large red text below.

A silver and red C-119 aircraft labeled Red Dog Air Service flies above a cloudy landscape with large red text overhead.

A silver twin-boom cargo aircraft with "Bush Flying Unlimited" and "Alaska Caribbean" markings flies against a blue sky with red text overlay.

A silver twin-engine propeller aircraft labeled Everts Air Fuel flies above green terrain under a partly cloudy blue sky.

A silver twin-boom military transport aircraft with black propellers flies above green terrain, with large red U.S.A.F. C-119 text above.

A silver twin-engine military transport aircraft with "USAF C-46" text flies above a landscape with hills and blue sky.

A twin-engine propeller aircraft with blue and silver livery featuring "Susan Sings" flies above orange clouds at sunset.

A twin-engine military transport aircraft with red tail and propeller tips flies above green terrain under a partly cloudy sky.

A white twin-engine cargo aircraft with red engine nacelles flies over a coastal landscape with green hills and blue water.

A twin-engine, silver and red cargo aircraft with BFU livery flies above a landscape under a partly cloudy sky.

A twin-engine light aircraft with a white and yellow livery flies over water near a green, forested coastline.

A vintage twin-engine propeller aircraft in Aerocondor Colombia livery flies above green terrain with a partly cloudy sky background.

A yellow and silver floatplane biplane with two pilots flies low above a calm body of water near hilly terrain.

A twin-engine high-wing aircraft with a red design on its fuselage is parked on a ramp near desert terrain and hangars.

A silver biplane with green wheel covers and a red tail flies above scattered white clouds in a blue sky.

A vintage twin-propeller airliner with Aeronorte livery and registration HK-750 flies above a layer of clouds.

A twin-engine propeller aircraft with a blue stripe flies above green terrain under a clear blue sky.

A white twin-engine high-wing aircraft with fixed landing gear flies over a body of water with hills in the background.

A silver and blue propeller-driven aircraft with Flying Tiger Line livery flies above green terrain under a partly cloudy sky.

A twin-engine propeller aircraft with a white fuselage and green stripes flies above a landscape of hills under a blue sky.

A white twin-engine propeller aircraft flies above scattered clouds with patchwork fields visible on the ground below.

A silver cargo aircraft with red stripes and "Aeronautics Air Freight" markings flies above a layer of clouds and distant terrain.

A twin-engine military transport aircraft with a rounded nose and red markings flies above scattered clouds and green terrain.

A silver twin-engine propeller aircraft with a rounded fuselage flies above green terrain under a partly cloudy blue sky.

A red-winged ultralight trike aircraft flies above green rolling hills under a partly cloudy blue sky.

A tutorial in PDF format. By Mike Basford.

Thumbnail of Tiger Sky6 in flight.

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htothumb.zip

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FSX / P3D add-on

Extract the downloaded archive

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Place files per the readme

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What’s inside this archive

The archive htothumb.zip has 39 files and directories contained within it.

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
Copy of Thumb Tut0 (Small).jpg	04.27.07	7.15 kB
Copy of Tiger sky6 thumbnail.gif	04.27.07	8.86 kB
file_id.diz	04.27.07	142 B
How to make an FS_X thumb.pdf	04.27.07	2.85 MB
Read me thumb.txt	04.27.07	210 B
Some Thumbs	04.27.07	0 B
256 X128thumbnail4.jpg	08.13.06	6.33 kB
501 Whiskee thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	14.07 kB
Aironortc46 thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	12.62 kB
AW_Volpar_tumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	15.07 kB
B.F.U. C-119 thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	14.65 kB
Beech-58 thumbnail.jpg	04.21.07	10.38 kB
BFU C119 thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	16.55 kB
BFU C-119 thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	16.16 kB
BM_C-46A_thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	11.01 kB
Classic white Blue Gold thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	11.57 kB
comando_thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	7.89 kB
Copy of Tiger sky6 thumbnail.gif	04.27.07	8.86 kB
FT_C-46A_thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	12.29 kB
Peg_thumbnail.jpg	04.19.07	13.93 kB
Red Dog C-119 thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	15.52 kB
Red Dog thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	11.15 kB
red tail thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	12.88 kB
RedD_C-119_1 thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	11.28 kB
RedD_C-119_2 thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	16.04 kB
Reddogs C-119 thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	17.88 kB
Salmon-Ella thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	15.07 kB
thumbnail2.jpg	04.19.07	12.13 kB
thumbnail3.jpg	04.23.07	8.09 kB
Thumbs.db	04.27.07	89.00 kB
Tiger sky6 thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	13.22 kB
Trike_thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	11.27 kB
USAF_C-46 thumbnail.jpg	04.23.07	14.66 kB
USAF-C-119 thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	14.77 kB
White Blue&Blue thumbnail.jpg	04.24.07	12.34 kB
Thumb Tut0 (Small).jpg	04.27.07	59.94 kB
Thumbs.db	04.27.07	19.00 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B