How to get exact colors for swatch thumbnails
May 28, 2015 16:43:15 GMT -5
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Post by orangemittens on May 28, 2015 16:43:15 GMT -5
Introduction
This tutorial will show you how to use Sims 4 Studio's color picker feature to get colors from your item added to the item's swatch thumbnail. It will not go over how to make the item...it is only showing how to make the swatch thumbnails. Although this tutorial uses a painting as the example item the exact same process will work for CAS, walls, and floors.
What you will need
Sims 3 Studio 2.5.0.3 or above
Instructions
1. Make your recolor or add your new mesh diffuse image. Right mouse click in the first Swatch Thumbnail Colors box.
2. A small eyedropper icon will appear.
3. Move the eyedropper over your item in the model viewer.
4. You will see the color in the box change as you move the eyedropper around. When a color you like shows in the box use the left mouse button to select it and turn the eyedropper off. Repeat for the other Swatch Thumbnail Color boxes for the swatch thumbnail. Repeat for each swatch thumbnail and save.
5. The eyedropper will work on any part of your Studio screen. If you have chosen a color for one swatch thumbnail and you want to use it on another just put the eyedropper over it to select it when you're choosing the color for the second swatch thumbnail. You can also use the eyedropper on the small copy of your diffuse image that shows in the Texture area.
Using a color palette
The new color picker also allows the fairly easy use of a color palette. I made a color palette and saved it on a 256 x 256 .png. I imported that into the Catalog thumbnail spot and was able to easily select colors from it for my swatch thumbnail. Just be sure to hit the Clear button to get rid of it before saving your .package or you will end up with your color palette showing as your catalog thumbnail. This is a sort of workaround at the moment in that you will have to import the palette and clear it out at least once for each swatch. The plan for the future is to have a separate popup that doesn't switch when you switch swatches. That way you could import your palette image into Studio just once, you would not have to clear it when finished, and it would be stored in your Studio folder for use on other projects.
If you have any questions about this tutorial please post them in the thread.
This tutorial will show you how to use Sims 4 Studio's color picker feature to get colors from your item added to the item's swatch thumbnail. It will not go over how to make the item...it is only showing how to make the swatch thumbnails. Although this tutorial uses a painting as the example item the exact same process will work for CAS, walls, and floors.
What you will need
Sims 3 Studio 2.5.0.3 or above
Instructions
1. Make your recolor or add your new mesh diffuse image. Right mouse click in the first Swatch Thumbnail Colors box.
2. A small eyedropper icon will appear.
3. Move the eyedropper over your item in the model viewer.
4. You will see the color in the box change as you move the eyedropper around. When a color you like shows in the box use the left mouse button to select it and turn the eyedropper off. Repeat for the other Swatch Thumbnail Color boxes for the swatch thumbnail. Repeat for each swatch thumbnail and save.
5. The eyedropper will work on any part of your Studio screen. If you have chosen a color for one swatch thumbnail and you want to use it on another just put the eyedropper over it to select it when you're choosing the color for the second swatch thumbnail. You can also use the eyedropper on the small copy of your diffuse image that shows in the Texture area.
Using a color palette
The new color picker also allows the fairly easy use of a color palette. I made a color palette and saved it on a 256 x 256 .png. I imported that into the Catalog thumbnail spot and was able to easily select colors from it for my swatch thumbnail. Just be sure to hit the Clear button to get rid of it before saving your .package or you will end up with your color palette showing as your catalog thumbnail. This is a sort of workaround at the moment in that you will have to import the palette and clear it out at least once for each swatch. The plan for the future is to have a separate popup that doesn't switch when you switch swatches. That way you could import your palette image into Studio just once, you would not have to clear it when finished, and it would be stored in your Studio folder for use on other projects.
If you have any questions about this tutorial please post them in the thread.
