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Post by socosims on Jul 22, 2015 15:24:37 GMT -5
Hi there, First off thanks to everyone at S4S for what they do! I've played The Sims since the first installment but it's never occurred to me to even try to make my own CC but the introduction of S4S made it seem obtainable! Until I remembered that I'm completely technologically inept. I use Gimp, I also have Paint.net. I've sussed out how to recolour an item fairly easily with Gimp. I wanted to branch out into putting a pattern onto something. But I seem to be doing something wrong. Everything looks fine from the front and on the right hand side but the left repeats. I'm using a plain tank yftop_tank_white as the base to recolour. The only method I know and what I'm using in Gimp. Open the pattern in Gimp, right click and copy (to clipboard). Open the item I want to recolour and select the area I want to add the pattern to. Using the Bucket tool select fill Whole selection, pattern fill and select the pattern (from clipboard) in the menu of patterns. Then click on the area to fill. Is there a better way I should be doing this and how can I solve the issue of repeating on the one side? I've tried with multiple patterns =< When explaining things imagine not only am I 5 years old but I've had at least 6 shots of Tequila.
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Post by j on Jul 22, 2015 16:26:59 GMT -5
I'm not sure what you mean about "repeat", do you mean the seam on the side? That will always happen unless you reposition your pattern on the texture. When I work with patterns that aren't 100% repetitive (so something that isn't a stripe for ex.) I tend to "mirror" the pattern so it's not as noticeable on the side seams. If you simply apply a texture to a garment you'll find that one seam looks perfect, because on the texture template the back and front of the garment are side by side (B). But then the other seam will likely not line up (A). So instead of letting your pattern run from left to right (I use Photoshop and normally Multiply/Overlay the image over the clothing), you can apply the texture to the front, then flip the same texture and apply it to the back (on the template they're generally the same width), which should create two perfect mirrored seams on each side. Result:
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Post by socosims on Jul 22, 2015 17:05:31 GMT -5
Ok, most of that makes perfect sense. Could anyone who uses Gimp explain to me how I put the pattern on other than with the bucket tool then? And how I select only the front or back. In my attempts I've been using the fuzzy select tool (think it's like magic wand) to select the top and not the black and white checker around it.
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Post by sims4channel13 on Jan 25, 2016 18:28:39 GMT -5
Thank you for telling that because now I can finally make custom content with patterns
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Post by brujah on Feb 12, 2016 14:18:00 GMT -5
Ok, most of that makes perfect sense. Could anyone who uses Gimp explain to me how I put the pattern on other than with the bucket tool then? And how I select only the front or back. In my attempts I've been using the fuzzy select tool (think it's like magic wand) to select the top and not the black and white checker around it. Check out my texturing video tutorial (link in sig) I cover Photoshop, GIMP and Paint.Net. Happy Modding
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