Full Index of Sims 4 Studio Tutorials (Online Manual)
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About the Sims 4 Studio Online Manual
The manual is Sims 4 Studio's online documentation and it is made up of individual tutorials & other resources that will show you how to use Sims 4 Studio to create a project or perform certain tasks. In many cases these tutorials can be generalized beyond the specific project they go over so the basic method is useful for creating many different kinds of things. An example is a CAS recolor tutorial. The steps involved in recoloring a shirt are the same if you decide to recolor some other garment type, a hat, hair, etc.
Each tutorial is presented in its own thread and, if you have questions or comments about the tutorial, you are welcome to post them in the thread.
If you have questions regarding any project which won't fit into one of the tutorial threads feel free to post them in the Creator Help section.
Feel free to post links to this index or any of the individual tutorials in the Sims 4 Studio manual. Please do not repost the tutorials themselves in English at any site.
If you would like to translate any of the tutorials written by orangemittens, Untraditionalnerd or Andrew into a language other than English please feel free to do so. It's fine to use the illustrations from those tutorials to illustrate your translated tutorial if you wish. Please contact the authors of other tutorials to ask their policy before translating other tutorials on the list.
Build/Buy and Tuning Tutorials
Catalog & Swatch Thumbnails for Build/Buy Items
These tutorials will show you how to make catalog and swatch thumbnails for objects, walls, floors, terrain paints, and roofs.
Beginner Tutorials
How to make catalog thumbnails the easy way (2/16)
How to get a pack icon on a CC catalog thumbnail (2/16)
How to get exact colors for swatch thumbnails (2/16)
How to make a custom interaction queue thumbnail (3/16)
Build Mode
- Walls
Beginner tutorials
Making Walls With Sims 4 Studio: Custom & Maxis Match (2/16)
How to add a swatch to an existing EA wall - same catalog entry (3/16)
Video Tutorial: How to Create Seamless Wallpaper by Bakie
Video Tutorial: How to make your own Wall Stickers by Bakie
Video Tutorial: How to Place Multiple Tile Wallpapers by Bakie
Intermediate and above tutorials
Mini-tutorial: Wall Bump & Speculars the Painless Way (2/16)
Video Tutorial: How to Make a Mural Wall by Bakie
Mini-Tutorial: Create a Mural Wall with Sims 4 Studio (2/16)
Create a Mural Wall That Places Anywhere - by Caverga (2/16)
How to Make Sims 4 Walls With Corners (2/16)
- Roofs, Floors, Pool Water & Terrain Paint
Beginner Tutorials
Recolor a Sims 4 Floor Using Sims 4 Studio (2/16)
Video Tutorial: How to make flooring/floortiles by Bakie
Video Tutorial: How to make seamless multiple tile flooring by Bakie
How to make a roof recolor with Sims 4 Studio (2/16)
Video Tutorial: How to make a roof recolor (2/16)
How to change a roof's shader specular setting: remove glare (2/16)
Terrain Paint Tutorial (3/16)
How to create custom tinted pool water (4/16)
Objects
- General Object Tutorials
- Object Recolor and Other Image Related Tutorials
- Object Meshing and Mapping Tutorials
- Object Tuning Tutorials
- Object Rig, Slot, Light, Model, Geostate, and Footprint Tutorials
Beginner tutorials
How to use Studio's slot editor
How to make an object not fade
How to make a slotless item allow things to be placed on it (4/16)
How to remove the light from a lamp
Making objects see-through (glass/balloon effect)
Lots of slots easily - Slot mod override compatibility
How to make a mirror act like a painting
How to make surface items into floor items (and vice versa)
How to use Studio's automatic footprint editor (3/16)
How to remove an object's footprint (3/16)
Intermediate and above tutorials
How to use Studio's geostate feature (4/18)
How to make a lamp that lights correctly (4/16)
How to find/edit an object's shader data in Studio
Counter Slots (3/16)
How to see the shape of a footprint
Components of an EA object (3/16)
How to Recategorize Objects (Buy Mode items) (3/16)
How to hide an object in the catalog (3/16)
Make Locked Objects Buyable Without Achievement (3/16)
Beginner Tutorials
Recolor an EA object with Sims 4 Studio (3/16)
How to recolor a custom content object (3/16)
How to recolor a Studio Recolorables mesh (3/16)
How to get rid of EA's bump and specular maps (3/16)
Remove shine from an object recolor using S4S (3/16)
How to recolor cabinet dishes using Sims 4 Studio (3/16)
How to make default replacement infant clothing(3/16)
How to make a buyable recolor of a "locked" or debug item (2/16)
How to delete (hide) a mesh group or remove part of a mesh (3/16)
Video Tutorial: Recoloring a painting
Video Tutorial: Make your own custom painting
Intermediate and above tutorials
How to bake a shadow onto your mesh using Blender (3/16)
How to create a RGB specular for objects
How to make an object recolor template (3/16)
How to create a new image reference for default overrides (4/16)
Linking all beddings to a single frame in a .package
How to make an object have transparency (add alpha) (4/16)
Color picker for specular maps (1/21)
How to make a new cube map (environment reflection map) (3/19)
Beginner Tutorials
How to resize or rotate a painting (4/16)
Start to finish object tutorial for absolute beginners
How to extract Sims 3 object .packages for conversion to TS4
How to easily import a Sims 3 mesh to Blender from .package
How to remap a mirrored rug
How to convert a Sims 2 object to Sims 4
How mapping works & how to map & bake a cube
How to fix every type of Sims 4 object shadow (3/16)
How to use Studio's automatic footprint re-sizing feature (3/16)
Introduction to Studio's automatic design tool height editor (3/16)
How to make a new window mesh with a correct wall cut out (5/16)
Intermediate and above tutorials
Create a new object.package from an existing mesh
How to use selective cloning to reference a repository item
How to change the shape of a Studio recolorables painting
How to Reduce Mesh Poly Count
Video Tutorial: Editing a UV Map
How to make a lamp that lights correctly (4/16)
Creating CC Cutout for windows/door/archways (9/20)
Beginner tutorials
How to make a basic change to an object's tuning
How to change the in-game text used in a tuning mod
How to make an object go into the Sim's inventory
How to find the definition ID of Maxis items the easy way
Change Comfort & Other Scores of a Bed (Tuning & Catalog)
Video Tutorial: How to make an object tuning mod (easiest way)
Intermediate and above tutorials
How to make a candle with multiple flames
How to make an object emit an emotional aura
Video Tutorial: How to make an object tuning mod (moderate way)
How to make custom food tutorial (12/16)
Adding a custom sound to an object (video tutorial)
Creating animated objects on interaction (7/12)
How to add tuning to a package + Tuning Editor documentation
CAS Tutorials
- General
How to make a custom catalog thumbnail
How to change the model's appearance in Studio's model viewer
How to extract files from the FullBuilds using Sims 4 Studio
How to unhide the pack icon in a catalog thumbnail
How to get exact colors for swatch thumbnails
How to make an unbuyable garment buyable How to easily add bones to a hair mesh - Recoloring and other image related tutorials
Beginner
How to make a recolor of custom content (3/16)
How to add a swatch to an existing custom content hair: for absolute beginners
How to make default replacement infant clothing note - Sims 4 infant clothing is technically an object recolor but is also listed here because it is a garment. (3/16)
Creating eyeshadow with Sims 4 Studio and Photoshop
Creating a tattoo with Sims 4 Studio and Photoshop
How to create a CAS shadow image
How to create a CAS normal (bump) image
How to edit a CAS shadow image
How to make a standalone recolor with custom thumbnails
How to make a standalone eye recolor
How to make a standalone recolor using Paintshop Pro and GIMP: for beginners
Video Tutorial: How to make a custom face paint recolor for beginners
How to create custom eyebrows
How to add a specular to an item that does not have one
Video Tutorial: How to put an image on clothing
Basic hair re-texturing using Photoshop CS6
How to make a bump map using Photoshop CS6
The CAS recolor screen in a nutshell
How to make Sims 4 eyeliner using Studio and Photoshop CS6
How to recolor CAS items made with CASTools/Milkshape
How to create a .package that contain all the EA swatch colors
Information about the CAS specular (.rles)
CAS recolor options explained
How to create a skin detail: the basics for beginners
How to make a great skin detail
Video tutorial: How to use a 2D editor and create a recolor for absolute beginners (4/16)
Image blending (how to make texture folds show through an image)
How to bake bump map using high poly and low poly meshes
How to remove edge artifacts in a clothing texture
Re-arranging the UV map and keeping the texture
Cut numbers: an easy explanation
How to package a standalone item based on CAS CC (3/17)
- Intermediate & Above
How to edit the CAS specular (.rles)
How to make a Sims 4 clothing recolor with transparency
Get to know the emission map: creating CAS items that glow
Video tutorial: How to add dynamic lighting to clothing
Step by step guide to advanced specular mapping - Meshing tutorials
Beginner
Start to finish new mesh accessory for absolute beginners
Parts 1-5
Parts 6-7
How to transfer weights from an EA item to a custom mesh (transfer weights using Blender)
How to shorten a mesh in Blender
How to make a full body outfit into a top
How to change a hair mesh shader to glass the easy way
Changing the category of a full body garment to the top category
How to merge CAS meshes using Blender
Making meshes transparent in Blender to simplify meshing
How to convert Sims 3 CAS.package material for use in Sims 4
How to vertex paint a Sims 4 mesh
How to remesh CAS items made using CASTools/Milkshape
How to change a shader using Studio
How to make an item with a new joint assignment
How to check bone assignments in Blender
Components of a Sims 4 hair
Easy weight assignment for hair - Part 1
Easy weight assignment for hair - Part 2
Intermediate & Above
Creating a glass accessory
How to unwrap the uv_1 (second UV) for hair
How to unwrap the uv_1 (second UV) for shoes (4/16)
How to unwrap the uv_1 (second UV) for garments (4/16)
Detailed guide to creating clothing
Fixing transparency issues with alpha (glass) hair
Basic Frankenmeshing: how to merge 2 or more meshes together to create a new CAS part
Splitting edges in Blender to remove a bottom shadow
Video Tutorial: Tops as accessories
How to create a transparent skirt
Create a Sims 4 accessory from an existing mesh (3/16)
A detailed tutorial showing how to make Sims 4 clothing
How to Create Clay/Maxis Hair From Scratch
How to Create Alpha/Realistic Hair From Scratch
Pose/Sim Animation Tutorials
Beginner
How to create a Pose Pack that works with the Pose Player
How to create a Sims 4 pose: for absolute beginners
How to make a Sims pose using Sims 4 Studio
Intermediate
How to create a controller for both eyes in Blender for animations
How to get jaw motion for a CAS trait default override pose/animation (4/16) - Resources for CAS/Posing
CAS uv_1 (second UV) template images
CAS sort layers
Joint list for Sims 4 skeletons
Sims 4 body texture templates
CAS Part UV template
Excludepartsflag information (how to hide accessories/clothes) 12/17
