SimmedUp Magazine Issue 11

Page 62

CC How To

With MaddyCatts

Welcome back Simmers! In today’s tutorial we are going to learn how to add texture to our recolors with Sims 4 Studio. This will give you an almost infinite range of possibilities to create gorgeous items with your favorite designs and patterns. The best part? It’s a lot easier than you think! Let’s get started shall we?

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So we are going to take a basic swimsuit and give it a snazzy summer makeover with a fun, floral inspired print. I’m going to use daisies, one of my favorite flowers but feel free to use any other texture you like such as plaid, geometrics, stripes, polka dots or even another floral. The principles will be the same and you’re going to end up with a stunning new swimsuit for your Sims!

Grab a snippet or sample of the pattern or save it as an image for future use. Drop the snippet onto a temporary workbook page (I use Microsoft Publisher but you can use

Open your favorite internet search engine and find a pattern you love for your swimsuit. Here is the one I chose. Cute right?

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Step 1 Open S4S and select Standalone recolor under the CAS heading. Once the catalog loads select the plain black swimsuit for adult females.

Step 2 Click Next and name your file Swimsuit Recolor. Click Save.

Click on the Textures tab and click Export near the bottom of the studio screen. Name this png file Swim and then click save.

anything - Word, Open Office, Power Point etc) It’s Nice to keep this workbook page handy when you are creating so you can drop your samples there, especially if you goof and need to grab it again. It’s such a headache to have to go back to google and do that process all over again.

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Open your Paint program and select Open. Navigate to your Swim png file and select it.

Select your sample and select Copy (or Ctrl+C) and go back to Paint.

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