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Posted by Vanilla Sim on Oct 26, 2009• Sims 3 Custom Paintings with EA Meshes

Sims 3 Custom Paintings with EA Meshes

I will show you how easy it is to make your very own custom painting by your favorite artist using one of the very lovely frames that already exists in your game.

 

What You will Need:

• TSR Workshop (8.7 or latest release)

• Graphics editing program (I will be using Photoshop CS3 (a good working knowledge is a plus) or the program of your choice.

• DDS plug-ins for Photoshop, current version (installed)
(http://developer.nvidia.com/object/photoshop_dds_plugins.htm). Gimp and Paint Shop Pro also have plug-ins available on the internet.

• Good quality image of your choice or you can use mine. Just right click and save it. But, I do ask that you only use it for tutorial purposes as I’ve already uploaded it for publication on TSR.

I’ll be using one of my favorites, The Waterlily Pond with the Japanese Bridge, 1899 by Claude Monet.

 

Section 1 - Creating a New Project

We’ll start by opening Workshop (WS) and clicking on Create New Project

In the Create a new project screen select Object and then click Next

You will now find yourself on the Object Clone screen. In the Object By Category section on the left, select Décor/Wall Art. You will see workshop display all the paintings in the game. Remember the only paintings available to clone are the ones with a frame. I’ve selected the Painting still life for my painting. Click Next and you’re on your way.

At this point the Project details screen will pop up. Here you will type in your Project Name, Title and Description. When you are finished with all of your information go ahead and click Next

Your project has now been created and we are ready to customize it. As you can see from the screenshot, your project is opened on the Project tab. It’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with all the sections. It’s in this tab where you can change your project name and description if you find any mistakes and in game categories.

When you’re finished with the Project tab go ahead and click on the Textures tab. You will see a dropdown box called Variation. If you click on it you will see exactly that, how many frame variations (colors) this particular mesh has. There are 3 for the Painting Still Life. Make sure the first one is selected and move on to the next section.

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On Oct 26, 2009 lisa9999 wrote:
Vanilla thank you so much, I have been trying to do this with no luck, but now that I have instructions I should have no problem! Thanks again!
On Oct 26, 2009 jigsaw68 wrote:
Thank you sooo much...
On Oct 27, 2009 MrDenue wrote:
Oh thxx That's 100% I have been looking for
On Oct 27, 2009 Fergus333 wrote:
Every time I try to do one of these projects I get the same problem. When I try to import the item back into workshop I get the message. Error when loading preview. Index was outside the bounds of the array. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I resize, remeasure and try my best to get it to work but I can't. It's getting really frustrating. Please help.
On Oct 27, 2009 cbatkinson73 wrote:
You are awesome!!! Thank you!!! This is exactly what I needed and I already created my very first one! Yay!!! I'm giving you 10 gold stars!
On Oct 27, 2009 Lisa wrote:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I do not like a lot of the paintings and was getting tired of using the ones I did like over & over again.   Your tutorial was very easy to follow. Do you know where the additional items that I purchased from the Sims 3 store would be stored. There’s a couple of paintings I’d like to clone.
On Oct 27, 2009 PenelopeT wrote:
Thanks for this geat tutorial. I'd been thinking about trying to do some paintings, and with help of this tut, I may just do that.
On Oct 27, 2009 mysteryjack1 wrote:
Thank you so much! I've always wanted to make wall paintings, as I don't have a meshing software, so thank you very much
On Oct 27, 2009 ecweidner wrote:
Vanilla, a million times thank you! I always liked doing my own paintings, but I was having some difficulties. Now, with your tutorial I'm happy again!
On Oct 27, 2009 oumamea wrote:
Thank you for the tutorial. Will give it a try very soon!!
On Oct 28, 2009 Jennifer_R wrote:
What a wonderful tutorial! I have recently seem artists creating new paintings and thought, 'Oh I wish I could do that' and now I can! Thanks to you! Thank you!
On Oct 28, 2009 Rafaelcamposdesouza wrote:
I'm not finding the PlugIM for gimp please help me? I tried that link you passed but did not find even in the search and not found. please help
On Oct 28, 2009 amweil wrote:
This looks very well written   I can't wait to try it out.
On Oct 29, 2009 ataylor69 wrote:
How did you know that I was waiting just for this tutorial!!!!   Thank you so much 
On Oct 29, 2009 daisylee wrote:
Thank you! I learned to do this with s3pe and s3oc but hope this is easier and then I can upload items here!
On Oct 29, 2009 Giuseppe778 wrote:
Thank you very much for this great tutorial!
On Oct 30, 2009 Hadewych wrote:
Woohooh! It worked!  Well, up to making the package and using it in my game - uploading it to TSR gave me an error - probably something simple, will trawl through the forums, hopefully I'll find answers there. Thanks again for this great tutorial!
On Oct 30, 2009 Hadewych wrote:
Me again - found out how to do it from the site, not via the TSRW, submitted it and waiting now for approval *fingers crossed*   - gave you credit for the tut, as well I should, as this will be me very first upload
On Oct 30, 2009 paramiti wrote:
your tutorial is perfect  Thank You for it  ..unfortunately..my first Voila with sims 3 painting..is not a YAY hahahaha at least i can laugh at it.. tee hee..the second Voila should be much better
On Nov 1, 2009 simsaddictforreal wrote:
wow tht was awesome thnx! XD
On Nov 1, 2009 Pinecat wrote:
Success the first time!    thanks to this lovely, well written and easy-to-follow tutorial!  Vanilla, you are my hero!  I really don't like the paintings that came with the game and rarely use them - now I can use art again!  Thank You! 
On Nov 1, 2009 Vakitton wrote:
O-M-G! I cannot express enough to you how handy and wonderful this tutorial is. You have done a wonderful job. You're the bestest ever!
On Nov 2, 2009 hmantl wrote:
Hello. Can you help me? I dont know what is wrong but every time my frame is black and isnt possible change color What I did wrong?
On Nov 4, 2009 AbsintheBess wrote:
I get to the end but then, when I try to import the image it says 'Error when loading, Index was outside the bounds of the array' do you have any idea what the prob is? - Bess
On Nov 4, 2009 dons123 wrote:
Brill tutorial !!! Thank you xxxxx
On Nov 4, 2009 XxAngel_of_PainxX wrote:
thank you so much x3 awesum <3 i've been looking for the .dds files for photoshop too long o.o so thanks for the link, too =D
On Nov 4, 2009 thoand1982 wrote:
Nice tutorial i love it 
On Nov 5, 2009 aloleng wrote:
This is perfect. Very easy to follow. I already tried making my own paintings and it is already published. Thank you so much for sharing it Vanilla.
On Nov 5, 2009 DarkDarling wrote:
Baah photoshop won't open the DDS file >_< And I have installed the plugin.
On Nov 8, 2009 aloleng wrote:
Dark, you must install the plugin in Adobe Photoshop folder.
On Nov 9, 2009 garbuckle3000 wrote:
Great tutorial. This will be my first custom object for Sims 3. I've taken it a step further and instead of having the same picture for each variation, I made multiple pictures, giving me a single package with multiple paintings (and thankfully, frames are CAS-able, so you don't need to make different frame variations). I just wonder if the sizes increase dramatically.   A mini-tutorial: At the "variations stage", select each variation except the first one and delete them. Then import a picture for the first variation as normal. Then COPY the first variation, and import a second DDS (a different painting). When asked, say "NO", and it will create a second variation with a new texture. Create as many variations as you want, importing as needed. I'm not sure if there is a limit on variations... I've tested it, and it works
On Nov 9, 2009 XiaNYdE wrote:
A very easy to follow and understand tutorial, excellent work to the author! Thank You!!
On Nov 11, 2009 HKMark wrote:
@Fergus333I had the same problem, but have now fixed it. I was trying to edit the exported file using Paint.net, but did not have the same NVIDIA DDS Read Properties box open as in picture 4 on page 2 of the tutorial. I'm no expert, but I guess because the image was not opened in the default size, it didn't subsequently save in the default size, and could not therefore be re-imported successfully to the Sims 3 Workshop.So I tried it using Photoshop Elements instead. Again the NVIDIA DDS Read Properties box didn't show when opening the exported file. The image opened fine but that magic dialogue box didn't show. So I opened any image and clicked "File/Save As/.DDS" in Photoshop Elements which brought up the NVIDIA dds Format box (see the bottom picture of P.2 of the tutorial), and I clicked on the "Read Config..." button. This brought up the magic NVIDIA DDS Read Properties box, and I checked both "Load Using Default Sizes" and "Show this dialog" and then clicked "OK". I then cancelled the save and closed the image. After that when I tried opening my exported image in Photoshop Elements, the NVIDIA DDS Read Properties box opened correctly, and the rest of the process as described in the tutorial worked fine.I was not able to find a solution using Paint.net because the dialogue boxes were different.Hope this helps.
On Nov 12, 2009 dianalynn43 wrote:
Hi Robin,  Thank you so much for writing and sharing this tutorial  .  It is so easy to understand that I had a creative spark in me that I didn't know that I had  .  Without this tutorial I would probably still be struggling with trying to create patterns.  With this tutorial you explained every step to the T without having to second guess what to do next.  I really appreciate all of your hard work in creating this great tut.  I am looking forward to the second edition that you spoke of and know that it will be just as easy to follow.  I hope that you are feeling much better  .    Diana
On Nov 14, 2009 ian1066 wrote:
Hi, Robin and thanks for the tutorial. I made a collection of pictures using it, but they didn't all turn up in the game despite all appearing as Installed Items. So I guess there is a limit to the number of clones you can use. I'm going to try the solution set out by garbuckle3000 above and hope that solves the problem. Thanks again fro sharing your hard work with us all.
On Nov 20, 2009 DT456 wrote:
Thank you for this tutorial! It was very easy to follow, and this will be my first custom object for Sims 3! A big hug to you!

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