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Tutorials by Vanilla Sim added Oct 26, 2009, read 58404 times
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:
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:
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 :P
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 Multivers 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 dltn43 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! 
On Nov 25, 2009 flossy<3 wrote:
hey, ive got the new CS4 photoshop and it wont let me opn up a .dds file, what do i do?
this tutorial is great by the way...it's so easy to follow and i cant wait till i can actually open up my creations in PS so i can follow it haha
On Nov 25, 2009 evilerci wrote:
thanks, this was a great help
On Nov 28, 2009 matias14 wrote:
great! thank for the tutorial
On Nov 29, 2009 ZenRei wrote:
What a fantastic tutorial.
I was just thinking last night, I wish there was more hanging pictures... and now I can make them myself!
TSR is so empowering
On Dec 2, 2009 chizuruchan wrote:
Thank you for this wonderful Tutorial
On Dec 2, 2009 tka4enko_family wrote:
On Dec 5, 2009 CinderSim wrote:
Thank you for this great tutorial. I now can make paintings out of some of my favourite prints.
On Dec 6, 2009 aaliyahtimberlake wrote:
Thank you for the great tutorial, I will definitely this one a try.
On Dec 10, 2009 monkri2001 wrote:
i dont have object in my workshop
how i get that???
On Dec 10, 2009 monkri2001 wrote:
oh, I had to download the new version
(silly me) i made my first painting..hurrah 
thanks for this step by step explanation, I could not have done it with out it 
On Dec 11, 2009 darkgoddess wrote:
on my thank you so much, i was trying to make my husband a custom CFL painting of his favorite tem, now i can!
On Dec 13, 2009 TheSimpsons101 wrote:
For those of you using Paint.net to edit (like me) I would recieve the "Error when loading preview. Index was outside the bounds of the array." when importing back. The way to fix this is when exporting choose these options: FileFormat - DXT5 (Interpolated Alpha) and check the box Generate Mit Maps. The rest of the settings at default should work.
On Dec 14, 2009 Flinn wrote:
Thank you tons Vanilla! I created my first piece of TS3 CC thanks to this tutorial!
On Dec 15, 2009 Lezibeth wrote:
This was so difficult for me but thank you for doing this. I'm an old paint shop pro die-hard converting over to adobe and its very painful, lol. Your tutorial and the previews made *everthing* so much easier. Thanks a bunch!
On Dec 16, 2009 lulu616 wrote:
please help me someone :C im using GIMP how do i install the dds? .....
On Dec 17, 2009 CodeXero wrote:
FINALLY !! I Was looking for something like this since The Sims 2 !! THANK U SOO MUCH !!
On Dec 18, 2009 bryan19kc wrote:
A fantastic Tutorial! Thank you very much!
On Dec 24, 2009 sriehl14 wrote:
Thank You so much i have thousands of picture that i wanna use for paintings in the game. It is going to be so much easier to customize my decor in homes thank you for this great tutrioal!!!
On Dec 28, 2009 Ghalion wrote:
is there any free alternatives to using photo shop for this ?
On Dec 30, 2009 hyprekia wrote:
Thank you very much for this amazing tutorial!!!! Now I`ve actually made my first painting and it works properly in the game
I really appreciate it,thank you soooo much!!! 
On Jan 1, 2010 Simpsonsdude13 wrote:
Trying to use the Three-part saxaphonist paintinng and the variation dropdown isn't showing. When I go onto the textures tab, it shows the box, blank, and the dropdown list is also blank.
On Jan 2, 2010 Sophronis wrote:
really easy to follow step by step guide
i loved it!
On Jan 8, 2010 g3rocks wrote:
thanks so much, it was great
On Jan 12, 2010 vivi_vivi224 wrote:
Thank you so much! Can't wait to make a naruto-sakura-sasuke picture!
On Jan 12, 2010 tit_ferr wrote:
So easy to follow! Thank you so much!
On Jan 21, 2010 rikkimewchan wrote:
Great Tutorial!!! A reminder to CCS users to flatten the picture or you'll get an error message when importing.
On Jan 29, 2010 tsisler wrote:
Ok - I finally made it through!! Thank you. I can now add some custom content to my game with a personalized flare. I really missed having pictures of my actual family members, etc. in my game. A note to those struggling with getting the dds files to work with Adobe - I never did. I gave up and downloaded paint.net and the dds plugin -which worked immediately and easily (but obviously doesn't have as many of the editing options as Photoshop). The only thing is - when you save your work - you need to choose the DXT5 (Interpolated Alpha) format AND check the Generate Mip maps box or you'll get an error message when trying to import.
Thanks again!
On Jan 29, 2010 hyprekia wrote:
I made a painting with this tutorial
But Now I`ve baught a new computer and I cant seem to make the nvidia dds-plugin program function with the new program adobe photoshop elements. I export the dds file but it wont open in photoshop. Anyone who knows a solution to this?
On Feb 2, 2010 oldmember_delay6536 wrote:
HAAA~~ I did it! I did it... I made my own painting with this tutorial,and I like it. I'm so excited, Cause it meam "I can upload my works for sharing like the other workers do."this is a easy and great tutorial for me to leran Custom Paintings.
thank you so much.
On Feb 6, 2010 Vxen wrote:
On Feb 7, 2010 SimonettaC wrote:
Hi, I have just followed the Tutorial and it worked! Nothing intended at you, It's me, I can never usually get my head round these kid of things, cause some people just can't explain themselves so that others can understand. But you can and I did. Yey!!!
Thank you so much for taking the ime to write this Tutorial, I really appreciate it. Like Diana, I am so looking forward to the second part.
I'm off now to go and try my new picture in the game, fingers crossed!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 13, 2010 Styling_owl90 wrote:
I'm usinging the Gimp 2 but I cant open any DDS files! help!
On Feb 13, 2010 Styling_owl90 wrote:
OK NEVER MIND MY LAST POST -IT WORKED! thank you so so much!
On Feb 14, 2010 Alynyad wrote:
This is a great tutorial - I just wish I could get my Adobe to work! I have access to the newest CS4 Extended (access to - don't know much about it, it's the significant others), but it keeps popping up a warning that indicates "Could not complete your request because it is not the right kind of document". Meh. I hope to figure it out soon, as this would be fantastic!
On Feb 15, 2010 fredbrenny wrote:
(((Robin))) After meshing and mapping all week I saw your tutorial and I am going to try this! It will also give me practice in Photoshopping, before I will try that on one of my coffee table meshes! See you!
Hugs, Fred
On Feb 23, 2010 LadyOfDark wrote:
down on my knees i THANK U SO MUCH for this tutorial! At least i can now bring my own pictures into game, thx thx thx!
On Mar 1, 2010 techguy57 wrote:
I am so impessed! I have had to write step by step instructionals and they are really quite challenging...but you did such an awesome job with writing your tiptorial that I was able to complete a custom picture in one try and can now let my little Sims enjoy it. Kudos!
On Mar 4, 2010 lisette_sasa wrote:
Hello,
Tnx for the tutorial works great...!
but i have a small problem. I cloned a painting and made a couple of paintings with the same clone (painting). I made a couple of sims3pack files and lnstalled them. But only the last one is showing up in game, not the others.
when i clone a nother painting it works but only 1 and the the origina painting.
Anyone who knows a solution to this?
On Mar 5, 2010 katmiamosha wrote:
Ok i think i managed to put the dds files into GIMP right, but for some reason i get as far as resizing the image but then it doesnt match up right no matter what i try. not sure if im doing something wrong? could those of us who are finacially challenged and cant afford photoshop get a walk-thru with the GIMP version? ive seen that a few people have problems doing this when they are using GIMP. or perhaps is there a photoshop like program that is free?or can these type of projects be done using a 30 day photoshop trial?
On Mar 5, 2010 katmiamosha wrote:
edit: lol i just discovered that i have paintshop pro on my new laptop. came preinstalled(yayness!). gonna give this another shot using that program.
On Mar 5, 2010 aldebaranboy wrote:
Thank you very much for this clear and comprehensive tutorial!
On Mar 5, 2010 katmiamosha wrote:
ok, im sure i could get this to work except i cant import dds files into paintshop even tho i put in the plugin file. it keeps coming up does not support file type or somethin along those lines. can someone familiar with psp x2 gimme a hand on how to do this???
On Mar 10, 2010 Bennjoon wrote:
Hi there thanks for the great tutorial I got it working and have managed to make some art. Unfortunately the decription and name of the painting aren't showing up properly they just come up as a series of numbers is there any way to fix this? I have entered the name and description in at the start and also in the Project tab. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
On Mar 13, 2010 Peachybitz1 wrote:
Fabulous
On Mar 26, 2010 Jwoods01 wrote:
Thank kindly, your tutorial was flawless... Very well done
On Apr 7, 2010 rubika wrote:
oh my God!!! thank you sooo much! I didn't even think that this is so simple! I've just made my first painting!!!yay!!!
On Apr 10, 2010 ziggy28 wrote:
On Apr 14, 2010 adonispluto wrote:
Ha hah hahhhaaa haaaa.You are totally blessed.A thank you would not be enough so I thank you an infinity times for this tutorial
On Apr 19, 2010 Marcus22Khaar wrote:
Thanks for the tutorial. It's very well done and explained. It worked perfectly!
On Apr 21, 2010 nicketti wrote:
Hello. Made some paintings with the tutorial and it worked great. Question. How do I make paintings really large several wall size like some of the other wonderful creators have done? And is this the right place to ask if we want to put paintings on doors? Or is that a different mesh? Thank you so very much.
On Apr 28, 2010 kateshrew2 wrote:
On May 2, 2010 aceli wrote:
On May 9, 2010 moniquetoi wrote:
Great tutorial. Very easy to following.
On May 19, 2010 Yngven93 wrote:
Thank u sooo much
I saw this tutorial a long time ago but at that time i didn't have photoshop (or anything simular) so i couldnt do anything with it. But now... I'm so happy 
My paintings may not look so spectacular but I have still made them. so once again... Thank you 
On May 21, 2010 haiduong wrote:
I use photoshop CS3 like you, but I don't know why the program can't read files in DDS. format. I have downloaded a DDS converter to convert DDS into a PSD file, it works but I can't retransform a PSD file into a DDS file. So it means that I can't put my work back in TSR Workshop. I hope that you can help me, and maybe show me a program that could convert DDS files!
On May 21, 2010 haiduong wrote:
And BTW I have all the programs + plug-ins that you recommended (Photoshop, gimp and paint shop pro) + TSR Workshop!
On Jun 7, 2010 stori_64 wrote:
Thank you...your tutorial is greatly appreciated as well as thorough and easy. I'm looking forward to your next one...Myst~ xx
On Jun 9, 2010 angiesupers wrote:
Help mee...I stuck at the part where you go to layers and flatten image..well its gray out...
On Jun 12, 2010 oldmember_carmi2lewis wrote:
Thanks! I was struggling with the dds plugin, but i figured it out. @Alynyad: it is very important to check that the plugin is installed in the correct adobe photoshop folder, like mine installed it in the normal one and not in x86.
On Jun 22, 2010 The Sims3 Club wrote:
thank you=***
On Jun 22, 2010 VoodooBG wrote:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It was so helpful to me
On Jul 1, 2010 Nema_K wrote:
Thank you so much for this!
On Jul 11, 2010 MzBubblii wrote:
The option to flatten image is grayed out. Any reason why?
On Jul 12, 2010 BlueMurder wrote:
thank you very much for this wonderful tutorial, i'm a beginer so it's lovely to see it explained so expertly.
i have looked online for a dds plug in but i'm baffled by the range and tech talk. would anyone know of a dds plug in that is compatible with photoshop elements 2. i know it's old and outdated but i know it so well and can use it with ease and i sure can't afford a newer full version.
On Jul 24, 2010 ikbodz wrote:
Thans so much for this tutorial, am really happy to be able to make my own paintings
And many thanx to Garbuckle for posting how to add extra paintings too!
On Jul 26, 2010 daphney1230 wrote:
Thank u you ever so much....
On Jul 27, 2010 Satinae wrote:
I finally got a poster of my favorite actor on my game because of this tutorial. I also learned a little more about Photoshop in the process. Thank you very much for putting your time and effort into making this tutorial for us. I plan on making more custom paintings with this method.
On Aug 12, 2010 Kikis0 wrote:
Thank you so much for this tutorial
On Aug 14, 2010 naughtyangel wrote:
Thank you... works great I finally can have my own paintings... thanks a milion!
On Aug 15, 2010 DriedBlood wrote:
Great tutorial!
Thank you..
On Sep 1, 2010 Sal Toums wrote:
Since my version of TSRW (2.0) doesn't open expansion paintings, I had to use the Sims 3 Object Cloner tool thingie, and now, interestingly enough, my painting isn't showing up in the game. Go figure. That shouldn't really be a problem, as TSRW can import files. I'm also using Paint.net and I'm reading bunches of success stories using that (the most recent has the .dds plugin already integrated in the program), so that shouldn't be a problem... Huh... Paint.net sucks, I want my photoshop back...
On Sep 26, 2010 mandythesim wrote:
Did everything in the tutorial, I found it very simple to understand, but after I have exported it and gone into my sims launcher and installed it, i go to play to place it but it is not there, its not anywhere, I have made sure that it is installed but its not showing up!! Any Ideas
On Oct 3, 2010 simsoccupied wrote:
My paint program won't open a DDS file .. so .. I can't use this .. I'm very sad!!
On Oct 7, 2010 justmomagain wrote:
First of all, thank you for this tutorial!! I think once I get the hang of it, I'll be in business. But I have a question. I don't know if I'm just a moron, or if I'm missing something, or what. I got up to the point where I was able to import it back into the workshop. What I don't get is how do I get it from there to my game? This is the first time that I have used the workshop, so if there's something else I should know, can someone please let me know? Thanks!
On Oct 8, 2010 justmomagain wrote:
Please disregard my question above, as I have figured it out. Turns out, I'm a moron after all. ; )
Thank you again for the tutorial! Now I'm going to make all kinds of new pictures!
On Oct 9, 2010 oldmember_kubpajung wrote:
thx so much, this is a great tutorials for people that can't make 3D
On Oct 16, 2010 Nikitaneuman wrote:
Hi i am Using Paint Net but the Program does not work,cause when i import the Picture i wanted i get said:
Zero Mipmaps and the screen is totaly black means there is nothing inside than darkness my Picture is no were ,i used a sexy Girl in Bikini,why doesnt work that???
Can anyone Help please and tell me why i have this Error? Thanks
On Oct 20, 2010 fantasticSims wrote:
TheSimpsons101 wrote: | Unpublish| Delete For those of you using Paint.net to edit (like me) I would recieve the "Error when loading preview. Index was outside the bounds of the array." when importing back. The way to fix this is when exporting choose these options: FileFormat - DXT5 (Interpolated Alpha) and check the box Generate Mit Maps. The rest of the settings at default should work
OMG! I did it! Thank you so much for this tut and the advice "TheSImpsons101". It was driving my crazy trying to figure out why the Paint.net would import it! YAY!
On Oct 22, 2010 mistymomma4 wrote:
You're tutorial was a great help, you made it so easy to understand! Thank you!
On Oct 28, 2010 dhuang89 wrote:
can someone help me? i was able to create the image and it showed up on tsr workshop. i then installed the sims3pack into the game. however, when i started to the game and tried to buy the painting, the painting didn't have the image on it. it just showed the wooden frame. what was i doing wrong?? plz help!! thx!
On Oct 31, 2010 tirocno wrote:
Oh, thank you thank you thank you!!
I've wanted to make custom paintings and paintings for AGES, and this tutorial has been so helpful! Thanks again! tirocno ^^ x
On Nov 24, 2010 superflys wrote:
this is so cool. going to do paintings of my family to put in my sim home..
On Dec 9, 2010 ManGa_Ka92 wrote:
thank you so much i will try it
On Dec 30, 2010 Hiddenden wrote:
Can you PLEASE make a tutorial with gimp?
I followed every step but just with gimp.
I cant seem to save my custom picture as D3D/DDS(*.DDS)
I can't seem to drag one picture to another.
I am bad with layers in Gimp...
Basically there and a bit further is where my car accident starts and cannot go any further...
Thank you so much for your time and effort.
On Jan 2, 2011 SimplySimsDesignDiva wrote:
You are awesome at writing tutorials. I really wish everyone was as detailed as you. Thank you so much for taking the extra time to explain EVERYTHING step by step in detail. Just look at the comments on this tutorial. People can figure out where it went wrong, and fix it. Brilliant at making tutorials, really
Can you pls make a series of them, more and more advanced as it progresses? You can be like a guru teacher 'bout TSRWorkshop 
On Jan 6, 2011 Enelya08 wrote:
Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was immensely helpful
On Jan 18, 2011 fzlevy wrote:
I'm very thankful for that, but i've a doubt: can i resise the painting? 'cause i've seen and downloaded custom paintings that are bigger then the original ones >: Thank you in advance
On Jan 24, 2011 x_Kazzy_x wrote:
Where can i download TSR Workshop (8.7 or latest release?? Step by step please i don't want to get anything wrong. x
On Feb 1, 2011 ehoke wrote:
I have a quick question. How do I get my pictures into two different boxes? All it does when I open it is overwrite the picture.
On Feb 2, 2011 Eifa wrote:
Thank you so much! It helped a lot!
On Feb 10, 2011 egle939 wrote:
thank u
On Feb 18, 2011 DragonFly9889 wrote:
Thank you so much, it was little hard to get it cause i did it in GIMP, but it helped.
On Feb 23, 2011 dianakcv wrote:
This is what I get
DDS: It appears your image may be a volume map,but not all layers are the same size, thus a volumemap cannot be written. I am using Gimp 2.6.11.
With DDS plug in 2.0.09..
My PC is Windows 7,x86
On Mar 2, 2011 Pink<3 Princess wrote:
Thank you very much
!! I also used gimp and I had no issues, the instructions are well written and easy to follow
! Now I am going to go picture crazy because we all know that EA's pictures suck!!
On Mar 22, 2011 Trekk wrote:
Help i am stuck.
Using Paint.Net, lastest release. the .dds is bundled with it as far as i can tell.
i start new project in tsr, pick a frame and export it to a folder on desktop, as a .dds file
i then open paint.net, press open file, find the picture and open it, and then nothing.
i don't get that "NVIDIA DDS Read Properties box."
been looking high and low for it, what am i doing wrong?
On Mar 22, 2011 liyah225 wrote:
how do u make a poster sized picture?
On Mar 26, 2011 Vanity Sims wrote:
Thank you soo much! This is one of the easiest tutorials I've read so far. I can't wait to create more cc. (:
On Apr 2, 2011 Precious3030 wrote:
wow i'm glad i see this thank you for the help
On Apr 5, 2011 tailahchapman wrote:
Can someone please help me!
I have Photoshop CS5 and have installed the DDS plug-in. But when I open the DDS file in Photoshop it says "not the right kind of document". I don't understand how to fix it? Can someone please tell me exactly where the plug-in should be installed. Please help me and thank you in advance.
On Apr 11, 2011 tailahchapman wrote:
Nevermind, I figured it all out. Thanks heaps for this tutorial. It was very easy to follow :]
On Apr 15, 2011 AAshleySEG wrote:
Perfect Tutorial! Awesome Job, only took me a few minutes and I had a custom painting for my sim's photography studio
Thanks
On May 1, 2011 Keko93 wrote:
Awesome tutorial! That was by far the easiest tutorial I've ever followed. Thank you so much!!!!
On May 16, 2011 Shamefaced wrote:
Definitely going to try this out! Thanks a stack!
On May 23, 2011 reeti wrote:
Rly good tutorial! Thanks!
On Jun 6, 2011 TheLeonBM wrote:
Love this tutorial!! worked great!! thanks!!!
ps: is there a tutorial of how to work with the ones with no frame?? I couln't find any 
On Jul 11, 2011 Lumysims2000 wrote:
Great tutorial!!! I've follow the instructions and I think I've clone my first picture. now i'm going to test it on my game! so far the pic actually appears on the WS. Now let's see how it works in the game. Thanks a lot!
On Aug 9, 2011 wildphoenix22 wrote:
Great tutorial! Thank you SO much for sharing this knowledge with us fellow simmers and creators, as well as making it easy to follow! I can't wait to decorate my sim's home now!! Thanks again!
On Aug 20, 2011 soapie<3 wrote:
On Aug 21, 2011 vernajast wrote:
This tutorial was AMAZING!!! It worked on the first try, it was easy, and it was well-written. I write tutorials and online learning for a living, and I have to say you did a great job! Thank you so much!
On Aug 25, 2011 electguitarz wrote:
Awesome! Thank you for the tutorial. It was very well explained, and simple to follow! THANKS TONS!!!
On Sep 8, 2011 Minecraft wrote:
Awesome, Didnt realise it was that easy.I also use paint.net and have had no issues with it
On Sep 13, 2011 7sparrow7 wrote:
thank you so much for posting this tutorial. ive been since the sims 2 to make a custom painting! since i am a total newbie in that area, your tutorial was extremely helpful!
On Sep 17, 2011 Shavedsheep wrote:
where do I install the plugins? the installer ask me where to install them and I can't install unless I chose a place to put it
On Sep 19, 2011 Shavedsheep wrote:
can somebody please explain me where to put/install the plug-ins?
On Sep 23, 2011 Euterpe wrote:
Thank you so much!!
On Sep 23, 2011 Euterpe wrote:
The page for the DDS-plugins doesn't exist, can you perhaps update?
On Oct 16, 2011 Shavedsheep wrote:
please answer. I am very eager to make custom paintings, but don't know where to put the plug-ins
On Oct 22, 2011 oldmember_xxjessxx710 wrote:
On Oct 22, 2011 oldmember_xxjessxx710 wrote:
TSW only shows a gym poster in 'paintings and posters'. Anyone know why?
On Oct 23, 2011 Shavedsheep wrote:
doesn't seem like there is anybody who is answering... could somebody please help me answerthe question where I put the plug-in? I tried double-click, but there is no default path
On Nov 2, 2011 xhaii wrote:
I really thank you for this tutorial. atleast I can have another creation besides lots
On Nov 4, 2011 Rennara wrote:
Shaved Sheep...what program are you using?
On Nov 12, 2011 paigeedoll wrote:
This is excellent! It took me a bit to figure out where to get the DDS plugin for paintshop pro, but it didn't end up working so I just downloaded the free trail for Adobe's Photoshop and downloaded the DDS plugin for that. Much easier! Other then the intial downloading of stuff, the tutorial was so easy to follow and perfectly explained! WELL DONE!
On Nov 21, 2011 Ben72006 wrote:
Thanks you and I truely now understand how do it and I got though it the first time though with your turioal and Live it.
On Nov 27, 2011 thejmobile wrote:
Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial, i can see me having a lot of fun creating some new paintings/posters for my games
can't wait to get started.
On Dec 8, 2011 Cozmoz wrote:
Thank you for the tutorial. I have a question, though. Why aren't the large paintings in the wall decor list? Such as the large green painting from HELS and the long + large Late Night painting? And what about paintings from Pets? I would so much like to use all those large paintings, instead of medium and small. Thank you.
On Dec 19, 2011 AndrogynousOne wrote:
I tried this and failed epically. GIMP has none of the same options as Photoshop. It would be very helpful if there was a tutorial for GIMP as well.
On Dec 22, 2011 Majuchan wrote:
Many Thanks! =3
On Dec 26, 2011 k2m1too wrote:
Excellent tutorial! I was able to create a custom painting the first time through it! I do have a question though -- it looks like only the base game paintings are showing up for use? Is there any way to use ones that came from SP/EP/Store?
On Jan 8, 2012 efolger997 wrote:
Amazing tutorial! I've been able to make 41 recolours for a lot I'm working on.
@k2m1too: there is a way to do it. Just go to preferences, and then choose the folders the eps/sps are in. (for example, c:\program files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 World Adventures.
I still haven't figured out how to use CC paintings, though.
Thanks again, Vanilla!
On Mar 29, 2012 crazzzytanja wrote:
It doesn't works with newest TSRW version
When I click at textures nothing shows up 
What to do????????????Help!!!
On Apr 16, 2012 johannakallgren wrote:
it doesn't work
My photoshop doesn't accept that type of file 
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On May 14, 2012 CarlyP wrote:
I would love to know how to change the painting that has the 3 panels to it. Please and thank you.