Adding Logos to Clothing - A Beginners Tutorial

Adding Logos to Clothing - A Beginners Tutorial

This tutorial is a beginner's guide to changing the logos and graphics on Sims 3 clothing using the TSR Workshop and Adobe Photoshop with the DDS plugin. I will only be explaining the steps I use to accomplish this task. If you wish to learn more about the TSR Workshop as it pertains to clothing, I would highly recommend that you read through Sinastra's "In Depth Clothing Re-Texturing Tutorial for the TSR Workshop" as she goes into much more detail about all the different tabs and what they mean. I will be describing only the exact steps I use in this process, but this is a good start for the beginner to learn to create some simple custom clothing.

Begin at the beginning

Our first step is, of course, to open the TSR Workshop. You will start by clicking "Create New Project". This will bring up a new window, we will click on "clothing" and then click "next".

Choosing clothing item to clone.

The next window to appear will show us a tree view on the left with the different ages, sex and categories of clothing to choose from. For this tutorial, I will be using the girls tee with a rainbow graphic on it. As the stencils are already enabled on it, it is a good place for the beginner to start. So first click on child, then female and then everyday and scroll down until you find this shirt, if you wish to follow this tutorial exactly.

Your Project Details

In this step you will create your project name, the title for your item, a description and most importantly a unique identifier. You MUST change the unique identifier so the new item you create does not override the original item!! Do not use the default!! It's a good idea to try and make the name unique as the Sims 3 launcher will not install an item if it has the same name as something already installed. I like to add my name or initials to the project name and identifier. Once you have filled in all the information, click "next" in the bottom right corner. A new window will pop up called "Finished". Just click "OK" in the bottom right corner.

Preparing to Export

The next window to open up shows the clothing item we chose for our project and all the information pertaining to it. For this tutorial, I will not be making any changes to the shirt other than the graphic on the front and the colors of the shirt. So, first select the "Texture" tab at the top, then highlight the "Stencil A". Highlighting this will make the small box with three dots appear to the right. Click on this box.

Exporting the Image

A new window will pop up with the original image. We are now ready to export this image and make it our own. Click on the "Export" button. **The Import button located directly below the export button is what you will click to import your texture back into the workshop**

Saving the Image

Now save the image somewhere it is easy to find. I like to save directly to my desktop, but you can save it wherever it is easiest for you. Don't bother changing the name, just click save. We are now ready to edit the image in Adobe Photoshop. I just leave the TSR Workshop running while I edit the image.