Faylen's Clothing Recolor Tutorial Part 1: Basic Recoloring

[Keegana]

Hmm...as far as I know I was...I'll have to check again and make sure.

[Keegana]

Ok just checked and yes, it was bmp when I opened it AND when I saved it. I know the tutorial says not to choose the "alpha" one, but also using the "package" file would be wrong too? Nothing happens when I hit refresh. I get the hourglass, but no change is made. :(:(:(

[BenjienJoel]

Does some one speak dutch??
I cant figger it ou what there all standing!!
Can some one please help me??
thanks a lot!!

[Faylen]

You shouldn't be seeing the package file at all. That should be opened, and you will see two files - one that ends with "texture.bmp" and one that ends with "alpha.bmp" (the third would be the Normalmap, which is the bumpmap, not all files have one).

[jay29617]

i have tried and tried to get this on the game
http://i6.tinypic.com/14m4b4k.jpg
but it comes out with different parts everywere anytips :(

[HystericalParoxysm]

jay29617, that's not what this tutorial is covering. You want this one instead: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=91242

[vanessa224]

theres a problem I DONT HAV PHOTOSHOP!!!! wat can i do??
:( :( :( :( :( :(

[HystericalParoxysm]

vanessa, any graphics editing program that supports layers and interesting brushes should be able to be used for skinning/recolouring, with some reading of help files and faqs for that specific program to see what the different commands are and how they work. There are many programs that can be used (including several nice free ones). See the Skinning FAQ for more info.

[Nadorama]

i dont help me a bit!!

[kram1032]

It's not a perfect program (it's far away of beeing one) but for this simple thing is the Microsoft Office Photoshop enough!

[tiggerypum]

See HystericalParoxysm's post 3 messages up. I uhm don't think Microsoft Office has a program named 'Photoshop', btw, so if you do ask for advice about it, be sure you post the exact correct name.

When you are learning to skin, you'll want to choose a program that has layers and other useful features - so that you don't need to keep learning yet another new program when you want to do something a bit more complicated. The FAQ has links to a couple free programs that are fairly high powered for free... I suggest focusing your attention on one of them, and then you'll likely be able to get help here.

[abc123carrie123abc]

How do you get onto Photoshop

[HystericalParoxysm]

Okay guys, seriously, anyone else asking "how do I get Photoshop" or "what do I use if I don't have Photoshop" needs to READ. That's covered SEVERAL times in this thread and it's also covered in the Skinning FAQ. Any further silly questions in that vein that have already been answered many times over are just gonna be deleted. We're happy to help but if you can't look a few messages up, there's really not much we can do to teach you. ;)

[PaMi#1]

Hey, I love your toar, it's very clear and step-by-step, but tell me please how do I open the "Photoshop"?? Please write back soon......

[HystericalParoxysm]

Photoshop is a program you have to buy - either you have it installed and can access it from your start menu, or you don't have it. You would know if you did - it's a fairly expensive program. If you don't have it, as I said the post above yours, there are alternatives covered both in this thread and the Skinning FAQ on this forum.

[Keegana]

Ok Faylen, I'll mess around with it some more...I'm about ready to give up and wait until I can afford the exact program everyone is using though lol...I just can't get this! ;) Thanks

[TwisterSim525]

Thanks for the helpful tips!

[ilikepieandsim2]

Thank you So so so so much! I was so confused!

[silver_and_green]

Umm, I don't have photoshop so how do I recolor things with photo impression? 'Cause thats all I got.

[HystericalParoxysm]

silver_and_green, any program that can handle multiple layers and interesting brushes can be used to recolour - in VERY similar ways as described here. You may have to play around with your program before you'll learn all the controls and see how to do everything comparable, but just about anything can do this. Try the help file for your program, or see if they have a website with basic tutorials on using that program. Then come back here and you should be able to follow the steps here, just maybe using slightly different tools.

[Roxy35]

thanks for this

[Tinker56]

oh my god! thank you so ,uch i could never work out how to recolour and then i read your Recolor Tutorial Part 1: Basic Recoloring and i was amazed!!

thankyou,

tink :)

[Harriz_wicaksono]

waw, tq, you are very very best!!!!! tq tq tq tq

[Shadow_Cat17]

do you have to use photoshop????????? I was told that I could just use paint, and I have, but I can't get it back to bodyshop once it has been recolored. I am having the same problem as many of these people with downloading. I download, unzip, and I click on the icon, and then the blue sims2 screen comes up saying "double-click on the custom content that you wish to install" AND I JUST DID! PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE, THIS IS REALLY HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HystericalParoxysm]

No, Shadow_Cat, you CANNOT use Paint. It does not do enough to be used for this. And your downloading issues are unrelated to this tutorial: see the Game Help section for that stuff. If you, oh, I dunno, read up a couple messages, you'll see discussion about what you can use instead, and see the Skinning FAQ in the main Body Shop Skinning forum for links to alternate programs.

[alina_sedai]

thankyouthankyouthankyou! *bows down to your greatness* i love you! (jk) :rofl:

[CrystalTears]

Spectacular.... Thanks!! ^_^

[simsgal]

Does anyone know where the body shop is? :|

[Faylen]

Body Shop is included with your game. Read the Skinning FAQs thread on the Skinning Forum.

[dreamcatchermwhk]

Well Faylen,just to say thank you for your simplistic directions on recoloring.I think i am going to give it a shot,wish me luck.I have never tried it before reading your tutatorials.You make it seem worth trying,again thank you so much.

[EisleyRae]

i wish i could give you a thanks more than once. THANK YOU!!! :lovestruc this really helps!!

[Deathxblade]

Hey faylen im having trouble saving everytime i try and save it it turns into a psd.file how do i change it to an .bmp

[Faylen]

The the bottom of the box, after you've selected "Save as", under "File Name", is "Format" with a little down arrow to the right of the box. Click the down arrow, then click on .bmp from the dropdown box that appears. I thought I had a picture of this in this tutorial. It's about time for a rewrite, anyway, I guess.

[Goldenfairyx33]

Thanks for this!
Its a great tutorial!!

[darealfreakinPIMP]

Thank U Thank U Thank U, U R Da Best :)

[evram]

Do you know where i can find this one in italian. I really want to larn!!!!!

[Faylen]

Sorry, none of my tutorials have been translated, to my knowledge.

[odd2244lovesims2mods]

how do u enter photoshop? i cant seem to find it

[Faylen]

Read the Skinning FAQs thread.

[jaksonkille]

Can it be photoshop 7?

[rachaelbirch2007]

hi ive got this program and have just found out to do this myself but i want to know if you can recolour with patterns so the colour isnt plain if you get what i mean? :turtle:

[$RaMRoM$]

hi ive got this program and have just found out to do this myself but i want to know if you can recolour with patterns so the colour isnt plain if you get what i mean? :turtle:

This is just a begginer tutorial, Faylen has wrote 4 Skinning tutorials, read them all, then u will know how to add a pattern to your Clothes :D

[EmoRocker]

Woo! I get it! But if you use Bodyshop, you can't upload it here on MTS2 because it won't turn out as rar or a zip. It'll turn out as a package. How do I upload it on MTS2?

[Dobydog]

OH MY GOSH!
I went to the Photoshop site and it said that the photoshop is either 99 bucks or 200 something?! Is this really what it costs..?

[tiggerypum]

Photoshop is even more than that. If you don't have it, go get GIMP which is free.

[butterflyiii2006]

Dear Faylan,
Your Tuts are just what this lady needed. I can actually understand them!!!
I have recolored furniture and drapes. Now I'm excited-- who knows now maybe
my own simmie recolor line!!!!!
But here's a dahhh question--- I'm embarrassed -- so please don't laugh--
I found a mesh that I can recolor-- it has no texture on it-- ok-- so where do I put it, because it won't show up in the game-- where do I put a plain mesh file in order to get the file into BS-- to get it where I can work with it?
I'm a newbie and have just started learning how to manipulate my files to change the colors through the SimPe Wizard, SimPe, and PSP.... I have so much to learn-- and so many questions--- my New Years Resolution-- learn to recolor clothing meshes!!!!!
Thank you for your help
ButterflyIII2006

[Karsciyin]

This seems good, but the images are not showing up for me. Do you know what the sotyr is? Are they still there?
I suppose it could be this computer, I'll try again later on my laptop. But I would like to know if anyone else has this problem.

[me me]

hey,
thanx it relly helps graet job ..

[modswat]

My body shop won't open...