Tutorial: Custom Eye Colours using Photoshop (Beyond just Recolouring)

[deathoflight]

I've gotten quite a few compliments on my custom eye colours, so I thought I would post a tutorial showing the technique I use.

Edit by Tiggerypum: If you have Paint Shop Pro - check out the instructions in this message in the thread: psp tips here (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1522124#post1522124)

You can get decent results by simply recolouring the Maxis default colours, but I find that I can get much more interesting and unique shades by starting from scratch. For this tutorial I will be assuming that you already know how to export and import files from Bodyshop. If you don't, there are numerous other tutorials that cover that same ground. I will also be assuming that you have a basic working knowledge of Photoshop. Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

I used Photoshop CE for this tutorial, but from what I remember of earlier versions, it should work unless you're using a very old version of Photoshop.

I will admit that this looks like a LOT of steps, but once you have it down it only takes about two minutes total (Mere seconds if you save the steps as an Action.), and the results are worth it.

In Photoshop, create a new document, 96 pixels in height and 36 pixels in width.

Zoom in to about 400% so that you can see what you're doing.

Create a new layer, and delete the background to get rid of the locked background layer, if necessary.

If the colour chooser isn't open, go to Windows ---> Color to open it. Click on the swatches tab.

Pick a grouping of four similar colours, ranging from darkest to lightest. The further apart the colours are in shade, the more detail you will have in the finished eye.

Using the rectangular shape tool, fill the layer with the darkest colour. Switch to the next lightest colour, and make a rectangle vertically down the centre of the layer, leaving approximately five pixels of the first colour showing on either side.

Repeat this until you have used all four colours. The result should look something like this:

http://home.mchsi.com/~deathoflight/eyetut1.jpg
(Picture enlarged for sake of clarity.)

The important thing is to have the darkest colours on the outside, with the lightest colour in the centre. Otherwise this won't work.

Go to: Filter ---> Stylize ---> Wind

Set the Method to Wind and the Direction to From The Right. Click OK.

Do it again, only this time set the direction to the left.

Go to: Image ---> Adjustments ---> Invert

Repeat the wind filter from both the left and right directions.

Invert the image to get your original colours back.

It should now look something like this:

http://home.mchsi.com/~deathoflight/eyetut2.jpg

Using the rectangular marquee tool, select an area on the right side of the canvas approximately five pixels wide.

Go to: Select ---> Feather

Set the feather radius to 5 pixels and click OK.

Go to: Image ---> Adjustments ---> Brightness/Contrast

Turn the Brightness all the way down (Or whatever looks right for the colours you've chosen. Darker colours might only need the slider halfway down.) and click OK.

Repeat the previous steps on the left side of the canvas.

Go to: Image ---> Canvas Size

Change the canvas width to 48 pixels and set the anchor point to the centre right.

http://home.mchsi.com/~deathoflight/eyetut3.jpg

Using the Rectangle Shape tool, fill the transparent part of the canvas on the left with black. This will be the pupil.

Go to: Image ---> Canvas Size

Change the canvas width to 96 pixels and set the anchor point to the centre left.

http://home.mchsi.com/~deathoflight/eyetut4.jpg

Go to: Image ---> Rotate Canvas ---> 90 Degrees CW

IMPORTANT: Make sure you only have one layer! If there's more than one, Go to: Layer ---> Merge Visible

Go to: Filter ---> Distort ---> Polar Coordinates

Choose the Rectangular to Polar option and click OK.

You should now have a fairly decent looking eye.

http://home.mchsi.com/~deathoflight/eyetut5.jpg

http://home.mchsi.com/~deathoflight/eyetut6.jpg
(This pic actual size.)

To tweak it a bit, you might want to duplicate the layer, and change the blending mode. On lighter colours, Overlay works quite well, on darker colours Color Dodge will brighten it up. Just play around with it a bit and see what works best for the colours you've chosen. When you're done, merge the layers.

Now, one last step.

Go to: Filter ---> Render ---> Lens Flare

Position the flare somewhere in the upper right part of the iris, and play with the sliders until it looks how you want it.

And you're done. Just copy the eye, paste it into the file you exported from Bodyshop, and position over the original eye. It should fit exactly, if you have used the dimensions specified in this tutorial. Flatten the image and save.

By using different colours and experimenting with layer styles, you can get many different results.

Advanced users: It's well worth the time to save the steps as an Action. Then you can make a dozen or so colour bar sets, run an automated batch, and just pick the ones that look especially nice for further editing.

EDIT 7/20/05: Check out post #14 in this thread for some interesting variations!

[Faylen]

What you have here is very nice, and easy to follow. Do you mind if I link it in the How Do I Make Clothes For My Sims Thread? (I might have to come up with a new title. . .again.)

[puppy45341]

oh my gosh!!! thank you!!! i actually know what im doing now!!lol

[Lpfan]

THANX SOOOO MUCH! Can you please post a link of your sims so i can see how it looks on a sim please?

[juniorphreak]

Excellent tutorial. I love the results I've gotten. I'll never download an eyecolor again. :)

[deathoflight]

Faylen -- Feel free to link it where ever.

Lpfan -- I don't actually have any sims up anywhere at the moment. Lost my webspace and haven't gotten around to reuploading all my stuff yet. (Hundreds of items on a 56k internet connection...ouch.) I'll go dig up a screenshot though.

[Lpfan]

That's very kind of you. Okay I tried to make one of those eyes but how to you delete the background layer? Because when I "wind" it, it comes transparent. (All I've ever done on Photoshop was recolour)

[Lpfan]

Okay nevermind, it seems I skipped a step.

[Lpfan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/LpGfn/eyes.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/LpGfn/eyes1.bmp

It looks so beautiful!! Thanks a ton :D

The first time I made this it took me 5 minutes
The second time it was only 2 :lol:

[Mishkat]

Excellent!! I tried and made it an action so now it only takes seconds to make eyes. Love it! Thank you!!

[krazii]

ooo! this tutorial is really cool! i made my first good eye! thanks!

[Phse]

wow this is great

[Gizmo7680]

Thank you so very much for this tutorial I shall give it a try. Looks like this is going to be fun!!! Thanks again

[HystericalParoxysm]

One thing I might add...

Once you apply all the wind steps, and do the brightness/contrast to darken the edges, I then go back and select both edges the same way like for the brightness/contrast step, but with a feather of 7...

Then do hue-saturation on each side and give it a little bit of a tint. For example, I just made my own eyes for my self-sim, and the main colours I picked are a golden brown/green, but for the right side tint I made it a little turquoise (as my eyes are edged in a little ring of a more bluish hue) and for the left (center) a little more golden/green. Then do the rest of the steps as normal and it creates a -very- realistic-looking eye.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/HystericalParoxysm/sims2/eye1.jpg

This second one was created with variations in grey/green to slightly yellow/orange, and then the inside tinted with a yellow/orange.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/HystericalParoxysm/sims2/eye2.jpg

Anyway... I LOVE this tutorial, and I hope this one little bit will be helpful for others. Thanks much! I'm having so much fun with this!

[deathoflight]

Wow, nice variations! Those look great.

[psss]

:D :D Love it ..thanks

[chyrun]

Thank you so much!!! the results are fabulous :)

[jubileebud]

Is there any way that you can make a tute for PSP7 since I don't have Photoshop?

[daman19942]

Very easy to follow tutorial. Does it work in Paint Shop Pro X? That's the program I have. If not, were can I get photoshop?

[lockanoddle]

Um can some1 help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really like those eyes!

[xpleasedontcryx]

for some reason, its just not working for me.
i did everything, but instead of looking like this:
<img src="http://www.runescapehaven.com/sims2/four.jpg">
it looks...well...different.
the pupil is the only thing rounded when i clicked polar cordinates.
so...what do i do?

[xpleasedontcryx]

aparently html doesnt work. lol...
this is what i meant:
http://www.runescapehaven.com/sims2/four.jpg

[draculasdaughter000]

heya peeps
i need some help about making the eyes
i havent got photoshop,will it work on any other programs?
if not then how do i get the Photoshop program?
Please help

[ticticc13]

Hey, great tutorial! I made my first custom eyes using your tips. I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS.

Thanks a bunch.

[Sita]

Thanks, that is very helpful! Best tut I have seen on this.

[Loslonelyboys201]

Gracias. Is there a way to do it with paint since I only got the paint program and no other graphic programs?

[Nihellennia]

The only step I couldn't get to work in PaintShopPro so far is that with the wind. It doesn't look that "streaky" when I apply it in PSP. Anyone got any ideas? I also cannot figure out how to invert the image ... :( Otherwise, yes, you can do it in PSP as well.

I've played in PhotoShop with the Glass settings, and got some nice results also with the Filter -> Distortion -> Glass -> Artistic -> Plastic Wrap and fiddle around with the settings. Just a suggestion.

After all: great tut! :D Thanks for posting. Without it, I'd probably never figured out how to do custom eyes from scratch.


Addendum: I just figured out how to do all steps in PSP as well, so, yes, you can transfer the steps and do the tut in PSP, and ought to get the same results. :D

[moonbrite-sim]

omg thanks alot i just bookmarked this thread..
i didnt think it would be so easy :)

[MoonageDaydream]

I was wondering if anyone knows how to change Maxis default eyes into custom eyes from an existing sim in the game. I've created an entire neighbourhood that consists only of Sim Cribbling skin tones and eye colours but I accidently made a mistake and made a father with Maxis default eyes, so the baby is the odd one out. arg. Help would be greatly appretiated

[Star Ranger4]

This tutorial will actually work with any paint program that supports these filters.

I just followed it usin The Gimp, and the only difficulty I had was having to position the swatch manually during the canvass resizing steps

[Star Ranger4]

Gracias. Is there a way to do it with paint since I only got the paint program and no other graphic programs?

No. MSPaint doesnt have all the features needed. Get The Gimp @ Gimp.org

Its free, I've been using it for over a year now and totally love it!

[Javanny]

This tutorial will actually work with any paint program that supports these filters.

I just followed it usin The Gimp, and the only difficulty I had was having to position the swatch manually during the canvass resizing steps

Hello StarRanger4:
I tried it with Gimp (2.0) a few hours ago, as I only use Gimp for skinning, and the easiest way to position the swatch is doing it directly in the dialogue that opens when you click "canvas resize" (i use the German version of Gimp, so I am not sure how it is called in the English version).
As soon as you change the size by entering the values, you can already move the swatch in the preview window and it will also show the value of the movement, so if you see it has been moved to the right by 12 pixels, you know it is correct.

I hope that my description was helpful...

By the way: Great, great, great tutorial, and I am very glad it worked with Gimp, otherwise I would have been very sad :-).

[Javanny]

Oh, I forgot to ask a question - I hope some of the Gimp users may have the answer: Where do you find the step that is called Marquee, the thing with the feather respectively what is meant by that? This might be a problem of using a German program, but perhaps someone knows the answer nonetheless...

[Aurelia]

I'm about to see if I can do this in psp. cross your fingers!!!

edit to add: cant get it to go. The settings are obviously not the same, and so i dont really know what to try in PSP (7). If anyone has any other helpful hints, that would be great!

[OrangeDonkeys]

Yes, I cannot get it to work in psp either. The "wind" does not make it look as good as the picture. Nihellenia said that it can be done, but how?

[Simguy182]

:D great Tutorial! Thanks for it...

:( it seems that i cant follow it with Corel Paint Shop Pro X since there is no option of

image-->Adjustments--Invert

or im just to dumb to find it... because that is as far as i can get... :) hehe, ill just keep searching :P

[Renatus Valentinus]

It's amazing me how well this works. All steps of the tutorial work fine for Photoshop LE 5.0 (came with my Graphire) - the only thing I can't do is make an Action because I have a limited edition, but that's fine. I'm happy that now I know how to make any colours I want...!

[PinkAllOver]

Awesome tut! I'll try it out soon! Thanks a lot!

[**Clorie**]

I have done it all in a very old and i mean about 15 year old version of corelphotopaint and i can do all the steps except The distort one. And also the wind one looks better when done manually with a streak feature in effect tools. If anyone has found a way to distort with photopaint then please help me!!!

[vidde]

I just have to say that this tutorial has helped med LOTS! Thank you for making it! And the suggestion to make it all into action(s) was a really good one! =)

[dragon_tfm]

Nihellennia: how did u get the wind affect to work in psp? the one in psp all it does is basically blur it for me...did u use soemthing else?

anyone else pull this off using psp wanna help too?

[xStrawberryxKiwix]

For anyone using PSP 8, this may work for 7/9/X as well, instead of wind go to Effects >> Distortion >> Wave and make your settings as follows.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b251/x-Miss_Hilton-x/wave.gif

It won't look exactly the same, but it does the job. You could also play around with the settings to get different effects. :giggler:

[OrangeDonkeys]

Oh my gawd. Thanks so much for that!

[dragonarts]

Well, I just had to try it, though I've done eyes that I've liked without the tut. I've included a picture of the eyes I've done. That first two are from this tut, the other 13 are ones I've done before. Of course, none of them are supposed to look realistic. I think they're all pretty. The ones from the tut weren't really easier for me than how I was doing them before, but I'm pretty comfortable with the Gimp. You've done a nice job with the tut and it's easy to follow, even though The Gimp doesn't have exactly the same filters and such.

[kmm0219]

HELP! I've followed all the steps you outlined above but when I get to the point where I have to do the polar coordinates I can't get an actual eye...whichever layer I have selected is polarized not the entire thing. I'm not very familiar with photoshop yet...what am I doing wrong? Please help.

Thanks

[vidde]

HELP! I've followed all the steps you outlined above but when I get to the point where I have to do the polar coordinates I can't get an actual eye...whichever layer I have selected is polarized not the entire thing. I'm not very familiar with photoshop yet...what am I doing wrong? Please help.

Thanks

No problem, just do a layer->flatten image before you polarize. Make sure you dont have anything selected when polarizing too. Hope that helps!

[Jessie Tea]

That is the greatest tutorial ever!!!!!!!!!! Thanks

[Jessie Tea]

How would you make actions? I want to do it fast. Plz help.

[veveisme]

does anyone know what do to when downloading the gimp?

[Phantomesse]

How would you make actions? I want to do it fast. Plz help.

If you're on Photoshop, go to Window>Show Actions. Then on there, press the "Create New Action" button which looks like a page. You'll be brought up with a pop-up. Name your action and press "Record." Then there should be a red dot on the "Actions" panel which means that it's recording all your actions. Do whatever you have to do, but becareful not to mess up. If you do mess up, press the "Stop" button (the square) immediately and drag that action to the trash can. Then press the "Record" button again (the dot and it should turn red) and continue with your work. For some reason, though, I can't record anything that I did with the brush, so I'd recommend having two seperate actions. One for before coloring the pupil and one for after coloring the pupil.

Hoped that helped.

[patronus-light]

Very easy to follow tutorial. Does it work in Paint Shop Pro X? That's the program I have. If not, were can I get photoshop?

a very basic version of photoshop-- Elements can be bought for about $30 (USD) at any computer/electronics store (CompUSA, Frys, ect)
You may also download a trial version if you just want it for a short period of time. I would recommend trailing Elements and not an advanced version if you've never used photoshop before.

[Sims2Crave]

I cant follow it. I have PSP but i need images when i try tutorials, without them im lost :blink:

[salster812]

Hm, the images are gone... but I figured it out without pictures (: Squee. Great tut.

[vampric fang]

Thankyou Sooooooo Much

[shortykayla]

Your tutorial is excellent but i im up to the second part after the first pic... do i wind the whole lot or just one of the shape????
Thanks Kayla

[siobhanelf]

This is beautiful.... I love the eys I can make now so much. I will have fun tinkering with this amazing formula, thank you so much! It is really amazing how the finished product turns out!

[evil_belgian]

This tutorial looks fantastic but i use paint.net. does anyone know of a tutorial for eyes for paint.net. It would be greatly apprecited

[xXRequiemXx]

hey i relly liked ur tutorial but im having problems, i did everything to the exact sizes that u specifed but i everytime i try and paste the eyes on the file there always much larger and i cant seem to get them the rite size no matter how many times i try. do u no wut i could possibly be doing wrong?

[LuteFanBoyNick]

What is the equivalent of Lens Flare in GIMP? My eyes don't look right without the flare, but it looks VERY nice so far

[Simguy182]

What is the equivalent of Lens Flare in GIMP? My eyes don't look right without the flare, but it looks VERY nice so far

I really havent found a lens flare option in GIMP similar to the one in photoshop, but what i had always used for this tutorial was go to filter>lighting effects (might not be the right name, i talk spanish so my program is in spanish) which is the next option below distortion effects.

In the lighting efects there should be something like... FX Burst? not sure but i use that sometimes. I like better the last option of them: supernova. Choose supernova and select the radium to 2 and rays(?) to something about 30-50 and select where to place it. I usually put 2 supernova flares and get a good effect (though i no longer use this kind of reflections):

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g274/Simguy182/eyeXX.jpg

[FireAzor]

This tutorial is great but is there one available for fireworks Mx somwhere? I've been searching all day for something like this =)

[AugustJustine]

Does anyone know how much different this tutorial would be if Corel Paint Shop Pro X was used?

[tiggerypum]

I don't have paint shop pro. On page 2 of this thread a couple of paintshop owners discuss it. Unfortunately the one who said she got it figured out didn't seem to actually write up the paintshop commands! But I guess that means it is possible.

[obsessedfae]

i got it to work in psp x. if you have questions pm me and i will walk you through it :)

i've included an image to show my results :)


for the wind part use this:
effects>>texture effects>>fur
blur-46
density-50
length-100
transparency-30

there is a polar coordinates under:
effects>>distortion effects

I omitted this completely:
Go to: Image ---> Adjustments ---> Invert

and when you come to this..go to:
image>>rotate right


and for the light in the upper right of the pupil use:
effects>>artistic effects>>balls and bubbles and use the single ball..then drag the box in the preview to suit your taste. if i left something out..let me know. hope i helped.

Now the for the green eye, I used the plugin dsb flux>>blast instead of the fur. but then I realized alot of people don't have that plugin so I made another with the fur. The green looks better though so if you have PSP, download off of this page. Scroll down and look for DSB Flux
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/iceland/1146/Jemima/Tutorials/PLUGINS/plugins.htm

[ThunderSim]

excellent tut, i love it.

and for the first time it seams like I finally can create something.
well almost because I do not get the last steps where it says: " Choose the Rectangular to Polar option and click OK."

what does that mean? I tryed to find it but I couldn't.

it would be so nice if someone could upload a picture of this feature or something.


many thx in advance.

[sakrayami]

Thank you. My result is horrible. I can't figure out how 96x96 pixles can fit the original. I made a special one much smaller, it did fit, but my sim looked like she's seeing something horrible. lol.
I might do the eye file into a jpg file before i put in into the stuff i exported?

[Dragontrap]

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7553/sineyevioletpm7.png

Just thought I would show you what could be done with altering your tutorial ^^

[Ellestrial]

This was the first tutorial that I've read that I've actually been able to understand what the creator was telling me to do! Thanks so much for making it is to read for dorks like me! :) I've managed to make my first eyes...actually my first ANYTHING for my game...and I'm so excited about that!

My first question is, if I save my eyes in the default folder that I imported from the game and then upload it into the game, are my new eyes going to overwrite my default eyes? Because I don't really want to lose the eyes I already have, plus that would limit how many eyes I can create for my game if I would keep writing over them.

And my second question is, how to I create the tiny square icon that shows what color the eye is going to be before you select it?

[tiggerypum]

Your new eyes will not replace anything in your game, to make default replacements requires extra very deliberate steps.

The square graphic I believe is in 'swatch.bmp' When you're doing your project, see if that appears in your project folder. (I know it does for skin recolors, I assume it might for others) Make a pretty graphic and replace the swatch.bmp file (be sure to use the same pixel size as the original swatch.bmp uses)

[Ellestrial]

Thanks so much for the quick reply. I've been driving my husband nuts wanting to make more eyes. It's good to know that I won't be able to delete my defaults by accident so I can make all the eyes I want...which I will since it's all I know how to make so far. I've got to check out some more tutorials, this is just sad haha.

I thought the icon picture might be the swatch, but I've used both the default green and brown eyes and they both show the same rainbow colored picture for the swatch, which obviously isn't what shows in the game. Is this how it appears for skin graphics too?

[Simguy182]

The swatch always appears as a rainbowed square for both skintones and eyes. All you need to do is edit it at your own will, keeping the same size and all, then refresh and the rainbow square should be replaced with your new small graphic.

[tiggerypum]

You have to replace the swatch graphic yourself, just like you replaced the eye graphic. It's not automatic.

[youcmecruzin13]

How do i do the Image---Adjustments---Invert on Paint Shop Pro 6

[tiggerypum]

youcmecruzin look at message 64, the paintshop person said they skipped that step.

[youcmecruzin13]

Okay i did the DSB Flux plugin but how do i get to it? I downloaded it and setup but now how do i get to the effects part?

edit:Well i got the plugin to work...but not i cant get the polar coordinates? I tryed to do the effects---distortion but thats not there? Thanks

[Rozee]

I have just got started into doing custom content and found everything so mind boggling! After spending half day getting used to Photoshop (which I found a real challenge) and using your excellent tutorial (the pictures really helped) I have made my first 'real' custom eyes. Still need some practice in choosing and experimenting with colours. I have never done anything like this before so I feel quite chuffed! :rofl: Many thanks.

[Nicole_artist]

I made heaps. But they all looked so unrealistic. WHY???

Maybe it was the actual eye white.

Eh. Help?

I made about 10.

Really great tutorial. I learnt it off by heart! ^_^

[bannasweetie]

My wind won't work in photoshop it just stays the same?

[nikisazombie]

I think I've got the hang of this!:) I have made several really cool eyes using this tut... I can now skip steps, and add my own... to make the eyes look how I want.:) I add motion blur afterwards (first at the angle of 0, then 180.) It makes it look a bit smoother. I also sharpen it a bit.

*edit* Runesinger, I don't worry about the black part myself. I skip that step entirely, do the last step so that there is space around the eye, and then take a round brush and put the pupil in. *lol* But that's becuse I can't figure out that step in Gimp.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/nikisazombie/Sims%20Creations/dkgreeneye.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/nikisazombie/Sims%20Creations/browneye2.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/nikisazombie/Sims%20Creations/coolblueish.jpg

[$RaMRoM$]

thanks great and simple.
:gjob: :up:

[Reyn]

What I do in Gimp to get the black is to make a second layer, make it black, cut out the part covering the colour and voila! That part is done. However, I can't find feather in GIMP, and shift doesn't quite work as nicely. As its' late for me, I'm going to head off to sleep and play with it more in the morning, but if anyone knows where feather is located?

I love gimp, its a great little program, but sometimes it still boggles me, even after all these years.


Nevermind - I found it - it wasn't where I was looking.

[sheneiney]

i love this tut, but what do save the file as?

[primus30eight]

very nice tutorial. thanks :)

[pinkgreen]

This is amazing!!! Thankyou soooooooo much!!! :D I've always wondered how to do this, thinking it would be just as hard as creating a custom skin tone, but you have explained it so clearly that even I can understand it. Thanks again!!! :bunny:

[MetalHeadGrlSims2]

This was fun, helpful, and easy to follow, I created an entire collection of eye colors in a little less than an hour! My sims will look fantastic, and now my self-sim will be musch more realistic! Thanks so much! <3 MetalHead. :Pint:

[absolutelyfabulous7]

i have wanted to know things like this for so long. This is just so fantasic.... please let it be that the GIMP has these tools somewhere on it. if not.... ill have to buy photoshop! thank you

[Emø••Fairy]

Mine wont work it says there isnt enough disk space waaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!!!

[coyoteblu1125]

Hm, this seems much easier than what I was doing b4. The only problem I keep running into is when I'm done creating the eye & hit refresh in BodyShop, it comes up looking a little muted. If I go ahead & import it back to the game, the entire eye comes up looking like a single-colored 'smudge' (the best explanation i have); the iris, pupil everything is the middle-hue of the eye color I was going for. No matter which coloring method I've tried, this always happens, so I know it's something wrong I'm doing somewhere along the line. Can anyone help?

btw: using Photoshop CS to edit on a Mac Powerbook G4, if that makes a difference.

[tiggerypum]

coyoteblu1125 have you made other things, like clothing? What size does your clothing export at? If it's not 1024x1024 for an adult, you need to go to the faq and find the 'bodyshop exports wrong size/blurry clothing' info

[dnagmz]

Great Tutorial...Was able to make beautiful eyes, totally amazing!...but now what? How do I get them into my game? I couldn't find a tutorial that starts from the very beginning with how to create eyes with the exporting/importing. Please help, I want to use my new eyes in my game!!! Thanks

[CrowsMan]

Thanks alot for this tutorial deathoflight, I will have to buy Photoshop to try this out (I made my eyes with the GIMP) :)

[coyoteblu1125]

coyoteblu1125 have you made other things, like clothing? What size does your clothing export at? If it's not 1024x1024 for an adult, you need to go to the faq and find the 'bodyshop exports wrong size/blurry clothing' info

Ah, ok. Actually no, I haven't tried creating/modifying anything else yet. I'll take a look @ that FAQ, tho. TY!

[EmoTinkerbell571]

I just made them. They are a brilliant aquamarine color with a pen blue outline. I may post a pic later, but I don't know if I like them or not. (I would like them if I hadn't made them)

[tiyen303]

Aww man; if only I could do this is PaintShopPro...

There might be a way, but I'm certainly not familiar enough with the program to figure it out... only the last part I can't figure out... and the wind. ^_^

Great tut none the less~

[Layara]

Thank you for this very helpful tutorial! Made my custom created-eyes look so much better.

[Blackgryffin]

thanks for this tutorial :)
My feather tool doesn't work but I'll take out my whip and Photoshop must obey >_< muwahahahaha !

[Toota956]

I'm very new to this creating thing, and following your excellent instructions, created my first eye. It was too small however, but I simply changed the pixels using a formula (it appeared that it was too small by about 1/3) that made it fit perfectly. Thank you so much for taking the time to share! :gjob:

Meanwhile, I'm still working on how to upload a pic of it...TaDa!

[Spotted-pelt]

Thanks I've found this really helpful :D

[Linnaya]

Umm.... I am trying to make the custom eye, but it only does the wind on the center layer. I am using Adobe Photoshop CS, and all it does is use wind on the center layer. And then when I invert, it still does the same thing, but when I try to get my colors back, it turns the inverted color all white, and it only does that on the center part. What am I doing wrong?

[FireAzor]

does anyone know how i can do these steps with fireworks mx?

[Bold-Eyes]

Absolutely spectacular! Very good tutorial, I love it! I'm so happy that this works with gimp as well. This creation of mine is the first of a thousand. Thanks a bunch! :gjob:

[hope2476]

i love this tutorial...i've used this one and another one i found on the net.
My problem is how do you get a soft blue?
my blues tend to end up a bit too vivid and unrealistic...
is there a step to mute the color a bit?

Here is my blue eye:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/hope2476/eyesincas-1.png
:help:

[vidde]

i love this tutorial...i've used this one and another one i found on the net.
My problem is how do you get a soft blue?
my blues tend to end up a bit too vivid and unrealistic...
is there a step to mute the color a bit?

Here is my blue eye:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/hope2476/eyesincas-1.png
:help:

You could always reduce the saturation...

[hope2476]

yeah...i've tried that and it seems to blur things...
i'm trying again only starting with a very light faded blue as my base...

[Wingweaver]

I only have paint.net! plz some1 do a tutorial for eyes with paint.net!

[youcmecruzin13]

Finally Got Photoshop, and ran back to this tutorial, only to find out when I do the wind on my colors, there is no difference, but in the sample box on the actual wind filter it changes. There is a very very slight change but not enough to notice. What is wrong why isnt this working?

[tahabday]

i have started creating my own eyes i can make it with fun

[siamesedrummer]

Your tutorial is fantastic, I tried it on my laptop quick just for amusement and it was not only easy but also fun.
However, as soon as I start to make real eyes for my sims (on my other computer that actually has Sims 2 and Bodyshop on it), I would like to know how to "save steps to an Action" as you referenced at the beginning of the tutorial. As I am still not very good at this (my version of photoshop is slightly newer so some of the actions were a bit different) and I take awhile to go through all of the steps, I was wondering if you knew of a good site that tells me how to do this "saving to an Action" process, because I checked Adobe's online help center to no avail. That would be much appreciated!
Thanks again for the wonderful and helpful tutorial!

[Ogalby]

Thanks alot Deathoflight for the fantastic work and thank you Obssessedfae for the pointers on using PsP I was a little stressed trying to work out how to use the techniques with my program.

Great Job all round guys..!!!!!!!! :)

[sephirothremnant]

Fantastic, easy to follow and i've got some great looking eyes out of it!

~Mikah

[sephirothremnant]

yeah...i've tried that and it seems to blur things...
i'm trying again only starting with a very light faded blue as my base...

Perhaps try fiddling with the Brightness/Contrast? usually works for me. Surprisingly, Blue can be an awkward color sometimes lol. i've jsut done a blue eye and it took me a while to make the right color, I needed a bright one as well.

Attached is the second eye i made using this tut, I forgot to save the first one. This is the blue I needed.

~Mikah

[missMSBplayer]

In body shop, when I try to refresh it for my new eyes, it says it won't load and it is in the wrong location....i need help.

[Corsetcrush]

I thought I'd share one of the sets of eyes I did when I was working with the tutorial. I think the metal eyes look rather cool!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/Wiffel/Sims%202/92e93274.jpg

[gnomealot]

Thank you so much!!!!!!! i made awesome eyes!!

[BSGirl]

I have the same problem with missMSBplayer.When I'm tryin' to save them a message popping out and it says that they're in the wrong location or the image format is wrong!How can I save them?I need a little help!

[J. Shelley]

Thank you very much! I found that when I used the 105mm prime lens flare instead of using the default lens flare (50-300mm zoom,) the highlight was much more concentrated and glossy. How pretty. Great tutorial.

[J. Shelley]

BSGirl: Are you saving the files as BMP?

[BSGirl]

yes!but it says that they're in the wrong location or the image format is wrong!i tried again yesterday,i checked if it BMP or not but...same old stuff!

[rockon44554]

Thanks soo much! it works for GIMP too!!

[BSGirl]

you know i tried again today and realized sth...when i'm done with everything ang copy-paste the eye in the other file and try to save in down left corner there's a little window(in photoshop save window) that says the file may not be saved in the right format,some parts may not be included.I'm totally lost!

[RawrrKtxD]

Has anyone got a tutorial for making eyes on PhotoFiltre? Ergh, I have a feeling that nobody uses it around here...

[RussaNodrey]

Can this be used with Photoshop Elements? I'm unable to make an eye with that program...followed the tutorial step by step...can never get the end result. I'd just like to know if you have to have Photoshop to use this.

[BSGirl]

I did it!!!It's easy thank you very very much!I will upload my first collectiion!Thnx! :rofl:

[boardpen]

Thanks so much for this tutorial! Thsi has really helped me create sets of eyes that are realistic, not weird like mine always turned out XD
Thankyou!

[darkmojo]

This tutorial was very useful. I've already made a few eyes for future use. :D

[xxsweetgalxx]

thank you soo much x

[Kaichii]

This is absolutely amazing.

It works so well!

Like magic! I'll definately use it in the future. For some...kinda crazy looking eyes.

Expect rainbow eyes. 8D

[SimKatia]

Hey! Thank you very much for this tutorial. Now I know how to do it! :D

[Emsylee]

Thanks so much for this. I'm so happy I can finally create as many eyes as I want and it only takes a few seconds :anime:

[xchelsx514]

please help! i created the eyes and they look fabulous on photoshop but how do i get them onto the exported eyes? do they have to be a specific file type? by the way, thank you for this tutorial its explained really well.

[banana-munchkin]

Just a quick question...
How many times (approximately) does it take to do the Wind stage?
I have done it a lot, and it looks relatively the same.
Is there any way to speed it up?
Thanks...This is a nice tutorial!! :)

[catsrmything]

That is so cool! I don't have photoshop CE but I have photoshop elements 7 and I was able to do it! The only problem was that some of he things like 90 degrees CW was 90 degrees right for me so I'll give you the rest of the differences so others can figure it out too:
Image ---> Adjustments ---> Invert is found by doing Filter --> Adjustments --> Invert

Image ---> Adjustments ---> Brightness/Contrast is found by doing Layer--> New adjustment layer --> Brightness/Contrast

Image ---> Canvas Size --> is found Image--> Resize --> Canvas Size

Image ---> Rotate Canvas ---> 90 Degrees CW is Image --> Rotate --> 90 Degrees Right

Hope this helps! and thanks for showing me how to do this!

[Elizabella]

Wow thanks for a great tutorial! I made my first good eyes today :) Anyway, I just wanted to suggest for anybody that doesn't have a great eye for color, that if you change the color swatches to Pantone Solid Coated then it is easy to find a couple shades close to each other.

[missMSBplayer]

Hm...I can't seem to get my eyes into bodyshop. I'm not really sure where to save my eyes exactly...when I "refresh preview of sim" in Bodyshop, her face turns completely black. I know, I'm so new at this. Right now it seems hopeless :S Please, I need help!

[CatOfEvilGenius]

missMSBplayer Please post your question in the Create forums, not at the end of the tutorial, I or someone else will answer it there.

[CullenFan1234]

I don't know which one to put it on!!! :cry: :help:
And how are you supposed to load it back onto the thing? :blink:
thanks, :D
Cullenfan1234
P.S: I'm a bit of a newbie with photoshop, but even i could understand this tutorial!!! THANK YOU!!!! :gjob:

[Zexion577568]

Great Tutorial! I love it! I was having so many issues making custom eyes but this one helped so much! It works great on the GIMP as well :)

[smossie]

Cool! This is great, now I can make my own eye colors without having to recolor and stuff. I can make it my own! Thanks! :D

[Mawina]

Thanks.This what I did looks beautiful!

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt156/Loverica_album/The%20Sims%202%20Moji%20Uradci/Slika.png

[serenium]

Thank-you very much for this wonderful tutorial. It helped me ALOT. These are what I have done (:
http://serenium.aestheticintoxication.com/Sims2_Eyeball_attempt2.png http://serenium.aestheticintoxication.com/Sims2_Eyeball_attempt.png

Once again thanks for the great tutorial :D

[bunnyhops]

I'm stuck because I looked under fliters then stylize then theres supposed to be wind but I only get Diffuse..., Emboss..., Find edges and Trace contour... I'm using photoshop LE 4.0 Is anyone else using it that have found another way to do it??? I don't have Polar Coordinates either!!! :cry: Am I screewed??? :help:

[spazzycat16]

this was great! Although it took me a while to figure out bacause i have photo shop elements and for some reason they moved some things... i have no idea why but nevermind.

But my question is will it mess up if you use more then four colors?

thanks again though!!! :giggler:

[IndycentSimCreations]

OH THANKS FOR THIS TUTORIAL!! I forgot to export a file from BodyShop.. But ill do it, i created a nice golden eye!

[Ebonova]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I wanted to start with something easier for my first upload, so I decided to make eyes. All my eyes sucked before this, and this tutorial helped me A LOT!

My best one so far (I made 3 already) is this one:

[x_FlirtingWithDeath]

Wow, thanks alot! I now know how to create eyes! I've been wondering how to do this for ages!
x

[IndycentSimCreations]

OMG THANKS!!!!!! Ill need this for better looking eyes, can you maybe add some more info on the lens flare part of this, because in the default eyes come with two little lens flare like things. And when i tried it in bodyshop, the lensflare brought it down.

[mepwn]

spazzycat u could just try it with more than 4 colours

i hope it wont mess up

[IndycentSimCreations]

I found that doing things like using cross hatch or putting white dots on with the paint brush, and using plastic wrap can give you great results.

[gabbyabcd12]

can anyone help me with how to make my own eye using paint.net

[Sims2lovealot]

Wonderful! Thanks sooo much!

[dicover9]

Um can some1 help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really like those eyes!

If you have Photoshop, then all you have to do is follow the steps. Simple as that. ^^

[Elena Swan]

no, no, no, NO!!!! I can't!!!!
I don't have photoshop and I don't find those buttons in gimp or sumo paint!!! :cry:

[IndycentSimCreations]

YaY! Here is my green eye

[imasimfan585]

it says the picture must be rasterized before the last step and i don't get a normal looking eye =(
HELP,PLEASE???

[jaidamaida54]

Wow! This one is great! Works with GIMP, too but it's a bit different from Ps.

[Moonfrost214]

please help! i created the eyes and they look fabulous on photoshop but how do i get them onto the exported eyes? do they have to be a specific file type? by the way, thank you for this tutorial its explained really well.

Exactly what I wanted to say. I can't for my life figure out how to get them into the exported files. Maybe the tutorial should go into detail on that specific part? Please help! I love the tutorial but I can't get my eyes into the game?

[ladydeath1138]

Wow, this is amazing! I did it in paint.net... would you mind if i used your tutorial to make a tutorial like this for paint.net?

[ladydeath1138]

Exactly what I wanted to say. I can't for my life figure out how to get them into the exported files. Maybe the tutorial should go into detail on that specific part? Please help! I love the tutorial but I can't get my eyes into the game?

Just cut and paste it over the file you get from bodyshop. If you need to resize thats easy too, just click and drag the pic you made over the eye from bodyshop, then size to the eye. mine look amazing :)

[AbyssBatty]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/LpGfn/eyes.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/LpGfn/eyes1.bmp

It looks so beautiful!! Thanks a ton :D

The first time I made this it took me 5 minutes
The second time it was only 2 :lol:

Wow! Those eyes are AH-MAY-ZING! Better than the ones that took me 20 minutes because i had to use 2 tools since i don't have photoshop-Paint.NET and The Gimp. :gjob:

[Werewolftrixie]

Edit: I figured out what I was doing wrong. I had to do the opposite order specifically for something to do just the right thing.

New issue: Every time I do it, I get a bloody chip in the eye. like the eye is a pie and I cut a slice out and ate it... Please assist!

[Werewolftrixie]

Edit: I figured out what I was doing wrong. I had to do the opposite order specifically for something to do just the right thing.

New issue: Every time I do it, I get a bloody chip in the eye. like the eye is a pie and I cut a slice out and ate it... Please assist!
I mean I can always copy a slice of eye and paste it (tried that, it works ok), but I'd really not have to do an extra step every time I make an eye!