des-demmonia
11th Aug 2010, 11:49 AM
1. Be sure to get a DDS plugin for Photoshop: http://developer.nvidia.com/content/nvidia-texture-tools-adobe-photoshop - be sure to grab correct version
:alarm: I've noticed today that NVidia released a 64-bit version of DDS plugin, so you can use them with your 64-bit Photoshop. :alarm:
2. Open Photoshop and create a new image. Press File --> New. The image should be 512x512 pixels and should be in RGB color mode.
3. Fill the background layer in black. Press Edit --> Fill, pick Black and set Opacity to 100%.
4. Add 2 new layers to the image. Press Layer --> New --> Layer and click OK in the dialog. Or press Ctrl+Shift+N and press OK in the dialog. You should have layers like this (layer tab):
o Layer 2
o Layer 1
o Background
5. Get a shape you want a tattoo from in photoshop brush file. For the tutorial I used a puppy image from this set http://sedma.deviantart.com/art/Funny-I-images-for-brushes-94298601
6. Go to the Layer 2, pick the brush tool and white color and draw your shape on layer 2.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2mmwuvn.jpg
7. Press Select --> Select all and Edit --> Copy merged. Go to Channels tab (by default it is located in the bottom right quarter of the screen, middle tab). Press the Add new channel button:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ahwtxf.jpg
Your channels list should look like this:
o RGB
o Red
o Green
o Blue
o Alpha 1
8. The first 4 channels should be invisible (no eye icon on the left) and only the Alpha 1 channel should stay visible. Press Edit --> Paste. Press Ctrl+D to remove the selection.
9. Make the Alpha 1 channel invisible and the RGB channel visible (the Red, Green and Blue channel will be made visible automatically). Go back to Layers tab (by default it is located in the bottom left quarter of the screen, left tab).
10. Pick Layer 2 (the layer with the image in white) and press Ctrl+I. The image should disappear, but don't panic! It only turned to black.
11. Make the Background layer invisible and pick the Layer 1 from the layers tab. It should look like this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/10xwle1.jpg
12. Now you can use the three basic colors to color the image. Be sure to stay on Layer 1, so you don't have to care about borders. Basic colors can be found in Swatches tab (top right quarter if the screen, middle tab). 100% red is first, next is yellow, which is 50% red and 50% green, 100% green, cyan - 50% green and 50% blue, 100% blue, magneta - 50% blue and 50% red. You can use the 50% colors, but in CAS you can change only 4 (3 made by basic colors and 1 made by alpha channel) so other colors will be result of mixing those. The result should look like this:
http://i33.tinypic.com/11qs7de.jpg
Layer 1 alone will look similar to this:
http://i36.tinypic.com/mtpb1y.jpg
13. Make the Background visible, go to Channels tab and make the Alpha 1 channel visible too. Check if Alpha fits the image. It should look like this:
http://i37.tinypic.com/315l5l2.jpg
If the Alpha channel does not fit the image in Step 7 you probably picked Copy instead of Copy merged and Photoshop centered the image for you.
14. If you're sure everything looks ok, press Layer --> Flatten image.
15. Press File --> Save as, type in name of your file and pick D3D/DDS format. (If you don't have it on the list you've probably installed the plugin in 64bit version of Photoshop.) Make sure everything looks like this:
http://i33.tinypic.com/2u4hm6q.jpg
and click "Save".
16. Open Tattooinator by CmarNYC (http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=410592) . Type in your Tattoo name and press Select to get your DDS file. Enable all the channels, including Alpha and set colors for presets (I picked a red puppy with pink nose for you!).
http://i33.tinypic.com/9puo46.jpg
Click the Preview Tattoo Image button. If anything went wrong you'll see it on the image.
http://i38.tinypic.com/15flxj7.jpg
17. If everything looks OK press Create Tattoo Package, name your package and press Save. To check your tattoo ingame move it to Mods/Packages folder. :bunny:
note:
I didn't post many Photoshop menu images mostly because my Photoshop is in Polish and screenshots would be useless. If something is not clear enough please post and I'll make it simplier.
note2:
I am not familiar with other versions of Photoshop, co I can't help you guys asking where something can be. :( :(
:alarm: I've noticed today that NVidia released a 64-bit version of DDS plugin, so you can use them with your 64-bit Photoshop. :alarm:
2. Open Photoshop and create a new image. Press File --> New. The image should be 512x512 pixels and should be in RGB color mode.
3. Fill the background layer in black. Press Edit --> Fill, pick Black and set Opacity to 100%.
4. Add 2 new layers to the image. Press Layer --> New --> Layer and click OK in the dialog. Or press Ctrl+Shift+N and press OK in the dialog. You should have layers like this (layer tab):
o Layer 2
o Layer 1
o Background
5. Get a shape you want a tattoo from in photoshop brush file. For the tutorial I used a puppy image from this set http://sedma.deviantart.com/art/Funny-I-images-for-brushes-94298601
6. Go to the Layer 2, pick the brush tool and white color and draw your shape on layer 2.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2mmwuvn.jpg
7. Press Select --> Select all and Edit --> Copy merged. Go to Channels tab (by default it is located in the bottom right quarter of the screen, middle tab). Press the Add new channel button:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ahwtxf.jpg
Your channels list should look like this:
o RGB
o Red
o Green
o Blue
o Alpha 1
8. The first 4 channels should be invisible (no eye icon on the left) and only the Alpha 1 channel should stay visible. Press Edit --> Paste. Press Ctrl+D to remove the selection.
9. Make the Alpha 1 channel invisible and the RGB channel visible (the Red, Green and Blue channel will be made visible automatically). Go back to Layers tab (by default it is located in the bottom left quarter of the screen, left tab).
10. Pick Layer 2 (the layer with the image in white) and press Ctrl+I. The image should disappear, but don't panic! It only turned to black.
11. Make the Background layer invisible and pick the Layer 1 from the layers tab. It should look like this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/10xwle1.jpg
12. Now you can use the three basic colors to color the image. Be sure to stay on Layer 1, so you don't have to care about borders. Basic colors can be found in Swatches tab (top right quarter if the screen, middle tab). 100% red is first, next is yellow, which is 50% red and 50% green, 100% green, cyan - 50% green and 50% blue, 100% blue, magneta - 50% blue and 50% red. You can use the 50% colors, but in CAS you can change only 4 (3 made by basic colors and 1 made by alpha channel) so other colors will be result of mixing those. The result should look like this:
http://i33.tinypic.com/11qs7de.jpg
Layer 1 alone will look similar to this:
http://i36.tinypic.com/mtpb1y.jpg
13. Make the Background visible, go to Channels tab and make the Alpha 1 channel visible too. Check if Alpha fits the image. It should look like this:
http://i37.tinypic.com/315l5l2.jpg
If the Alpha channel does not fit the image in Step 7 you probably picked Copy instead of Copy merged and Photoshop centered the image for you.
14. If you're sure everything looks ok, press Layer --> Flatten image.
15. Press File --> Save as, type in name of your file and pick D3D/DDS format. (If you don't have it on the list you've probably installed the plugin in 64bit version of Photoshop.) Make sure everything looks like this:
http://i33.tinypic.com/2u4hm6q.jpg
and click "Save".
16. Open Tattooinator by CmarNYC (http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=410592) . Type in your Tattoo name and press Select to get your DDS file. Enable all the channels, including Alpha and set colors for presets (I picked a red puppy with pink nose for you!).
http://i33.tinypic.com/9puo46.jpg
Click the Preview Tattoo Image button. If anything went wrong you'll see it on the image.
http://i38.tinypic.com/15flxj7.jpg
17. If everything looks OK press Create Tattoo Package, name your package and press Save. To check your tattoo ingame move it to Mods/Packages folder. :bunny:
note:
I didn't post many Photoshop menu images mostly because my Photoshop is in Polish and screenshots would be useless. If something is not clear enough please post and I'll make it simplier.
note2:
I am not familiar with other versions of Photoshop, co I can't help you guys asking where something can be. :( :(