Creating custom paintings with Photo Studio

[CynicalChick]

Required:

* A paint program such as Photoshop or PaintShop
* SimPE (version .48 or higher for Nightlife)

1. Select an image for your painting. The higher the quality, the better your painting will look. In this example I'll be using this water lily.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/shyfox777/paintingbase.jpg

2. Once you have selected your image, run SimPE and open Photo Studio.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/shyfox777/PStut1.jpg

3. Which template you use is a matter of personal choice. You'll notice that each one has an image size listed. For best results, try to crop or resize your image to as close to that size as possible - otherwise the finished painting may look stretched or squashed. In this example, I'm using Bella Squared. You can search the site for additional templates if you don't see what you want.

Since there are so many different paint programs available, I won't go into the details of photo editing. Check the help files or seach the web for a tutorial if you need assistance with this part.

4. In Photo Studio, check Preview and uncheck Flip Image. Click Open and select your image from it's stored location.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/shyfox777/PStut2.jpg

5. You should now see something similar to this. If you are satisfied with the results, click Create.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/shyfox777/PStut3.jpg

6. You can save this package directly to Downloads or the folder of your choice. Give it a unique name. Click Save. Photo Studio will now work for a moment or two.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/shyfox777/PStut4.jpg

7. When you see this screen, you're finished. You can now repeat this process to make more paintings or simply close the program if you are done creating.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/shyfox777/PStut5.jpg

8. Load up your game and your new painting should be available for you to enjoy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/shyfox777/PStut6.jpg


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Tutorials:Creating_custom_paintings_with_Photo_Studio

[izazu]

My photo studio is greyed out..I can't choose it :cry: Please help, I really want to create different paintings...And do I need CEP files with re colours of paintings? Thanks, izazu

[hazard04]

CynicalChick I love you! :lol: Not really but you wouldn't beleive how long i was waitng for this! YOu rock big time! I don't know what i could have done without this. Keep up all the good work! :thumb:

[CynicalChick]

izazu.. make sure you have CEP installed. It should appear in the Downloads folder.

hazard04.. Glad to be of help :)

[hazard04]

Yes this helped greatly. I uploaded what i have been wanting to for a very long time. It wouldn't have been possible if you didnt make this fantastic tutorial.

[Glutenmom]

I was so glad to see this come up because I've just started playing around with customizing objects. I followed the instructions and created the package files, but they don't show up in my game (they are in the downloads folder). Earlier today I created new bedding - that worked... but the paintings aren't working. Any suggestions?
thanks

[hazard04]

Did you recolor any? Old paintings i mean. Because if you did than it will be in that picture if you recolored it.

[Glutenmom]

Aha! I finally realized that the thumbnail of the paintings that shows up in the game in Buy mode doesn't change, you have to select the original base painting in order to see your own versions. So I did eventually figure it out! Thanks!

[izazu]

Well my photoshop is still greyed out... I have no clue as to what is wrong.. thanks for trying to help...

[wycked]

izazu, -do you have the latest CEP installed? CEP3 that is. My photo studio was greyed out too and I had CEP2. After downloading CEP3 this was fixed :)

[Teach]

Hey hey..is photoshop specifically needed for this to work?..my modding discs have vanished somehow and all I have is MS picture it 10 premium

[mynxie]

you shouldn't need photoshop to create them just photostudio in the SimPE, any paint program would work so long as you can resize the photos in it to make them the correct size for the template, which I think you can do even in MSpaint.

[simbhaalt]

Where can I find photo studio ?

[jimid]

I love this tutorial but have a question?
Is there anyway to make an orignal painting that will show up under the buy mode instead of finding the original painting thumbnail and then clicling on it to find the picture you made?

I find it so hard to remember what picture I have to pick to find the painting I made.

Hope this makes some kind of sense :2cents:

Thanks
Jim

[Jonesi]

Am bumping this because I also want to know how to make an original painting - not a recolour...I've used the search option and cannot find anything relating to it...

Any ideas??

EDIT: I'm having problems with this....I downloaded more picture templates
from here (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=94356) and using the Pineapple Nightlife picture, followed the tutorial to a T, but my recolours won't show up at all....

[Billw1701]

Thank you, I was wondering how to do this. I also remember the Art Studio from the Sims1. I could not get it to work though. It kept crashing! Now my Sims can enjoy my art.

[braindead891]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I didn't realise how easy making wall hangings were. Now I can finish up my Orwellian neighborhood with some Big Brother posters!

[Paris2345]

thankyou so much

[ripple]

Jonesi: there is a tutorial on how to use photo studio to create your own painting templates, which you can find at http://sims.ambertation.de/tut_ps.shtml

Now, I do have a question about this tutorial. How do I edit the value of the painting I made (cost, room value, etc.)?

[mizskellington]

Where can I download Photo Studio?

[mizskellington]

Is there any other way to create custom paintings in SimPE without the use of Photo Studio?

[charlifeathers03]

All I can say is WOW. This is far too easy. Thanks so much for this tutorial. I had no idea I could do this. I love you!

[eesh]

Great tutorial! This is so much easier than the way I was doing it before.

[camarossz28]

Thank you so much for this!!! :beer:
How about i want other base? like the base of idontknowwhoiam? how can i get that base?

[Creepygirl1]

First thank you SO much for the tutorial! I had figured out how to make them in Sim PE by fidgeting with it and I wish I saw this sooner! :)

Wanted to ask, if all of the pics are showing up in my game beautifully, but someone else is having a problem with them showing up in their game, what is usually the problem if they have all of the EPs and the Color Enabler?

Any help is appreciated!!! :)

[ElaineMc]

Thank you for taking the time to put this wonderful tutorial together!

[Silvershimmer]

Just awesome! Thank you!! I've been looking on instructions on how to do this. Thanks for making it so easy to follow. :3dcool:

[SeXyBaBe05]

wow thanks i never knew how to do this before
thanks soo much

[Net001]

Thank you, thank you, thank you & a further million thank yous! With the help of this clear nice n easy tutorial I now have my own artwork on display in my sims home! I am soooo happy!

You are simtastic :D

Happy simming,

Net x

[MissWendy]

I have simpe .52, and CEP3...The photostudio is still greyed out..now what? I have redownloaded simpe. I am lost!!

[vividwolf]

I have placed the .package file it creates in my downloads folder. but i can never find my paintings in buy mode. where the hell are they?

[reirei702]

Thanks! You're brilliant! *presses Thank you button a bunch of times* lol (I'm just OCD that way) :bunny:

[DameOfSpades]

I can´t acess Photostudio. Why? I´ve read that I need CEP files, but what are CEP files? :S

[Ennaedwyn]

Awesome tutorial. Thanks!

I do have one question, my Photostudio only gives me the option of RAW format or Compressed...which should I go with since I have no clue how to get NVidia options through Photostudio? (and yes, I do have an NVidia graphics card, the 6600 8XAPG)

[frankie]

WOW, THIS IS BY FAR THE EASIEST TUTORIAL YET! Finally, I can make something for The Sims 2, lol. :)

[JuicyPaperclip]

ThankyOU!! I love this!! I have made awesome pictures and ill be sure to share them1!!!

[wiccadwitch]

Hi the tutorial is great but I do have a question. How would one find the paintings that sims make such as still lifes in game in order to make buyable paintings from them? I have one in particular made by a sim of mine that turned out extremely well and I would love to make it a buyable painting.

[cutitout]

i nearly cried with joy when i found this tutorial.
do you know how long i had been searching for something like this only to be linked to dead or completley irrelevant pages?
THANK YOU!!!

[kikyo1028]

so is there any picture making thing for sims 2 that's for mac?

[IgnorantBliss]

so is there any picture making thing for sims 2 that's for mac?

Not that I know of, unfortunately.

[kikyo1028]

too bad @_@

[noodleelf]

Thank you so much for this tutorial CynicalChick, this has really helped me a lot for my own Sims picture-making, and the Photo Studio is great! I was just wondering is there a way to recolor the frames-of the pictures you recolor from Photo Studio?

I love the ease with which to make custom paintings...and would love to know how to make custom color frames to go with them. I've looked all over and don't know where to find out how I can do that :( Any help would be appreciated :)

[Chocobeans]

I've been looking for a tutorial about this forever. I'm glad I ran into this before I did anything stupid. It's really easy to understand and I completely get what you are talking about. Thanks so much. =)

[nancyw41]

My photo studio is still greyed out. I am running Simpe 56 and CEP 4. Any suggestions? Thank you.

[Numenor]

Usually, the first time you invoke Photo Studio, SimPE automatically downloads the needed templates. Maybe you cancelled the download/installation or something went wrong...

Try manually download the Photo Studio Templates from this page (http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/) and install them.

[nancyw41]

Thanks for your reply. That didn't work either. I'm at a loss.

[Numenor]

If you have installed SimPE, the CEP and the templates, I see no reason why it shouldn't work... I'm at a loss, too...
I can only suggest to double check the correct installation of the various elements. In particular, opend the folder where SimPE is installed and go into the Data folder: you should see several ".template" files (they are the templates for the PhotoStudio).

Ah! What about the DDS utilities? Have you installed them?
I'm not absolutely sure they are needed for the PhotoStudio to work, but it worths a try, anyway.
Read about installing the DDS utilities and configuring SimPE HERE (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356)

[nancyw41]

Nope, that didn't work either and all the template files are there. This just makes no sense.

After running a system check with Simpe, for some reason the CEP is not installed. I have redownloaded it and installed 4 times, and it still keeps telling me "unable to locate (path)/_EnableColorOptionsGMND.package." It is directly in my downloads folder, not a subfolder. Why is this? Thanks for your help and patience. I'm not an idiot, I swear!

Finally got it! I play my game using a different user account, but for some reason, Simpe was picking up that the CEP was not on the one I play with. Weird. Anyway, thank you so much for your help. I appreciate it.

[earnest]

Everything worked fine until I loaded the game. :)

I used the bella goth (red dressed lady :) ) and it didn't show up in game as a color option. Any suggestions?

[Numenor]

Do you have the CEP installed?

[earnest]

I downloaded it, yes. But it's just an install file, right? I downloaded it and ran it/installed it. What more is there to do with it? I'm confused. :rolleyes:

[Numenor]

Nothing; once the CEP has been installed, you don't need to do anything else.
Just to be sure it was correctly installed, perform the check explained in the CEP faq: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1105291#post1105291

[BillyBalloch]

:alarm: where can i download cep3

[Numenor]

In the meantime, the CEP has been updated to v. 4.1; you can find it HERE (http://cep.modthesims2.com)

[yippey13]

my photo thingy doesnt show up...:(

[Aibrean]

make sure you have the CEP for viewing AND making meshes. I had just the viewing CEP and that's why mine didn't work.

[IgnorantBliss]

make sure you have the CEP for viewing AND making meshes. I had just the viewing CEP and that's why mine didn't work.

I don't think there is a "viewing CEP". There is only one kind of CEP that both enables you to have extra color options in the game and also to create recolors or recolorable objects. It has nothing to do with meshes, though. Are you maybe confusing CEP and SimPE?

[Aibrean]

Well it didn't make any sense to me either...maybe it was an outdated version I was using cause I had it installed then redownloaded and installed and then it worked for me.

[mukstah]

Wow this is great and easy to do!!!! Thanks so much!

[sinterneters]

Wow this is soo quick and easy thank you so much. I am going to make tons of paintings now.

[Mini_T]

If anyone has problems, try restarting your computer after installing said files. It worked for me!

[chique4591]

I have a question. I created one picture and it worked out perfectly. Now whenever i creat more then 1 at a time, i save the new one and then once it is saved a box appears saying "would you like to save the changes made on previouspicture.jpg". So i say yes, but i dont know if that is over writing that with the new one or not. Can anybody help?

[CynicalChick]

Just select "No" amd you should be ok.. I've never noticed any problems from it.

[amberandcarlos33]

my photo thingy doesnt show up...:(

What photo "thingy" are you talking about hon? Are you talking about the Photo Studio section in SimPE? Or are you talking about the picture you've created. If it's the latter of the two, then I'm not sure what the problem could be. As to the Photo Studio, you need to download the Photo Studio Templates here: http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/ Scroll down until you see Additional Downloads Then click on this: SimPE Photostudio Templates (2.317 mb) It should automatically install.

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Hi the tutorial is great but I do have a question. How would one find the paintings that sims make such as still lifes in game in order to make buyable paintings from them? I have one in particular made by a sim of mine that turned out extremely well and I would love to make it a buyable painting.


This one's actually fairly simple. Once your sim is finished creating a painting, you pause the game and click on the easle. This will automatically select the painting. After you do that, place the painting on your wall and voila. Instant painting from your artistic sim. :-D

[Sarahjane10784]

Jonesi: there is a tutorial on how to use photo studio to create your own painting templates, which you can find at http://sims.ambertation.de/tut_ps.shtml


I would also like to create my own painting template, but I'm having trouble following the above tutorial because my version of SimPE is much more recent (I have 0.58). Are there any more recent tutorials, or can anyone give me some help?

[Numenor]

The new layout looks somehow different from the one depictet in the tutorial, but there are no substantial differences... I can't modify the tutorial on SimPE's site, but if there is a specific step/screenshot that you can't understand due to the new layout of SimPE, post here and I'll try and help you.

[Sarahjane10784]

I tried following the tutorial, but when I tried using my new template, the pictures wound up categorized under a pre-existing picture.

I did have trouble on Step #7 of the tutorial, which says, "Import the Property Set file (EBCF3E27 - Property Set - FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF.simpe.xml) available in the "Painting Template Files" at the start of this tutorial section." I couldn't figure out how to import it, so I simply added it. However, the plugin view of the texture image still had the original painting, whereas in the tutorial, the texture image was the new one of the farmhouse.

[foxthor_rider2k6]

I've always been wanting to learn how to do this!!! You're a lifesaver!!! :beer:

[Numenor]

Sarahjane - I'm sorry, but I'm not expert with the tutorial on SimPE site about creating custom templates. You should better post on SimPE forum and leave this thread free for question about the recolouring tutorial.

[miscen]

Is there any other place I can get templates to make custom paintings? I wanted to make really big paintings. Am I limited to using the Maxi's templates?

[Numenor]

Photo Studio is a plugin that allows you to easily apply a custom texture to an existing Maxis mesh. If you want to create a painting bigger than the Maxis ones, you need a new mesh for it.

[Laura-M]

I have a problem (someoone help?) :

I want to make paintings and downloaded the right version of SimPE (legal version) and
the templates, but photostudio in SimPE is grey (non-clickable)

Do i need to download some more? :S

[CynicalChick]

Do you have CEP installed?

[Argine]

No templates appear for me in SimPE. There was a prompt to download some but I accidentally clicked no. Where can I download the templates? I want the ones from the original Sims game, like Bella Goth and Lady on Red.

[CynicalChick]

http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/

Under additional downloads

[jennikj1975]

Thank you for the tutorial!! It was very easy to follow and I've made a few pictures using pics I've taken....

My question: I've seen a lot of people make pictures (and recolors) using Disney characters...is there a problem there with copyright? I found some great pics on the internet but I'm afraid making sim pics with them and making them available for download would be infringing on copyright...any ideas? Is it okay to use anything we find? I don't want to end up getting sued (although I don't have much they could take anyways LOL)

Jenni

[Numenor]

I have seen, too, some recolours that use copyrighted materials, but I definitely think they should NOT be used that freely.
I mean, creating a sims2 lot that has the shape of the Disney castle, or creating a Sim that resambles the Little Mermaid is one thing (and I do agree that it should be allowed); but grabbing a Disney copyrighted image and putting it, as is, on a painting frame is another thing... BTW, some majors (and Disney is one of the most active in this) DO prosecute anyone using its copyrighted material.

Therefore, I strongly discourage using copyrighted images on paintings, wallpapers and floors. This is MY opinion, though; it is NOT an official response by MTS2.

EDIT:
Talking about a similar case, back in February, LyricLee has told us moderators:
Unless disney comes to us to complain i let them go thru no problem

So, unless the official position of MTS2 has changed since then (and I don't believe so), you can go on creating your paintings... :)

[allyclare]

Thank you thank you thank you!

You are my new best friend! I'm off to make some paintings!

[bi1itis]

One question though...is there any way to put all those separate packages for recolors into one package?

Thanks again for the tut!

[IgnorantBliss]

It's possible, but not recommended. When you do that, you can't individually delete recolors, you either have to keep them all or none. Better to keep them as separate packages.

[Flamegrape]

Hi the tutorial is great but I do have a question. How would one find the paintings that sims make such as still lifes in game in order to make buyable paintings from them? I have one in particular made by a sim of mine that turned out extremely well and I would love to make it a buyable painting.
I would like to know the best answer to this question, too.

I was able to find the sim-created paintings using SimPE. I found them in the lot package where the painting was created. I was able to export them as PNG files. I assume that I will be able to "recolor" another painting object with these PNG files. I also assume that I could create entirely new objects. I'm not sure that any other method is possible.

It would be great if a sim could simply put the painting that she has created in her own inventory when she moves to another lot. But it seems that this is not possible. If a sim creates a portrait on her easel and then moves out of the house, the painting that she has created is gone forever.

NOTE: I am new here. I will continue to search the forums for the best answer to this question. I will bookmark this thread. If I find a good answer to this question, I'll come back here and link to it. If I can't find a good answer, I might put together a tutorial. (Although I am new here, I have experience with game modification.)

Cheers. :beer:

[Aliwag]

oh thankyou sooooo much

I've just made my very first custom object for the game *does a happy dance* I'm very sad, I know

I think I've now got the bug

thanks for such an easy to follow to tutorial

:beer: cheers!

[Nemoness]

Required:

* A paint program such as Photoshop or PaintShop
* SimPE (version .48 or higher for Nightlife)

I don't think this question has been asked yet in this thread.. But my question is simple. You say we need SimPE for Nightlife, but currently I only have the EP University.. So is it still possible for me to create my own custom paintings with only University?

I've been searching for a tutorial for this kind of thing for a long time, to no avail... So thank you so much for this! >_< I really appriciate it, I only hope that it will still work with just University... If not, then I guess I'll have to wait untill I can afford Nightlife. @@;

Once again, thank you.~

[IgnorantBliss]

I think it just means that if you have Nightlife, you need version 0.48 of SimPE. If you don't have Nightlife, then that part of text doesn't apply to you :).

[jaxad0127]

To add to that, you need version 0.56 for OfB and version 0.58 for FFS.

[Nemoness]

Aaah, I get it now. Thank you very much for the help! <33

[Emxemx]

Now, I do have a question about this tutorial. How do I edit the value of the painting I made (cost, room value, etc.)?

I'd like to know that too, because I was planning on using my painting as a career reward. Can anyone help?

[IgnorantBliss]

I'd like to know that too, because I was planning on using my painting as a career reward. Can anyone help?

What this tutorial creates is a painting recolor, and you can't edit those values in a recolor file. You will need to clone the painting to be able to change those. On how to clone objects, see JWoods object creation tutorial.

[Emxemx]

Okay thanks, will do :-)

[a2duke]

this is great thanks alot.

[-Elena-]

Thank you for making this!!! :D

[Adria2006]

My photo studio is greyed out..I can't choose it :cry: Please help, I really want to create different paintings...And do I need CEP files with re colours of paintings? Thanks, izazu

You need to have CEP to make it work.

[Scarlet72]

super glad i found this in picture form lol step by step thanks so much made me first game recolour im so chuffed lol cant wait to see it now in my game ...

Scar

[Johnny-Cupcakes]

I know this might sound stupid but where can i download this? theres no download thing on this thread?

[IgnorantBliss]

SimPE and Photo Studio templates can be downloaded here (http://sims.ambertation.de/) in the Downloads section.

[Johnny-Cupcakes]

Thanx! this is great, much appreciated

[KwagulatorGator]

I am having problems.
I followed the steps exactly but when I export my custom image, it doesn't show up in the game.

[Numenor]

Mmmmhh... Why you say "I export my custom image"? You are supposed - in step 6 - to save your package in the Downloads: did you mean this?
Check if your package is actually in the Downloads folder: perhaps while saving it something went wrong...

[CynicalChick]

The only other thing I can think of it to make sure you're looking for the correct base painting in the catalog.

[MasterpieceChrisMasters]

I followed the steps exactly, then cloned the painting so I could change the description and price and stuff, and it isn't showing up in the game. Help?

[simsample]

It will appear as a recolour of the original painting you used.

[TUBBO444422]

Is there any paint programs for free cause i dont want to buy any

[IgnorantBliss]

Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) is free.

[drumerdawg7]

what if you only have paint?

[IgnorantBliss]

Then I'd recommend you get one of the free programs like Gimp.

[drumerdawg7]

What spot (specifically) do you download Gimp?

[CEVicious]

I only have PAINT, it wont work with paint, where do I download Paint shop?

[CEVicious]

Oh okay

[IgnorantBliss]

What spot (specifically) do you download Gimp?

For example here (http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html) :)

[drumerdawg7]

this is random, but how do you change Rar files to Zip files?

[CynicalChick]

I'm not really sure what that has to do with the tutorial but winrar or 7-zip will open both types of files.

[drumerdawg7]

another thing. I need some help on the simPE, when i go to tools > object creation > the photo studio is greyed out.

[drumerdawg7]

Nevermind. It WORKED!!!
Thanks

[CEVicious]

If someone could make a taturial on how to make wall hangings using GIMP, that would be much appriciated :(

[Tekku]

stupid question: does this work for posters as well? I'm looking for an object that would look like a poster... ie no frame, flat on wall possibly.

^^;;;

[CynicalChick]

Currently this is just for items that have photo studio templates to work with.. however if you find a poster mesh, it can be recolored in a slightly different way.

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356

[Tekku]

Currently this is just for items that have photo studio templates to work with.. however if you find a poster mesh, it can be recolored in a slightly different way.

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356

gotcha. thanks! :3

[tettafone]

This helps, but how do I get my sims to paint the picture? I really love my girlfriend, and I want to paint her! :p

[tettafone]

I found another tut at http://sims.ambertation.de/tut_ps.shtml

[summer_wine]

great tut! i love it!

[whanny]

Realrealreal sorry if that was already asked, but when I open Photo Studio no templates show up! What can I do? D=

[SeiakuBlackheart]

... As to the Photo Studio, you need to download the Photo Studio Templates here: http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/ Scroll down until you see Additional Downloads Then click on this: SimPE Photostudio Templates (2.317 mb) It should automatically install.


Thank you!! I have had a problem getting photo studio working (I had it working before, but I installed something bad on my sims and lost EVERYTHING! :( )
so now it works. You need the templetes for it to show up and the CEP packs. you can get them on the same page as above.

[perfektion]

i'm so thankful for this easy tutorial. i don't have uni so i can't download a lot of the celeb posters that people post here. now i can make them myself. thanks bunches!

[06106]

how do you make a completely new paiting/picture/sculpture because when I go into object workshop and clone an item I change the writing and it changes the writing of the picture I cloned as well.

[CynicalChick]

Try this section... http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=114

[Numenor]

I'm not sure to understand.
If you mean that every time you clone a painting, the new painting replaces the original painting, then you forget to register a new GUID for your clone.
What are the "writings" you are talking about?

[CynicalChick]

It sounds like they are talking about a custom description for the item.. but I'd discourage cloning an item just for the sake of having different text there.

[leahrogillio2006]

please please help me i downloaded the program but it won't wrk :( hope you can help

[MaKosh]

thank you SO much for the tutorial!

[animebooklover]

Thank you so much for this tut, I'm an icon maker over at livejournal and I spend a lot of time messing around with pictures and making them look different, I've always wanted to try and make them into painting for my sims so thank you :D

[Pixelen]

You know the painting 'Red vs Blue', I want to change the background of it from browny-orange to blue but it won't let me in the Photo Studio, is there any way you can change the frame of the paintings? Thanks for the tutorial by the way, its very helpful :)

[Numenor]

You can then recolour that painting using Object Workshop (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356). I've tried, and Object Workshop lets you recolour the entire texture (front and back) of the painting.

[gaucho0103]

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm just wondering...is it normal that the new painting weight 686 ko? I tried the compressed way that gives me a 88ko painting but in the game i can only see the paint from far. If I go near, the image either disapear or show the original. Strange.

[tacos]

thank you for this phenomenal tutorial. i have a question though. i have made some pictures and when im in the Simpe they look good but when i play the game they dont look all the great can u help please?

[Numenor]

Tacos, have you the DDS utilities installed? If not, read how to install them at the beginning of this tutorial (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356) (in the section "What you need").

[Saiyuri-Chan]

Oh Em Gee............... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!! I MEAN IT!!!! WILL YOU MARRY ME!!???? PLEASE!!???!!!!! OMG I have NEVER understood ANY tutorial before! Even labeled FOR BEGINERS of something like that. I ACCTUALLY UNDERSTAND THIS!!!!! I REALLY DO!!!!!! I JUST CREATED MY FIRST CUSTOM THING!!!!!!!!!!!! Just one question, will the picture I used as a base image still be available in the buy catolaouge? And can I set the price of my new painting?

[Saiyuri-Chan]

And one more thing, Is it possible to change the description and name of your new painting. Is so, please tell me (in detail I'm EXTREMELY new to object creation and SimPE)

[Dave]

I have cloned a painting, because I wanted a completely new base painting (not recolours of ones i have already).. this works fine in the game, my new painting is there but now i want to add recolours, however nothing turns up in photo studio.
how do i convert my new painting to a template that will show up in photo studio???

[chibiuae]

Where can I find SimPE????

[IgnorantBliss]

SimPE can be found here (http://sims.ambertation.de/).

[missy harries]

OMG this is so easy. Thank you very much, I've just done three already and they look great! I'll definatly share them.

[chibiuae]

I don't have Photo studio.
How can I make the painting with photoshop?????

[IgnorantBliss]

You can't make a painting for the game with just Photoshop, you need a way to turn it into a game recolor. For that you can use Photoshop, Wizards of SimPE or Object Workshop, which are all parts of SimPE.

[daweseyco1]

ive ben trying for months to create an original painting using simpe 0.62. can anyone provide an "idots guide" that newbies can follow? all those buttons are confusing me. we need sims2 art studio

[CynicalChick]

Are you talking about making an original painting as in a new mesh? The process for recoloring existing paintings hasn't changed. You'd want to look here for that:

http://www.modthesims2.com/wiki.php?title=Tutorials:Object_Creation_Tutorials

For recoloring paintings that don't have tem,plates, try this:

http://www.modthesims2.com/wiki.php?title=Tutorials:Object_Recolouring_Tutorials

[comedy711]

hi thanks for this tutorial! im going to go make boards to put over my windows using the "poisinous forrest" as a base!

THANK YOU!!!

[happyasabunny]

My photo studio is greyed out..I can't choose it :cry: Please help, I really want to create different paintings...And do I need CEP files with re colours of paintings? Thanks, izazu
Go into the sims pe help menu and go to tutorial then go to the one for photo studio it will take you to a website then read it. Trust me i had to do the same :bunny: thing

[Nomine]

Thanks for this tutorial. It is perfect, everything is understandable and I have just finished my first painting :P However, I was surprised to find out that when PhotoStudio loads pictures that can be edited, not all the paintings from the game (not even all the original Maxis paintings) are loaded. I need one specific painting which normally appears in the game but it is never accessible. Can anything be done about it??
Thanks for help

[Dea]

oooohhhh thank you!!!!

my english is not so good but even I was able to understand this tutorial!
And so I made a picture for my sims from somethink that I've painted py myself and sannded it :)
It's a phoenix, I will try to upload it here and hope that the MTS team think it ist good enough to share.

*I'm happy happy happy*
dea

[Reid_stone_uo]

I love this tutorial. It just took away all the trouble in making some nice pictures. I just have one weird problem: The picture (both image and frame) don't hide when the walls hide, the keep showing. All I can say, is that I saved the images in PNG format, non-interlaced (worked with Photoshop), and used the same size that the original picture.

What I'm doing wrong?

Thanks again for a great tutorial!

[IgnorantBliss]

Are you looking at the painting in Buy mode? Because then the paintings don't go down with walls, only after you go to "play" mode.

[Reid_stone_uo]

Yes, I'm looking at the pictures in play mode. The don't hide at all. However, I did some testing yesterday at night, and I found that the problem apears only in the University dorms; in the downtown lots, nightlife or OBF, and in the normal lots (at least in Pleasentview), the pictures do hide with the walls.

So....I don't have the silghtes idea of what I'm doing wrong :rofl:

Thanks for the tip, anyway.

Regards.

[wishingfrog]

Thank you soo much! Normally I don't get a shit of these programs, but I thought I'd give it a try, so thanks for making it SO much better!

And thanks to all of you who asked questions, you really helped me!

[Evil_Dave]

Two of my creations havent appeared, can you have any explaination for this?

[CynicalChick]

By "haven't appeared" you mean they aren't showing up up under the base paintings? Or something else?

[billielith]

Hi all,

I went in SimPe and took note of all sizes of the templates I had. I though it would help people resizing / cropping their custom pics before making them into a *Maxis* Painting for a better resolution.

Here it goes:



TEMPLATE SIZES - LIST


HORIZONTAL

Suspense 380x256
Over Sofa Painting 346x256
Farmland 340x256
Rolling Hills 256x128
Rainy Day Main Street 341x256
That Place Over There 406x249
Two Dogs and an Olive 732x468
Cantankerous Splatters 701x256
Reprint Serial #S-C0PU4 439x217
Lily Pads 422x217
Poisonous Forest 346x256
Waderfall 128x64
Fantasy Scape 342x256
Engineered Angst 256x128
SimCity at Night 512x256
Sent to My Room Without Dinner 382x194 ----> vertical in game, this one appears horizontal in SimPe


VERTICAL

Surfing the Universe 256x435
We Call It Football 256x404
It's Reggae Mon 243x256
Winter blossoms 107x232
Pineapple 390x512
Grilled Cheese 390x512
Route 66 90x128
Bangpae Yeon from Simporters, Ltd 128x256
The Lady On Red 256x343
Olive Peynter's city SkyScape 256x429
The Fourth Element 256x464


SQUARE

Inverted Vertigo, Corver Art 256x256
Lone Daisy 128x128
Red vs. Blue 256x256
Bella Squared 256x256
Arghist Soldier 256x256
Transcendence 256x256
Handle and Spout 256x256
C Stroke 256x256
B Stroke 256x256
A Stroke 256x256
The Meaning of Fruit 256x256
Civic Idol 256x256


If this appears to be useless, feel free to remove it. Thanks again to Cynical Chick for her great tutorial.

[MidnightKat]

So I would really like to create a new painting however, this tutorial only works if you've got winblows. Is there anyway to do it while running a mac? I do have boot camp with win xp but there's no photo editing software on that side.

[Numenor]

SimPE itself is a tool that was designed to work on Windows only, no Mac version is available. I'm afraid that if you are interested in modding this game, at any level (from a simple recolour to a complex new clothing mesh) you need SimPE and a PC...

[CothigSimmy]

Thank you for this great tut. It was so easy to understand, so i thought maybe even i could make paintings.. well, i did, quite many at the time, and when i went to game.. nothing. I have all preferences just how those are meant to be, cep and templates, nothing is missing, but my recolors don't show up under the base paintings. And i remember that sometimes i have downloaded others recolors, and they haven't been in my game either. So what is wrong, i really have no idea.

[corvidophile2]

If you have an older CEP and installed new EP then you should need an updated CEP.

Also a recolor of Maxis will appear as an option in the same painting you recolored and not as a separate painting. ( but perhaps you already knew that).

Perhaps you could attach a recolor of yours to look at and see if there is anything wrong with the recolor itself. :-)

[mezsez]

where do i download the CEP3 download? i cant find it any where on google. its just crap

[mezsez]

rofl never mind hehe i found a post on here (mts2) so its worked now

[Lapponia]

First of all, thank you for this great tutorial! I've always wanted to create my own paintings for my sims and I did it a lot with Sims 1. And now I can do it with Sims 2 also! :)

I only have one little problem with my new paintings... I can create the pictures with SimPE with no problems and they also work fine in the game, but still the game flips some of my pictures even though I've unchecked the "Flip image" box in SimPE. The pictures seem fine in SimPE, they are not flipped but when I go to the game, they are flipped. This is very disturbing when I've made for example movie posters for my sims to enjoy and then it is flipped...

[Mihura]

Thank you CynicalChick ! I just have done a recoloration of a beautiful lake. I will test it in game soon. :D Thank you for this clear and *useful* tutorial ! :beer:

[lindsay--lou]

Thanks, finally makes sense to me.
I was always looking for paintings of Elton John, but now I can make them myself! :)

[jillianmirandilla]

When I tried to see photo studio, it appear grey! how can I do that? I tried to install a CEP it didn't work? :(

[rebelious]

Thnx CC

[silent-hope]

Thnx CC. I love the tutorial I'm about to go make me some My Chemical Romace Pics, my even Fall Out Boys for teens. If they come out good I'll probably upload em.

[Frangellica]

Thanks very much, best tutorial ive ever read, but can you include how to make a picture using someone elses painting mesh, or is that explained in another tutorial? I dont know how you get a non Maxis painting mesh, into the picture base selector. Would really like to know how to do it ^.^ thanks, your tutorial has been very very helpful.

[sabrown100]

Am bumping this because I also want to know how to make an original painting - not a recolour...I've used the search option and cannot find anything relating to it...

Any ideas??

EDIT: I'm having problems with this....I downloaded more picture templates
from here (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=94356) and using the Pineapple Nightlife picture, followed the tutorial to a T, but my recolours won't show up at all....

I always do that by copying the origional picture using object workshop and replacing the image in the texture.

[siwbf]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I’m trying to make a recolor of “The Muse” painting, but it won’t show up in Photo Studio so I decided to make it the long way with Object Workshop. When I import the image that I want and click on Build DXT and do all the normal stuff I would do with say, a rug it doesn’t create the recolor. Anybody have any idea as to why this is?

[kk89kk59]

:new: :new: :new: how do you save the pictures from the games to go in the simpe... :!: :!: :!: :!:

[scarlet_narcissi]

Thank you so much :) Now I won't have to make my sims paint for days on end!

[tamabec]

Thanks Soo Much. Finaly i can make pon pictures *smiles*
Xx
EmOKitti (tamabec)

[juliebug6120]

How do you get the object maker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????

[CynicalChick]

If you're looking for the Object Workshop, you can start here:

http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=114

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356

[Narule]

How easy! thank you so much!!

[SpazsGirl21003]

Thank you so much for this. It seems very easy and straight forward. I'm going to try.

[B_RE]

Thanks a million for this tute. it is fantastic! I have been waiting for something like this for absolutely ages

~B_RE :rofl:

[InvaderxxZim]

What is sim PE? Haha.
Or is it EP i forgot. =/
Well anyways thanks for the help.
My sister has Photoshop and i want
to try it but i dont know what sim EP? PE?
Something like that, whatever it is i dont know
what it is. Is it already in your computer or do you
have to download it.

[Kat91119]

Is there a way to do this without SimPE? Installing that net framework thing bigs out my computer

[marinavila]

i cant open photo studio. its turned off can u help me?!

[MaryLou]

What is sim PE? Haha.
Is it already in your computer or do you
have to download it.
SimPE is a specify editor to create, mod and edit the game TS2.
More info e tutorial here
http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=133
And, of course, you have to download and install it on your machine (pc)


Is there a way to do this without SimPE? Installing that net framework thing bigs out my computer
No, there is not. In order to create new custom content for the game you need SimPE.
There was another tool "GameExtractor"but I think it is not supported anymore.
http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?title=GameExtractor



i cant open photo studio. its turned off can u help me?!
You need to install the plugin go to
http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/
scroll down and in the section "Additional Downloads", you'll find the plugin "SimPE Photostudio Templates".
Simply download it and install as usual. When you'll run SimPE you'll get it to work fine.

[Marier1984]

Is there a SimPE thats can be downloaded through a zip file? All I see are rar. files and My Comp wont allow rar. files downloads.

thanks

[Numenor]

If you don't know how to manage a rar, well, perhaps you will find difficult to follow this tutorial, too; a minimum of knowledge and experience with your own PC is required in any case. I suggest you to download and install one of the free rar programs that you can find around. 7-zip is very good, for example.

[mojopixie]

I have uninstalled and reinstalled simPE, photo templates, and CEP 4 times each, and still no luck getting photo studio "un-greyed"

Anyone have any suggestions? As i am dying to give this tut a try:-)

[ParsimoniousKate]

To be honest Object Workshop really isn't that complicated to create recolours, if the Photo Studio isn't working. I'd definitely give it a try at least with the tutorial!

Either way, if there's a problem with SimPE you need to go to the SimPE forum to report it or get support.

Marier - if you don't get on with 7Zip then there is a Stuffit Expander for Windows which I'm fairly certain supports rar's - it seems quite a friendly program because the Mac folks seem to like their version of it. Although really any zip client is easy enough once you've got it set up the way you want it because you can then just extract anything on your machine by right clicking on it! Link - > http://www.stuffit.com/win/expander/
Numenor is certainly right that not being able to deal with rars is a problem here because a lot of tutorials you may want are in rars, plus think of all those lovely downloads here you could have if you can open a rar file :)

[Marier1984]

true that! Thank you Numenor and Pistashio Ill give it a try..I have a new comp by the way..one with Vista.



EDIT:

GOT IT!! cool thank you guys!!!! :rofl: :anime: :giggler:

[inkbottleblue]

***I have found that Photo Studio will be grayed out if you have the CEP file in a subfolder in your Download folder. So if you've tried everything else, try that!***

[Numenor]

Inkbottleblue - If you have moved the CEP to a subfolder, Photoshop is just one of many things that might malfunction. I strongly suggest to put it back to its original location, i.e. the root Downloads folder.

[inkbottleblue]

Inkbottleblue - If you have moved the CEP to a subfolder, Photoshop is just one of many things that might malfunction. I strongly suggest to put it back to its original location, i.e. the root Downloads folder.

It is in the root Downloads folder, I meant a subfolder within the root Download folder. All my downloads are organized in subfolders, so I had (now it is back in the main folder) also put the CEP in a subfolder so I would know where it is, this is what I meant.

[EurekaFarah]

The tutorial is great !!! I finally managed to make a few paintings. But I wonder if it's normal I can't see all Maxis paintings in SimPe PhotoShop.
I have all expansion packs and I would love to work with some frames I can't see there. Am I doing something wrong ?? Help please

[Numenor]

The paintings appear in the PhotoStudio only if someone has created a "template" for it. It's not automatic.
Since there are already a lot of paintings to choose from, newer paintings are not added any more to the PhotoStudio.

If you need to recolour one specific painting that doesn't appear in the PhotoStudio, you have to follow the general tutorial for recolouring (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356).

[EurekaFarah]

thanks for replying, Numeror. I tried the other tutorial but paintings seems to have only one recolourable part. I was so far I could export a file, change the texture in another pic and open my example again in SimsPe objectmaker but I'm lost how I have to import so I can see it in the game. I'm bit afraid I will overwrite an original file and crash my game. Is there a tutorial for an object with only one recolourable part ?

[EurekaFarah]

Numeror, I did it !!! I made two paintings thanks to your other tutorial. I tried a third with another frame but that turned black in my game but I'm so glad I managed the first ones.

[iESmedia]

When I get to SimPE and go to Object Creation, the photo studio icon is gray and I can't get it to open. Could you help me?

[iESmedia]

It's all right now. I got it fixed. But thanks for the tutorial! Your the best!

[puppetfish]

First, this is a wonderful tutorial!! I've been making pictures galore!! Thank you!!

Second, Somehow my "Lady in Red" picture is gone. It shows up in the Object Workshop, and in the photo templates, but when I go into the game it's not there!! How can I possibly find it without taking out all my downloads? ( I have alot of downloads!!) The only thing I can think of is that I downloaded someone else's picture that overwrote it, is that correct?

Third, I'm having a problem with pictures that have words. Every time I make a poster with words it gets reversed in the game. Do I uncheck the flip box, or leave it?

Thank you so much for all your hard work and help!! :)

[d4nny]

i folowed all the steps on here whent into game and couldnt find it could somebody please help!

[CynicalChick]

Puppetfish, that's a possibility... You could have SimPE check for GUID conflicts.. or the alternative is to remove all the downloads. As far as the text being inverted, I wish I had a better answer... sometimes I swear "Flip Image" doesn't pay attention and sometimes I have to redo them. If there's a logic to it, I haven't found it.

d4nny... be sure you're looking under the right base painting, cc is enabled, etc

[d4nny]

Puppetfish, that's a possibility... You could have SimPE check for GUID conflicts.. or the alternative is to remove all the downloads. As far as the text being inverted, I wish I had a better answer... sometimes I swear "Flip Image" doesn't pay attention and sometimes I have to redo them. If there's a logic to it, I haven't found it.

d4nny... be sure you're looking under the right base painting, cc is enabled, etc

what is the right base painting? i had no cc apart from the photot i tryed to make i usally get a screen pop up after starting the sims saying all the cc i got in it but that didnt come up i had moved all my stuff out of my download folder out of the game when i was trying to make this

[CynicalChick]

Well, that depends on which painting you chose when creating the picture.. Let's say you chose Lady on Red. When you select it, you should see the recolor as another choice. And when you moved out the downloads, did you leave the EnableColorOptionsGMND in there?

[Frangellica]

ive downloaded the new sim pe, and i cant open photo studio.. its grayed out. it seems like lots of people are having this problem, mine worked fine before until i downloaded the new one for bon voyage..

[Numenor]

Photo Studio requires the CEP in order to work. If you didn't already, install or reinstall it.

[MaryLou]

ive downloaded the new sim pe, and i cant open photo studio.. its grayed out. it seems like lots of people are having this problem, mine worked fine before until i downloaded the new one for bon voyage..

Try to install the plugin go to
http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/
scroll down and in the section "Additional Downloads", you'll find the plugin "SimPE Photostudio Templates".
Simply download it and install as usual. When you'll run SimPE you'll get it to work fine.

[d4nny]

I just found out why i wasnt finding it in my game i wasnt lookign at the recolours of the photo i use i just thought it would come up as a diffrent pic not as a recolour

LOL what u gonna do with me?

Also im now uploading it to this site and i would recoment haveing a quick look (its a pic of a S7)

[stewie343]

Thanks for the tutorial. Great tutorial.

[andic2928]

This is my first attempt at making anything for the game.. it took forever! Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can improve it? Im not quite sure if it looks ok.... im so excited! :jest:

[shin_aji]

wow it's so simple! thank you so much!^^

[SpokiDokiLoki]

Thanks so much for this!
As a complete beginner to CC, tutorials like this really help!

Thanks again!
x

[irony]

Is there any way one can recolor the frame?

[CynicalChick]

Yes, either of these:

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=102356
http://sims.ambertation.de/wizards1.shtml

[irony]

Thank you, CynicalChick,
I had tried the second link you shared, and it won't let me even recolor any paintings, it says not yet.
The first link I never saw, and I just gave it a quick look and this is what I have been searching for. Thanks so much!!!!

[MrEccentric]

I don't have simPE. where do you get it?

[Numenor]

http://sims.ambertation.de

[ChihoSan]

Alright. I've read this entire thread and my photo studio is still grayed out. I used to be able to use it, before I had BV. Now I have BV, and the newest version of SimPe and today I reinstalled CEP (made sure it's in the downloads folder, and no subfolders), reinstalled the Photo Studio templates, reinstalled DDS Utilities, made sure all my paths were correct and it's still grayed out. I really am stumped now. There's no reason it shouldn't be working now.

[Cam000]

My photo Studio is grayed out

[suefemme]

Thank you for your tutorial. I downloaded simPE and followed your tutorial and now I have made my verry first painting. I used a picture of one of my roses. I'm so happy I tried it. I'll try to attach a pic I took in game so you can see the result.

[Frangellica]

Try to install the plugin go to
http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/
scroll down and in the section "Additional Downloads", you'll find the plugin "SimPE Photostudio Templates".
Simply download it and install as usual. When you'll run SimPE you'll get it to work fine.

thanks for gettin baack to me, did exactly as you said, i didn't think it would work because when i down loaded it it said i already had that file but i replaced it any and photo studio is still greyed out?! I wonder why i isonl working for some people ive tried redownloading everthing lots of time but nothing works. Can you think of anythin else?

[cookiedoh]

Sorry, read the first page and skipped to the last page, too many to read through. I was wondering how to make your own custom picture, as in so that I don't have to look for the picture frame that I had assigned my picture to from this tutorial. Sometimes it gets really hard to find with all the pictures for sale, but with the star icon it will be much easier to find.

[Numenor]

This tutorial is intended to add a new image to an existing painting; if I understand well, you want to create a brand new custom painting, autonomous and separated from all the other existing paintings. To do so, you have to clone a painting, following the general object creation tutorial (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=104795)

[Magwher]

ive downloaded the new sim pe, and i cant open photo studio.. its grayed out. it seems like lots of people are having this problem, mine worked fine before until i downloaded the new one for bon voyage..

Frangellica, did u actually UN-install the old version or simply download the new version over the top? This causes problems. You need to completely uninstall any old versions first. Also.... check you settings in Preferences listed under Extra... make sure under System Folders the correct file path is specified for Nvidia. When I downloaded a new version, my puter didn't automatically detect it. I had to specify the file path for Photo Studio to work. :) Hope this helps!

[elektra_alpha]

;_; I tried through till I finally create package. But the pic isn't there, even I select the base template I use. Can anyone help me? :cry:

[bis1976]

Thanks for the tutorial. Really simple. Is there a way to change the prices on the created content?

[MissDoomsDay]

Wow! Thanks so much for explaining this! xD It was so simple after following your instructions!

[Lules]

My photo studio is greyed out..I can't choose it :cry: Please help, I really want to create different paintings...And do I need CEP files with re colours of paintings? Thanks, izazu

This happened to me too. Yes, you need CEP for Photo Studio to work.

[LadyKynia]

This tutorial looks real easy for a beginner like me to use. Thanks.

Though, I do have a question or two though.

Now, I recently downloaded SimPE (Never have before just getting into CC) and it's the new version and downloaded the SimPE Photo Studio Template I assumed was needed.

So, I went to follow your tut, but Photo Studio is grayed out? I'm not sure why though. I read the thread a bit and saw some people having a similar problem. Is there something else I'm suppose to download or was that it?

[AzirisTH]

Wow, great tutorial! Thanks a lot! And.... Somebody asked how to change cost and description and other.. Just google a program named Sims 2 Catalogiser. Very useful program!

[mokosza]

I would like to do panting recolour, but not on maxis mesh, is there any tutorial how to do it? can anybody help me here?

[~Dee~]

This tutorial looks real easy for a beginner like me to use. Thanks.

Though, I do have a question or two though.

Now, I recently downloaded SimPE (Never have before just getting into CC) and it's the new version and downloaded the SimPE Photo Studio Template I assumed was needed.

So, I went to follow your tut, but Photo Studio is grayed out? I'm not sure why though. I read the thread a bit and saw some people having a similar problem. Is there something else I'm suppose to download or was that it?

Look at post #227

[iESmedia]

What other paint studios can you use? I don't want to use Corel or Adobe's PhotoStudio or Paint Shop.

[Willowleaf]

I cant use photo studio either! Its not selectable !
Now I cant make my own paintings :(
please help me !

[Henriette Bentzien]

Help!!!! How exactly do I get to the picture under number 4??? Where can I find the basises from the sims2 game? All I can do is select the picture I want to replace the original with - but where are the originals???

Please, anyone? Thanks in advance!

[Numenor]

The picture in Step 4 shows the list of available "templates". The templates should be automatically downloaded and installed when you first run PhotoStudio, but in any case you can manually download them from the download page (http://sims.ambertation.de/en/download/realdownload/) at SimPe site.

The original textures are just shown in the selector (to let you understand which painting you are going to recolour), but can't be extracted using PhotoStudio. You have to clone the painting using Object Workshop, if you want to extract the original texture.

[Henriette Bentzien]

Thank you so much Numenor, for this tutorial and for your quick help! I officially made my first custom painting and it looks great! :jest:

[Numenor]

Congratulations! :) I'll share your thanks and compliments with CynicalChick, who wrote the tutorial :D -

[fudgewart]

I got the new CEP, I even got the new SimPE, and my PhotoStudio option under tools is still greyed out. Any ideas?

[Numenor]

Try resetting the file table in Extra -> Preferences -> File Table.
Also, run the tests in Extra -> Preferences -> System Check.

[fudgewart]

OK, I installed the latest CEP, SimPE, and DDS Utilities. I made painting recolors fine, they show up in my game beautifully. Now, however, I can't build dxt in object workshop! I only downloaded and installed nvidia DDS utilities after I found that out, but it didn't help. Help?

[vonvonz]

Thank you for this tutorial! Now I have my own paintings! ^^
At first I had the photostudio option grey out too, but I installed the latest CEP and it worked nicely.

[Cheeli]

Thank you so much!
Now I can look at Kyle Burns and play the sims at the same time!
Haha!
(:

[Bailey Weggins]

Thank you, Numenor!

[simskater88]

you shouldn't need photoshop to create them just photostudio in the SimPE, any paint program would work so long as you can resize the photos in it to make them the correct size for the template, which I think you can do even in MSpaint.

ya MS paint should work, I used to use it and a similar method for custom paintings in sims1. Just use the rectangle thing to re-size once you have up loaded pic to MS paint :D

[simskater88]

I have either the 8.0 or 8.1 vers of CEP, I just used the autoinstaller file from this site. And my photo studio is still grey in the simPE. Any idea where I can get the latest CEP? The CEP thread mentions 8.1 briefly but I don't think I was able to get it.

[CynicalChick]

Looks like the version linked there is fine... make sure you have _EnableColorOptionsGMND in your Downloads folders and the Photo Studio templates installed. That should be all you need.

[Xajemm]

thank you so much, before I knew how to do this I was just getting my sims to do custom paintings on the easel and hanging them up :D

[simskater88]

Looks like the version linked there is fine... make sure you have _EnableColorOptionsGMND in your Downloads folders and the Photo Studio templates installed. That should be all you need.

Yep this was the problem. Thanks for your help.

[hipchick2733]

AHHHH! when ever i try 2 download SimPE it works then wont open CAN ANYBOADY HELP MEEEE!!!!

[SerenityUsa]

I have always wanted to create my own custom content, You have pushed me in the right direction, I will be sharing what i have made =)

Thankyou!!

[lemonwater]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! So mcuh, I love what I made! Thank you :)