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HystericalParoxysm at 17:48, 27 April 2007

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	[[Image:Bitchinpics-17.jpg\|right\|150x200px]]The most basic type of set is just two walls with flooring stretched between them. This will give you nice, brightly-lit pictures, and is perfect for getting a picture of a sim taken against a solid-colour background, often a requirement for contests. A plain background, with good lighting. Yup, that's about it. Or is it a little more complex than that? <br style="clear:both" />		[[Image:Bitchinpics-17.jpg\|right\|150x200px]]The most basic type of set is just two walls with flooring stretched between them. This will give you nice, brightly-lit pictures, and is perfect for getting a picture of a sim taken against a solid-colour background, often a requirement for contests. A plain background, with good lighting. Yup, that's about it. Or is it a little more complex than that? <br style="clear:both" />
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		+	===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Quick Set\|Quick Set]]===
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		+	[[Image:Quickset4.jpg\|right\|150x200px]]After you've checked out the above information on how to set up a basic set, here's the steps I take when I'm getting ready to take many of my sim pics.
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	===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Indoor Set\|Indoor Set]]===		===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Indoor Set\|Indoor Set]]===

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	* '''Accent Colours:''' These are colours that appear in very small amounts in your pic, but are extremely important for the overall look. Often the colour of a sim's eyes can be your accent colour... or a shade in their makeup, streaks in their hair, or jewelry. Having an accent colour that is quite different from your main and secondary colours will make it stand out, and draw the eye to that colour.		* '''Accent Colours:''' These are colours that appear in very small amounts in your pic, but are extremely important for the overall look. Often the colour of a sim's eyes can be your accent colour... or a shade in their makeup, streaks in their hair, or jewelry. Having an accent colour that is quite different from your main and secondary colours will make it stand out, and draw the eye to that colour.
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		+	====Choosing Colour Schemes====
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		+	(Eyedroppering colours from pretty pics)
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		+	====Tone====
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		+	====Contrast====

	===Lighting===		===Lighting===

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 How you manipulate the three elements depends on the final effect you wish to have.
 * An image with a blank background, subject in foreground, and no midground will focus the viewer strongly and firmly on your subject.
 * An image with a scenic background and subject in midground can make the viewer feel "closer" to the subject - you're along with the subject in their own environment, with nothing between the viewer and subject.
 * An image with a scenic background and foreground, with your subject in midground separates the viewer from the subject.
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 When choosing your angle, you must consider how you want your viewer to relate to your subject.
 * '''From Above, Looking Down:''' An angle from above, looking down upon your subject, raises the viewer above the subject.  Your sim is caught beneath the viewer's microscope and vulnerable.  Angles from above are especially useful when your subject is portraying a negative emotion like sadness, helpless anger, or fear.  It can also work well for expressions of exaltation or hope.
 * '''Level:''' Taking pics on the same level as your subject puts the viewer on equal footing.  It can help make your viewer feel as if they are in the scene, and provides a greater sense of intimacy.  Try to position your camera at the same height as your sim subject.  If you press W to move the camera forward, you should not run into the sim's face or hair, but their upper chest below the hollow at the center of their collarbone.
 * '''From Below, Looking Up:''' Taking pics from below your subject puts your viewer in an inferior position to the subject.  This is excellent if you want to portray a sense of power - place the camera as if you are kneeling before the subject.  For portraying movie stars, divas, kings, etc., placing the camera just a bit below your sim can make your character seem larger than life.  When you press W to move forward, you should run into the bottom of the sim's chest, at the bottom of their ribcage.
 Even more extreme angles from below can create quite dramatic pics, especially if you zoom out just a bit.  To portray, for example, a child's fear of an angry parent, it can be much more effective to take a pic from extremely low, maybe behind a chair or under a table, zoomed out to make the room seem larger, looking up at the looming parent, than to look down on the frightened child themselves.
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 Symmetrical pics are highly intimate - the viewer's eye has nowhere to escape to, confronted immediately by your subject.  Therefore, symmetrical pics are extremely effective at portraying heightened emotion - the sorrow, joy, or anger in your subject's eyes will be the focus of your pic.
-However, symmetry is extremely static.  There is no movement beyond the center.  Therefore, it should be used paringly, reserved for pics that need a certain stillness, rather than dynamic movement.
+However, symmetry is extremely static.  There is no movement beyond the center.  Therefore, it should be used sparingly, reserved for pics that need a certain stillness, rather than dynamic movement.
 ====Asymmetry====
 ===Lighting===

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 * An image with a scenic background and foreground, with your subject in midground separates the viewer from the subject.
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+===Angle===
 ===Lighting===

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 ==Framing a Scene==
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+==Composition==
 ===Depth===

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 The game's engine is capable of taking some awesome pics, but you really have to know what you're doing in order to make use of it.
-==You Will Need==
+===You Will Need===
 * The Sims 2, duh.
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 This tutorial will be written showing techniques from Photoshop, specifically Photoshop CS2.  If you have earlier versions of Photoshop, or if you are using a different program, you may not be able to do everything here, or you may not be able to do things exactly as they are stated here with the same tools - most programs will offer alternate methods to do just about anything, but it's up to you to know your graphics editing program and know it well.  This is NOT a tutorial for people who have just stopped playing in Microsoft Paint, so if you're unclear on your program, go [http://www.google.com Google] "beginner (program name) tutorial".
-==Get Hacks==
+===Hacks and Poses===
 There are several important modifications you need to make to your game before you continue, if you want to take truly awesome pictures.
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-Those above are pretty much essential, but if you're taking pictures of sims and you want some really great poses, you're going to need some hacks or hacked objects that allow you to put your sim in a variety of poses on demand.  For that, you'll want to see the list at [[Content List:Hacks and Hacked Objects/Pictures, Movies, Stories, and Poses|Content List: Hacks and Hacked Objects: Pictures, Movies, Stories, and Poses]].  Specific items listed there and ways to utilize them will be gone over in the rest of the tutorial.
+Those above are pretty much essential, but if you're taking pictures of sims and you want some really great poses, you're going to need some hacks or hacked objects that allow you to put your sim in a variety of poses on demand.  For that, you'll want to see the list at '''[[Content List:Hacks and Hacked Objects/Pictures, Movies, Stories, and Poses|Content List: Hacks and Hacked Objects: Pictures, Movies, Stories, and Poses]]'''.  Specific items listed there and ways to utilize them will be gone over in the rest of the tutorial.
-==Windowed Mode==
+===Windowed Mode===
 In order to take your pictures using the methods described here, you will need your game running in a window, so you can easily switch to other applications without causing major instability and lag.  Instructions on setting up Windowed Mode may be found [http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=142443 here].
 ==Make Your Sim==

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+=Taking Totally Bitchin' Pics=
 This long and verbose tutorial will give you tons of info on making your pics for your creations and contests much better.  This tutorial is mostly focused on sims and taking pics of them and their content, but the tips here will be useful for many applications.

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	This long and verbose tutorial will give you tons of info on making your pics for your creations and contests much better. This tutorial is mostly focused on sims and taking pics of them and their content, but the tips here will be useful for many applications.		This long and verbose tutorial will give you tons of info on making your pics for your creations and contests much better. This tutorial is mostly focused on sims and taking pics of them and their content, but the tips here will be useful for many applications.

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 Devious deviant need to let their evil shine through?  I won Queen of Evil.  I got you covered.
-===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Posing on Surfaces|Posing on Surfaces]]==
+===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Posing on Surfaces|Posing on Surfaces]]===
 ===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Stage Performance or Singing|Stage Performance or Singing]]===

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	Devious deviant need to let their evil shine through? I won Queen of Evil. I got you covered.		Devious deviant need to let their evil shine through? I won Queen of Evil. I got you covered.
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		+	===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Posing on Surfaces\|Posing on Surfaces]]==

	===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Stage Performance or Singing\|Stage Performance or Singing]]===		===[[Tutorials:Taking Totally Bitchin Pics/Stage Performance or Singing\|Stage Performance or Singing]]===