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You MUST use free or EA/Maxis items in your screenshots!  MTS promotes and supports free content, and using pay content in screenshots is basically like free advertisement for paysites.  This includes pay content you found elsewhere for free - if it was pay originally, it's still promoting pay content.  We strongly recommend taking pics with neutral backgrounds, just showing off what you've made and nothing more.  Not only does this look nicer for uploads, it also eliminates any possibility that you may inadvertently include pay items in your screenshots.
 
You MUST use free or EA/Maxis items in your screenshots!  MTS promotes and supports free content, and using pay content in screenshots is basically like free advertisement for paysites.  This includes pay content you found elsewhere for free - if it was pay originally, it's still promoting pay content.  We strongly recommend taking pics with neutral backgrounds, just showing off what you've made and nothing more.  Not only does this look nicer for uploads, it also eliminates any possibility that you may inadvertently include pay items in your screenshots.
  
As of 21 July 2007, MTS no longer allows the use of pay content in screenshots.  This includes (but is not limited to) hairstyles. You must use free or Maxis hairstyles on your models! Do not use pay or donation hairstyles on your models when uploading here. For more information, please see the [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=240944 Site News article] on the subject.   
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As per [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=426734  the news item] of November 2010, do not use pay items in your upload. A pay item is an item that you'd have to donate money to access if you went to the original creator's website. It doesn't matter if you can get it for free through a file sharing site - it's still a pay item.  Don't use pay items in your screenshots either, even if they are not included. Links for "optional" or "recommended" content may be included as long as they are free sites only.   
  
 
If you need free  hair for a model in your pics, MTS has an extensive collection of free hairstyles in our Downloads section.  You can also look in the [[Hair Gallery|TS2 Hair Gallery]] or [[TS3 Hair Gallery]] for more free hairstyles to find something you'll like.
 
If you need free  hair for a model in your pics, MTS has an extensive collection of free hairstyles in our Downloads section.  You can also look in the [[Hair Gallery|TS2 Hair Gallery]] or [[TS3 Hair Gallery]] for more free hairstyles to find something you'll like.
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'''We STRONGLY recommend that you credit the hair (and other content) used in your screenshots in the text of your upload post.'''  With hundreds of hairstyles out there, it's very difficult for our upload moderators to know every hairstyle on sight, and if we have to hunt down where the hair is from to see if it's pay or free, it may take longer for your upload to be approved.  Make it easy on us and at least say something like, "Hair from XM Sims (free)" in the text of your post under a little section for model credits.
 
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