Revision as of 20:26, 11 June 2011

What will I need

• Milkshape Geom Plugins
• Blender Geom Plugins
• A 3D modeling program
• UV Mapper - UV Mapper Classic, UV Mapper Pro, Lithunwrap, Milkshape, Wings, and Blender all have built in mapping
• A Graphics Editor

Tutorials

Clothing & Body Shapes

• Adding a Pregnant Morph by CmarMYC
• Creating a Custom Bodymesh Package by BloomsBase
• Creating lod2/3 from lod1 GEOM using Milkshape's direct x Tool by BloomsBase
• Creating/Editing RGB Masks by daluved1
• Modifying a TS3 body mesh by WesHowe (This link is not currently active. Seeking new location.)
• Wes H's Merge tools explained - how to use them to create a pregnant morph by BloomsBase

Hair

• Sims 3 Hair Basics by HystericalParoxysm
• How To Create A Proper Control Texture For Hairs by Anubis360
• How to Fix Transparency Issues in Hairs by Anubis360

Makeup & Genetics

• Ambitions Tattoos for Dummies with Adobe Photoshop CS4 or CS5 and Tattoinator by des-demmonia
• Converting an image for tattoos using Tattooinator convert by CmarNYc
• Creating a color tattoo with GIMP and Tattooinator by CmarNYC
• Creating a color tattoo with PaintShop Pro, Gimp and Tattooinator by WolfoftheNyght
• Creating body hair with GIMP and Hairinator by CmarNYC
• Default Replacement Eyes, Plus Changing The Whites by Aikea Guinea
• How to make AmbTattoos by daluved1
• Sim 3 Eyebrows by simmiller

Skins

• Creating Default Replacement Skintones for TS3 by Aikea Guinea
• Creating Non-Default Skin Colors by Rez Delnava
• Adding Skintones & Sliders / Replacing Default Sliders by missy harries

Advanced CAS Modding

• Making a geom-based face slider by CmarNYC

Toolbox Tutorials

These tutorial relate to clothing, but are specific techniques, tools, and tips helpful to beginners and more experienced skinners alike, for trying something specific. Some of these tutorials may be written for Sims 2; however the same techniques can be used in Sims 3.

• Creating fabric folds in Photoshop
• How to add shadows and highlights
• Texturing With the Smudge Tool
• Using Milkshape to Preview Body Shop Textures - this tutorial is written for Sims 2. You can find Sims 3 example bodies (required for previewing skintones) here.

Tools

TS3 CAS Modding Tools