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Accessories

• Start to Finish Accessory Mesh Tutorial for Beginners
• Using Sims 4 Studio to Add a Custom Accessory
• Sims 4 Studio Video Tutorial: New Earring Accessory - Mesh by brujah236
• 2 Video Tutorials: Standalone Accessory Recolor with Multiple Swatches by brujah236
• How to make earrings with Milkshape

Clothing

Caster Tutorials

• Making Custom content Using CASTER by Zerbu

CASTools Tutorials

• TS4 CASTools: Recolouring (plasticbox)
• TS4 CASTools: Flag edits | Gender, randomness, categories, etc (plasticbox)
• Editing CASP Flags with TS4 CASTools (nyloa on tumblr)
• Convert a TS3 Dress to TS4 using CAS Tools, Milkshape and GIMP

GIMP tutorials

• Video Tutorial: Making Custom Textures for Sims 4 Clothing using GIMP by brujah236 on YouTube
• Simple Retexturing for Colormagic using GIMP by Sydney Grey at Sims4 Stuff N Things
• Making Custom Textured Clothing using GIMP by Sydney Grey
• How to make CC for Sims 4 using GIMP by Vera
• Introducing shine in Sims 4 clothing by editing specular images with GIMP 2.8.16

Paint.net Tutorials

• Video Tutorial: Making Custom Textures for Sims 4 Clothing using Paint.net by brujah236 on YouTube
• Multi-channel image editing (RLES, shadows etc) with Paint.net and friends

Photoshop Tutorials

• Video Tutorial: Making Custom Textures for Sims 4 Clothing using Photoshop by brujah236 on YouTube
• Beginner's Tutorial - Custom Recolor and T-Shirt Design by StarryNiteSims
• Simple Retexturing for the Sims 4 by PlatinumSimmers
• Photoshop recoloring tutorial by JSBoutique
• Seamless pattern tutorial for Photoshop on YouTube by RockChick/Neen

s4pe Tutorials

• How to change age and gender flags in s4pe by CmarNYC
• How to make the make up layer over skin overlays
• Sort CC swatches how-to

Sims 4 Studio Tutorials

• How to Make Default Replacement Infant Clothing by orangemittens at S4S
• How to Make A Sims 4 Clothing Recolor With Transparency by Orangemittens
• How to Make a Standalone Recolor with Custom Thumbnails by orangemittens at S4S
• How to Place an Image on Clothing by Bakie at S4S
• S4S Tutorial: Standalone Recolor With Custom Thumbnails by Orangemittens
• Mini-Tutorial: The CAS Recolor Screen in a Nutshell by Orangemittens
• Editing Clothing Shadow Images by Simista & MisterS
• Edit a Clothing Mesh to Make It Shorter by MisterS
• Want shiny clothing or trim? Edit the CAS specular in Sims 4 using S4S by orangemittens
• Pose tutorial for absolute beginners
• Basic Pose tutorial
• Child Conversion Tutorial by blogsimplesimmer
• How to bake a shadow for clothing by theslyd
• How to convert Sims 2 clothes for Sims 4 by Kiara24
• How to convert Sims 3 clothes for Sims 4 by Kiara24 - Part 2 here - note: this tutorial does not teach you how to convert the mesh, just create a similar one
• How to join a top and skirt by Kiara24
• Frankenmeshing tutorial by deetron-sims

Hair

• Add a Swatch to an Existing Hair Mesh For Beginners - Learn to add a new color to your favorite hair mesh.
• Understanding the Components of Sims 4 Hair by Orangemittens - People new to meshing Sims 4 Hair should start here.
• The Sims4: How To Make Hair Meshes For Beginners by Senpai Simmer on YouTube
• Convert TS4 Hair, Male to Female and Back Shows how to change the sex of hairstyles. There doesn't seem to be much difference in the male versus female head size so this shows you how to change the sex flags - Uses S4PE
• TS4 Female to Male hair conversion by astraea_never @ The Path Of Nevermore (older and more difficult way to convert hair sexes)
• Retexturing Hair for TS4 by Forget-Me-Not
• Pooklet's psds & textures Pooklet's hair textures and psd files on BOX. Scroll down to the pooklet-psds & textures folder.
• Extracted Maxis hair textures by ddeathflower on Sim File Share
• Recoloring Hair with CAS Cloner / Photoshop by Kiara24
• How to join 2 hairs in Blender by Kiara24
• How to modify a hair in Blender by Kiara24
• How to convert adult hair for children by Kiara24
• How to convert a Sims 2 hair for Sims 4 by Kiara24
• How to clayify hair by ddeathflower
• How to retexture hair using S4S by ddeathflower
• Clayifying tutorial by burritosims

Makeup & Genetics

• How to make the make up layer over skin overlays

Eye Shadow

• Eyeshadow Tutorial using Sims 4 Studio by laracroftfan1

Eyes

• How to Make a Standalone Eye Recolor by Orangemittens at S4S
• PSD for custom eyes and eye recolor tutorial by LoonehWannabe
• Eye Default Replacement Tutorial by Astraea Nevermore
• Proper genetics for non default eyes by Helianthea
• Geneticizing Sims 4 Eye Colours by lilleputtu

Face Paint

• How to Make a Facepaint by Bakie at S4S

Lipstick

• Quick Lipstick Tutorialon YouTube by imaorney

Tattoos

• How to Make a Custom Tattoo for The Sims 4 by Simssalabim
• How to Make Sims 4 Tattoos by ShinyStar (Video on YouTube)

Meshing Tutorials

Blender Tutorials

• Checking bone assignments in Blender by Orangemittens
• Blender's Guide to Blender
• Blender Basics

S4PE Tutorials

• How to Change a Mesh's Shader with s4pe by Orangemittens
• How to export meshes from s4pe by Sintiklia
• Editing Meshes in Sims 4 by lumialoversims

Pose & Animation Tutorials

• Editing the CLIP resource using s4pe
• Sims 4 Pose Tutorial for Absolute Beginners Those new to Sims 4 poses should start here.
• Sims 4 Pose Tutorial using Sims4Studio Tutorial for Posing Sims using Sims 4 Studio.

Skins

• Creating a custom skintone with TS4 Skininator
• Default Replacement Skin Tones (pentabet)

Misc

• Merge Multiple .packages Into a Single .package
• Make a buyable uniform using Sims 4 Studio and s4pe by Orangemittens
• Creating an item with it's own thumb by MaclimesZero
• Making a Mask by MaclimesZero
• Add Custom Swatches to your Custom Content by Srikandi
• Package Combining for TS4 recolors by Srikandi

Gallery

• Sharing Sims without the Gallery by Srikandi

Tutorials from Sims 2 and Sims 3 that may help

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 and Sims 3, however the same techniques can be used in Sims 4.

• Texture Glossary and Proper DXT Compression Types
• 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

• Visit the Sims 4 Modding Tools Page

[[Tutorials::Category:Modding_Tools_for_Sims_4|Sims 4 Modding Tools]]