Tutorials:TS4 GENCAS Tutorials

Accessories

• Start to Finish Accessory Mesh Tutorial for Beginners By orangemittens at S4S This is a 5 star beginner tutorial. It has important meshing and blender UV mapping info that applies to any mesh creation.
• 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
• Converting an Accessory's Look to Glass by untraditionalnerd at S4S

Clothing

Blender CAS Tutorials

• A few Blender tips for CAS items by llazyneiph at Tumblr
• SEB's Comprehensive Clothing Guide by llazyneiph

• Weight Transfer in Blender by Brujah at S4S This is how you transfer (copy) vertex weight values from game meshes to your new mesh parts in Blender. (Older Sims versions called them Bone Assignments.) It's way easier than the old bone assignments in Milkshape because instead of configuring each vertex by itself, you select the game piece, then your 'new mesh' piece and transfer the vertex weights all at once. The new mesh vertexes will pick up the vertex weights based on it's proximity to vertexes in the active game mesh you selected, even if the vertexes have different weights.

• Blender mapping 1 of 4 by Darrin Lile - You Tube video
• Blender mapping 2 of 4 by Darrin Lile - You Tube video
• Blender mapping 3 of 4 by Darrin Lile - You Tube video
• Blender mapping 4 of 4 by Darrin Lile - You Tube video

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
• 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
• Create your own seamless patterns in Photoshop. by Noir_noir at S4S

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

CAS Tutorials

• A Very Detailed Tutorial about How to Create High-End clothing From Start to End Correctly. by eviltiptip at S4S This is a good one for beginners.
• 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
• Create an Item With a New Joint Assignment by orangemittens at S4S.
• How to add Dynamic Light to Clothing by Bakie Glowing or blinking light on clothing. shine.
• S4S Tutorial: Standalone Recolor With Custom Thumbnails 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
• Child Conversion Tutorial by blogsimplesimmer
• How to bake a shadow for clothing by theslyd
• Frankenmeshing tutorial by deetron-sims
• How to Create a Transparent Skirt by untraditionalnerd at S4S
• Using Sims 4 Studio to Add an Accessory by orangemittens at S4S

Pose Tutorials

• Pose tutorial for absolute beginners
• Basic Pose tutorial

UV Maps

• UV Body Template - Adult female body template UV map by spectacledchic
  • Here's the download for the template
• CAS Part UV template by brujah at S4S
• Sims 4 body texture templates by orangemittens at S4S

Hair

• Sims 4 Hair Mesh Components by orangemittens at S4S
• 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.
• 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
• How to clayify hair by ddeathflower
• How to retexture hair using S4S by ddeathflower
• Clayifying tutorial by burritosims
• Fixing Transparency Issues with Alpha/Glass Hair by laracroftfan1 at S4S

Makeup & Genetics

• How to make the make up layer over skin overlays
• Discussion on correcting Composition layers and Sort numbers for Skin Details and how they overwrite or blend with other skin details/makeup etc. by Brujah and Feyona and others at Sims4Studio

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

Sims Creation

• How to Make Him! A Comprehensive Face Slider Tutorial ?Sims 4?CAS by KatsCorner at YouTube This is a great visual aid that helps you learn how to manipulate the face sliders that come with the Sims4 game.

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
• Weight Transfer in Blender by Brujah at S4S This is how you transfer (copy) vertex weight values from game meshes to your new mesh parts in Blender. (Older Sims versions called them Bone Assignments.) It's way easier than the old bone assignments in Milkshape because instead of configuring each vertex by itself, you select the game piece, then your 'new mesh' piece and transfer the vertex weights all at once. The new mesh vertexes will pick up the vertex weights based on it's proximity to vertexes in the active game mesh you selected, even if the vertexes have different weights.
• Blender's Guide to Blender
• Blender Basics
• Troubleshooting Black Pixels on Your Bake by Teanmoon

S4PE Tutorials

• How to Change a Mesh's Shader with s4pe by Orangemittens

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.
• How to Create a Pose Pack That Works with the Pose Pack by orangemittens at S4S
• Andrew's Pose Player Mod by Andrew at S4S
  • How to Use the Pose Player Mod. by Andrew at S4S
• How to Create a Controller so Both Eyes Move With the Head in Blender Animations by brujah at S4S

Resources for CAS/Posing

• CAS UV Template Images by Brujah at S4S
• UV Templates for Adult, Toddler, Male and Female
• CAS Sort Layers by brujah at S4S
• Joint List for TS4 skeletons by orangemittens at S4S
• Sims 4 Body Texture Templates by orangemittens at S4S
• CAS Part UV Map Placement Guide by brujah at S4S

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.

Spammy Sites - Be Careful

!!!! WARNING - THESE SITES ARE SPAMMY AND OPEN JUNK PAGES!!! Be Careful. Make sure you are opening the correct links and not junkware.

• How to convert Sims 2 clothes textures to Sims 4 by Kiara24
• How to convert Sims 3 clothing textures to Sims 4 by Kiara24 - Part 2 here - note: this tutorial does not teach you how to convert the mesh, just how to create or copy the textures to a similar Ts4 clothing item.
• How to join a top and skirt by Kiara24

Tools

• Visit the Sims 4 Modding Tools Page