View source for Clothing recolor using SimPE

== Overview ==
This tutorial will explain how to recolor a clothing package using SimPE.

== What you will need == 
* [[SimPE]]
* A graphic editor that can handle 32-bit PNG files. These are files that use four bytes for each pixel: three of them are the familiar RGB, and the fourth is the Alpha

== Why do we need this? ==
We don't; [[Bodyshop]] does the same thing.

However:
* this method allows you to chose the package by name, instead of the time-consuming method of running Bodyshop and searching the file by name
* this method modifies an existing file, and the modification is applicable to Sims that already use the clothes

== Tutorial ==
* If you are playing, close the Sims 2 game
* Backup the package you want to change
* Start [[SimPE]]
* Select the ''Open'' option, and chose the clothing package by name
* Go to the images directory of the package
* Select the image you want to edit and export it
* This will create a PNG file. The name is something like ##0x5f20a6c7!body~stdMatBaseTextureName_txtr_1024x1024.png
* Edit the PNG file using an external application, modify it and save it
* Verify if the PNG file wasn't corrupted: one way is to check in its "properties" to see if it's still a 32-bit PNG
* You didn't close SimPE, so you are still in the "export image" option. Now use the "import" option and replace it
* Save the package
* Restart the Sims 2 game and check if the modification was ok
** If anything went wrong, recover the backup and try Bodyshop