Tutorials:Body Shop Recolouring FAQ - Revision history

ManyMuchMoosen: /* How do I recolor clothing, hair, or accessories that use a custom mesh? */

2012-03-07T03:53:30Z

‎How do I recolor clothing, hair, or accessories that use a custom mesh?

ManyMuchMoosen: /* How do I make makeup/tattoos/texturing for the body? */

2012-03-07T03:49:19Z

‎How do I make makeup/tattoos/texturing for the body?

ManyMuchMoosen: /* How do I make makeup/tattoos/texturing for the body? */

2012-03-07T03:48:20Z

‎How do I make makeup/tattoos/texturing for the body?

HystericalParoxysm at 14:33, 6 August 2008

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HystericalParoxysm at 14:32, 6 August 2008

2008-08-06T14:32:15Z

HystericalParoxysm at 13:28, 6 August 2008

2008-08-06T13:28:19Z

HystericalParoxysm: /* How do I make makeup/tattoos/texturing for the body? */

2008-08-06T13:27:35Z

‎How do I make makeup/tattoos/texturing for the body?

HystericalParoxysm at 12:53, 8 April 2007

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HystericalParoxysm at 15:55, 28 February 2007

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HystericalParoxysm at 22:24, 27 February 2007

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-===How do I recolour clothing, hair, or accessories that use a custom mesh?===
+===How do I recolor clothing, hair, or accessories that use a custom mesh?===
-:Custom mesh Body Shop items are recoloured exactly the same as Maxis ones - Create New Project, choose the item you want to recolour, and make a new project of it.
+:Custom mesh Body Shop items are recolored exactly the same as Maxis ones - Create New Project, choose the item you want to recolor, and make a new project of it.
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-:You will need to make sure you have downloaded the mesh and at least one recolour for it to show up in Body Shop.  If you have downloaded only the mesh, you will not see anything for that outfit in Body Shop.  If you have downloaded only the recolour, you will see a Maxis default in Body Shop, without the proper custom mesh.  Once you get both the recolour and custom mesh installed, you'll see the proper item in Body Shop and can then make a new project based on it.
 ===What is a bump map, and how do I use it?===

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 <blockquote>There are three ways of doing this:
-:1. Create it as a skin-tight clothing - this will make it removable at will.  Take a look at some clothing that have tattoos built-in (there are several from University, as well as one blue adult female halter top from the base game with a back tattoo).
+:1. Create it as a skin-tight clothing - this will make it removable at will.  Take a look at some clothes that have tattoos built-in (there are several from University, as well as one blue adult female halter top from the base game with a back tattoo).
 :2. The second is to create it as a skintone, editing the age(s) and gender(s) you wish the texturing to work for.  You cannot easily switch between skintones, and tattoos and texturing will then work genetically.

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 <blockquote>There are three ways of doing this:
-:1. Create it as a skin-tight clothing - this will make it removable at will.  Take a look at some clothings that have tattoos built-in (there are several from University, as well as one blue adult female halter top from the base game with a back tattoo).
+:1. Create it as a skin-tight clothing - this will make it removable at will.  Take a look at some clothing that have tattoos built-in (there are several from University, as well as one blue adult female halter top from the base game with a back tattoo).
 :2. The second is to create it as a skintone, editing the age(s) and gender(s) you wish the texturing to work for.  You cannot easily switch between skintones, and tattoos and texturing will then work genetically.
 :3. ''Recommended:'' Make a tattoo overlay.  The talented Morague has found a way to hack the sunburn/frozen overlays from Seasons to make overlays for tattoos and all sorts of other body texturing.  For a tutorial, please see: [[Tutorials:Body Overlay Tattoos]].</blockquote>
 ===How do I make shiny clothing/skin/hair?===

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 ===What graphics editor can I use?  Is there a free one?===
-For more information on this subject, please see: [[Graphics Editors]] for a list, links, and recommendations.  Yes, there are free ones!
+:For more information on this subject, please see: [[Graphics Editors]] for a list, links, and recommendations.  Yes, there are free ones!
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 :3. ''Recommended:'' Make a tattoo overlay.  The talented Morague has found a way to hack the sunburn/frozen overlays from Seasons to make overlays for tattoos and all sorts of other body texturing.  For a tutorial, please see: [[Tutorials:Body Overlay Tattoos]].</blockquote>
 ===How do I make shiny clothing/skin/hair?===

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 :For all issues relating to the technical operation and/or misbehaving of Body Shop, please see [[Game Help:Body Shop]].  If you're still having trouble you can post a question detailing your problem in [http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31 this forum].
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 :To make an outfit show up in different categories, the easiest way is to just go into Body Shop, go to Create New Project, select the existing outfit for a new project, and then just Import to Game after choosing whatever different category options you like.  This method is quick and easy, but it does result in a slight degrading of the textures as you have to import them again.
-:To avoid textures degrading, or if you would like to do something odd like make swimwear for toddlers, you can use SimPE to change the values for the outfit's category.  For information on doing that, see: [[Tutorials: Assigning Swimwear Etc to Toddlers]] - This tutorial also includes information on converting items to Seasons outerwear.
+:To avoid textures degrading, or if you would like to do something odd like make swimwear for toddlers, you can use SimPE to change the values for the outfit's category.  For information on doing that, see: [[Tutorials: Changing Clothing Categories]] - This tutorial also includes information on converting items to Seasons outerwear.
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 :Then, check out this tutorial for information on creating bump maps: [[Tutorials:Tutorial - How to make a bumpmap for clothes|How to Make a Bumpmap for Clothes]].
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	:Then, check out this tutorial for information on creating bump maps: [[Tutorials:Tutorial - How to make a bumpmap for clothes\|How to Make a Bumpmap for Clothes]].		:Then, check out this tutorial for information on creating bump maps: [[Tutorials:Tutorial - How to make a bumpmap for clothes\|How to Make a Bumpmap for Clothes]].
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 ===How do I make makeup/tattoos/texturing for the body?===
-:Currently, there are only two known ways of doing this.  The first is to create it as a skin-tight clothing - this will make it removable at will.  Take a look at some clothings that have makeup built-in (there are several from University, as well as one blue adult female halter top from the base game with a back tattoo).
+<blockquote>There are three ways of doing this:
-:The second is to create it as a skintone, editing the age(s) and gender(s) you wish the texturing to work for.  You cannot easily switch between skintones, and tattoos and texturing will then work genetically.
+:1. Create it as a skin-tight clothing - this will make it removable at will.  Take a look at some clothings that have tattoos built-in (there are several from University, as well as one blue adult female halter top from the base game with a back tattoo).
-:There is not currently any known way to create easily-removable/switchable makeup for the body in any other way than clothing.  Makeup that shows up under blush, lipstick, full-face makeup, etc., has no known way of modding it to work for the full body, and there's no good way for it to work as accessories, either.  Nor is there any known way of modding the overlay skintone used for vampires to work for it.  If and when information on how to do so is discovered, links will be posted here.
+:2. The second is to create it as a skintone, editing the age(s) and gender(s) you wish the texturing to work for.  You cannot easily switch between skintones, and tattoos and texturing will then work genetically.
 ===How do I make shiny clothing/skin/hair?===

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 ===Body Shop is not working!  Body Shop does not work as it should!===
-<blockquote>For all issues relating to the technical operation and/or misbehaving of Body Shop, please see [http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=177332 this FAQ].  If you're still having trouble you can post a question detailing your problem in [http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31 this forum].</blockquote>
+<blockquote>For all issues relating to the technical operation and/or misbehaving of Body Shop, please see [[Game Help:Body Shop]].  If you're still having trouble you can post a question detailing your problem in [http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31 this forum].</blockquote>
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-===How do you separate a full outfit into a top and bottom, or combine a top and bottom into a full outfit?===
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-<blockquote>You can't take a full body and chop it in half in any way that doesn't require making a new mesh (nor can you combine two separates into a full-body mesh without making a new mesh)... And meshing is certainly much more difficult and complicated than recolouring clothing.</blockquote>
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-<blockquote>If you want an existing outfit in separate parts without making a new mesh, you'll can find existing top and bottom separate meshes that are similar in shape, design, and dimensions to your original full body mesh.  Then, make new projects of those separates, and then copy over the top texture and the bottom textures from your existing full-body outfit separately. You will probably have to do some work to get the old textures to fit right on the new meshes, as meshes often vary in the way they map a texture to the 3d shape, but as long as neither mesh has any particularly exotic mapping, it should be doable with some time, care, effort, and a lot of reloads of the textures in Body Shop to check your work.  The same thing, just reversed, will work for trying to convert a full body clothing into separates - copy textures from the full body onto projects for separates, then adjust.
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-If you're still unclear on the way meshes and textures work and the limitations of meshes, try reading
-[[Tutorials: Skinning From The Inside Out]].</blockquote>
 ===How do I share my Body Shop creations?===
 <blockquote>When you have completed your texturing for your project, you will use the Import to Game button to finish the project.  When you Import to Game, Body Shop will collect up all your finished textures together into a working .package file.</blockquote>
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 <blockquote>If you would like to share your finished project as an upload on MTS2, please make sure you read MTS2's [http://www.modthesims2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=338 Creator Guidelines] so you know what pictures and information you will need to include, and the standards for upload.</blockquote>
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 <blockquote>To make an outfit show up in different categories, the easiest way is to just go into Body Shop, go to Create New Project, select the existing outfit for a new project, and then just Import to Game after choosing whatever different category options you like.  This method is quick and easy, but it does result in a slight degrading of the textures as you have to import them again.</blockquote>
-<blockquote>To avoid textures degrading, or if you would like to do something odd like make swimwear for toddlers, you can use SimPE to change the values for the outfit's category.</blockquote>
+<blockquote>To avoid textures degrading, or if you would like to do something odd like make swimwear for toddlers, you can use SimPE to change the values for the outfit's category.  For information on doing that, see: [[Tutorials: Assigning Swimwear Etc to Toddlers]]</blockquote>

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 These are questions asked all the time when creating Body Shop projects.
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 * [[Tutorials:How to Make a Top Out of a Picture]] - Photoskin a shirt.  Same technique works well for all clothing.
 * [[Tutorials:Beyond Photoskinning: Transformation and Displacement Mapping in Photoshop]] - Some techniques that can work better than Photoskinning for many applications.</blockquote>