User:Armiel/Tutorial How to take upload pics for lots - Revision history

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 ! style="text-align:left" | Interior Floor Plans
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-|[[Image:TS3-FloorPlans01.jpg|right|300x300px]]Show a basic layout or floor plan of the lot, ensuring that for each building on it, the entire level is displayed.  (This pic needs to present the complete layout and not just a collage of individual rooms.)  This is best accomplished with an overhead shot.  Make sure these pictures are large enough so people can see details.
+|[[Image:TS3-FloorPlansFirst.jpg|right|300px]][[Image:TS3-FloorPlansSecond.jpg|right|300px]]Show a basic layout or floor plan of the lot, ensuring that for each building on it, the entire level is displayed.  (This pic needs to present the complete layout and not just a collage of individual rooms.)  This is best accomplished with an overhead shot.  Make sure these pictures are large enough so people can see details.
 Make sure that you display the floor plan for each playable level on your lot if there is more than one accessible floor, and be sure to center just the house itself in the picture.

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 |[[Image:TS3-LotExteriorObstructed.jpg|right|300px]]'''Tip:''' Sometimes it may be difficult to find a good angle to take a picture of a lot, if you have used a lot of trees, high fencing or other things that obstruct the view. You can take an additional screenshot to show the architecture of your house, by deleting the trees/fences in the way, and stating that the picture is to show the house better.
 Please note, that the trees have been added to the lot to show the difference in the example pictures.

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 Make sure you show the house with all levels visible, and the roof on - and that you do it from a sim's eye view, not high above, from a player's eye view.
-'''Tip:''' Sometimes it may be difficult to find a good angle to take a picture of a lot, if you have used a lot of trees, high fencing or other things that obstruct the view. You can take an additional screenshot to show the architecture of your house, by deleting the trees/fences in the way, and stating that the picture is to show the house better.
+Please note, that the trees have been added to the lot to show the difference in the example pictures.
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Exterior Shot
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-|[[Image:TS3-LotExteriorNew.jpg|right|300px]]Show the entire lot from the outside as it is seen from the street.
+|[[Image:TS3-LotExteriorNew.jpg|right|300px]][[Image:TS3-LotExteriorBack.jpg|right|300px]]Show the entire lot from the outside as it is seen from the street.
 Show the back of the house from the outside making sure to include any patios or pools.

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 ! style="text-align:left" | Exterior Shot
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-|[[Image:TS3-LotExterior.jpg|right|300px]]Show the entire lot from the outside as it is seen from the street.
+|[[Image:TS3-LotExteriorNew.jpg|right|300px]]Show the entire lot from the outside as it is seen from the street.
 Show the back of the house from the outside making sure to include any patios or pools.

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 {{Guidelines-Uniqueness-Effort}}
-{{Guidelines-Aesthetics}}
+{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
 {{Guidelines-Playability}}
 {{Guidelines-Realism}}
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 Make sure you show the house with all levels visible, and the roof on - and that you do it from a sim's eye view, not high above, from a player's eye view.
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← Older revision		Revision as of 07:16, 8 August 2012
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−	~~A tutorial on how to take good screenshots of lots. Please see the screenshot basics for learning how to control the game's camera,~~ and ~~adjust~~ your ~~graphics options for best results~~ [~~http~~:~~//simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=MTS2:Creator_Guidelines/Screenshot_Basics here~~].	+	==Quality==
		+	The following points are covered in much greater detail - including specific examples and ways of improving your lot building, in the tiptorial [[Tutorials:Building_Great_Realistic_Houses_-_From_the_Ground_Up\|Building Great Realistic Houses - From the Ground Up]]
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		+	{{Guidelines-Uniqueness-Effort}}
		+	{{Guidelines-Aesthetics}}
		+	{{Guidelines-Playability}}
		+	{{Guidelines-Realism}}
		+	{{Guidelines-Roofing}}
		+	{{Guidelines-Landscaping}}

	==Screenshots==		==Screenshots==

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 |[[Image:Chairs-Photoshopped.jpg|right|300x300px]]While it can be tempting to get artistic with your screenshots in Photoshop, please don't.  Screenshots need to be just as things look in the game, with no extra filtering such as contrast, sharpen, blur, saturation, etc.  Also, please don't too crazy when it comes to adding text - make sure your text is in blank areas of the picture or covers an absolute minimum of your creation.  Remember, you're showing off what you've made for the game, not your skill in Photoshopping your pics.
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 *TS2 - If you click the "Day/Night" toggle and place lights during the night they will automatically be switched on.
 *TS3 - If you click the "Day/Night" toggle the lights will toggle on/off.
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 Screenshots of lots taken from neighborhood view are low detail and often have holes in the walls and are missing objects. They have a poor angle, too high up, and really don't show off your lot very well.
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 |[[Image:Centered.jpg|right|300x300px]]Make sure that your building is the main focus of your screenshots, and adjust your camera angle so that the lot is centered and fills the whole image. Don't take your pictures at an angle that shows something irrelevant like the sky, the street, or the house next door, while cutting off your lot.
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 |[[Image:Angle.jpg|right|300x300px]]When taking your pictures, drop down to a low level with the camera, so that you are taking your pictures basically from a sim's perspective.  Many beginners make the mistake of taking pictures from high above the lot, from the normal perspective one would have as a player.  This gives mostly a picture of the roof and not the lot itself, and really doesn't show off the lot very well.
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 *TS2 - If you press R on your keyboard before hitting Tab, it will also temporarily remove the gridlines.
 *TS3 - You will have to move in a sim to the lot to take your pictures in Cameraman Mode, and without the gridlines. While this is a bit of a hassle, the camera controls (and resulting pictures) are MUCH better that way.
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 |If you have based your lot off a real house or house plan, please choose an actual picture of the house you've built (i.e. an in-game picture) as your default thumbnail. Don't use a photo,drawing or floorplan of the original lot – people want to see at a glance what they'll get in-game, not the picture you used as inspiration. Also, please edit the thumbnail as little as possible – a border or a title is fine, but a collage with real photos or drowning the picture in photoshop effects are not.
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	Make sure you show the house with all levels visible, and the roof on - and that you do it from a sim's eye view, not high above, from a player's eye view.		Make sure you show the house with all levels visible, and the roof on - and that you do it from a sim's eye view, not high above, from a player's eye view.
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−	~~Show a top down view of the whole lot with walls and roofs up. This will show all landscaping as well as the roof.~~
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