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Hello the gorgeous Lati! :D Would you be willing to make a tutorial or explain how you take such great sim photos with nice background and crisp lighting?

Hi Anon! <3

I'm going to assume you're referring to the portraits I have of my sims here on my tumblr, and not pictures of my gameplay over at my gameplay twitter (there I usually just take random pics as I play, and crop them. None of the technical stuff like with portrait photos)

How I take my sims portraits is pretty simple also, so i'm sorry if you're expecting more. Either way, I hope this is helpful.

Basically, I start off in an empty lot, and then include the following items:

THE BACKGROUND

These recolors of MixedUp's Screenshot Background Rug. I usually go for the white or the black if they're "serious" pictures (usually of character reveals of my show) but more fun colors when it comes to portraits of my gameplay sims (see below for the difference. Same set up, same lighting, different color background)

Lately I've opted for a clear background, as opposed to a set. I don't know, I feel like it looks way better when it comes to taking clear portraits of the sims you wanna showcase.

LIGHTING:

For lighting, I use two things:

The invisible Floor lamp in soft light, which is just everything to me both in terms of taking portraits and filming. Can't live without it!! And how much light you use really determines the vibe you want to achieve from a certain photoshoot. Here's an example of what I mean: Fun little gameplay portrait (bright) vs. Mystery series protagonist (dark)

If you would like to achieve different type of lightings (such as bisexual lighting, for example), I highly recommend colored lights such as this, this and this.

Of course, whichever lighting you choose, it helps to have a lighting mod such as this one!

OMSPs AND OTHER MODS

And then, of course, OMSPs are a must-have. These are the ones I use, but there's a HUGE number of OMSPs to choose from. I also use the look at me now mod, to get the sim to look at me (the camera).

And then, finally, I use poseboxes! There are a bunch of useful pinterest boards with poseboxes, such as here and here! For more whimsical portraits/facial expressions, I use Jaydee's boxes.

PROGRAMS

I use FRAPS to take my pictures and PHOTOSHOP C6 to edit them!

EDITING

Of course, editing is also a part of the ordeal. I don't do much, but I think it does make a difference I do things such as change the levels/brightness/hue of the photos, add sharpening, and smooth out any edges! I also sometimes add shadows, but very occasionally.

Here's a side-by-side with a recent sim I took:

RESHADE

I wasn't using reshade for this photoshoot in particular, but if you get it to work it helps with smoothing out some edges and adding shadowing. If you don't get it work, then don't stress too much about it because I don't think it makes that big of a difference personally! I have it off most of the time when I'm taking pictures, because I enjoy doing my editing in photoshop instead :)

If you do want it, though, here's an excellent video on how to install it for The Sims 2. I use Falkii's Turniphead reshade. The video itself also has a great reshade in the description, albeit one that's less colorful/bright (recommend more for filming than taking photos).

HOPE THAT HELPS!

Please let me know if you have any other/follow up questions <3

#latips #ask lati #the sims 2

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nell-le · 3 years

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Specular Maps Tutorial

There is no so many information about these maps and most of this information is too difficult for my understanding, so I decided to make my own tutorial about them. This tutorial shows you how to make your own specular maps from scratch without using EA’s maps as a base. You can read it under the cut. Note: English isn’t my native language and I’m pretty bad in writing in it, so sorry for any mistakes. Still hope this tutorial will be understandable for you.

First of all I recommend you to check out this tutorial for specular maps. It’s for build CC and it’s in Russian (still can translate it with google), but it has some nice examples. It also helps me a lot to understand the process.

That you need? Any image editor that supports dds format and alpha channels. In my case it’s Photoshop C6. You also need to download dds plugin for it.

Let’s start!

I’ll be working with this EA’s swimsuit.

1. Open your texture in Photoshop. For now, we need change image resolution. If you make non-hq texture the size for your normal map should be 512*1024 pixels, if hq then 1024*2048 pixels.

Easy way to doing it is to go to «Image->Image Size», copy the first value and past it in the second. Don’t forget to check out «Costrain Proportions». It should be turn on.

2. Now make new layer under the layer of texture and fill it with black color, lets name it «background» and the texture as «main texture». Then create the another new layer, name it «mask». It should be the plain white copy of the «main texture» like in pics below.

Easy way to doing it in Photoshop:

3. Save the file as psd format. This is our base for the specular maps.

4. At the first we should make mask map. This map is needed for avoiding speculars from others CAS items to overlap your own. Examples can be found here.

For mask map you need to delete «main texture» layer, merge remaining layers in one and save file in dds format. Name it «spec.mask».

The saving settings which I use for dds plugin.

Note: If you want to make your specular map without any shines you need to save your mask map as DXT1 and spec map as DXT5, otherwise your specular maps will be broken in Studio.

5. Close your psd file without saving and open it again. Now we start to make the spec map. It’s responsible for the shine.

There is two ways. You can work with plain texture or with texture itself. The first option is good for clothes with normap maps, the second can be pretty useful for make up, stockings, gloves and ect (the CAS items which can’t have normal maps). In this tutorial I’ll be working with plain texture.

Merge all textures again. Select the layer and copy it (ctrl + A and ctrl + C).

Go to channels and create Alpha channel. Paste your layer in this Alpha channel (ctrl + V). Should be looking like this.

I will use lighter shades of gray to make the tutorial more obvious. But for my CC I personally use more darker shades to make CC barely shine.

Choose “Brush Tool” with black color and put it’s Opacity to 50%.

Note: You also can use “Paint Bucket Tool” or “Brightness/Contrast”, but they don’t always work fine, so be aware of that.

The choosen color should be black! (#000000 color code)

Make the size of brush big enough to color in channels in one touch.

Go to channels. I decided to color in Alpha channel in 50% Opacity.

Red channel in 80%. (Put Brush Tool’s Opacity in 80%. Make sure the color is still black.) The same way with Green channel.

For Blue chanel I chose 30% Opacity.

Make all channels visible. The result should be looking something like this. Making different shades of gray in different channels causes the diffent results in game, so I recommed to test this channels more to get more interesting results.

Note: Make shure that the area around your texture is still black while Alpha channel invisible and red while all channels is visible! Otherwise the whole body of your sim and any CC without mask map will be shiny!

6. Save your file as dds format, name it “spec”. You can close your psd file without saving it or saving it as another file, if something goes wrong.

Your specular maps should be lookig like this.

Note: If you name your spec map as “myspecmap”, the mask map also should have the same name, but with “.mask” in the end ( for example: “myspecmap” and “myspecmap.mask”). Otherwise Studio won't see your specular maps.

7. Open your CC in Studio and put your specular maps back. Choose one of the files, the other file will be placed there automatically.

Don't forget to change to dds format while looking for your maps.

Should be looking like this. The first map is transparent and the second is black and white. It’s important!

8. Lets check out our maps in game! I also made others specular maps to feel the difference between their effects.

If Blue channel is lighter than others RGB channels. Result of the tutorial.

If Red channel is lighter than others RGB channels.

If Green channel is lighter than others RGB channels.

For a better view.

And another example how specular maps can be used. You can make speculars with wet skin vibes for your sim. I used skindetails by obsurus-sims and by me.

Note: Make shure not posting for public such СС and use it only for personal uses or with creator’s permission! Let's respect the work of others creators!

That's all! Maybe in future I'll add more information about specular maps and some tricks. But for now the language barrier still is problem for me :(

Hope it’ll help you somehow! Wish you good luck and inspiration for your future creations!

#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4 tutorial #tutorial #nell sims #nell-le

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pedroalonso · 4 years

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hello love. im a beginner in gif making! your gifs inspire me to make my own. may i ask which application you use to make them and also edit it's colouring/saturation/etc.?

hello! i just edit it all in photoshop c6! tumblr has a lot of tutorials about gif making if you really need specifics. :D

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dailytuition-blog · 7 years

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sibylresources · 7 years

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Do you know any good tutorials on how to make gifs collages on Photoshop c6s?

when making gif collages, most people use a template. there are a lot of different kinds and they’re actually really easy to make in photoshop.

here is a basic gif + template tutorial that is easy to follow (x)

although this person is using cs5, nothing will change in terms of the process

templates (x)

there is a tags page so you can narrow your search to something more specific

i can’t remember the tutorial said anything about a size limit, but remember to keep your gif size below 3mb.

i hope this helps and thank you so much for asking!!

#snk-aestheticstardust #ask #ans hanh

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megedesign · 5 years

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OLD TO NEW

The aim in this brief is to create digital darkroom effects for our images, these techniques are:

BLACK AND WHITE

Alfred Stieglitz, (1935), Hands (Variant IV) [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/106556/dorothy-s-norman-alfred-stieglitz-hands-variant-iv-american-1935/ [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Black and white photos are those which show the tints and shades of grey from pure white to absolute black. It's recommended to shoot in colour and then convert it to black and white so no values are lost and you can customise it in post.

Expert Photography. 2017. Monochrome vs. Black and White Photography: Is There A Difference?. [ONLINE] Available at: https://expertphotography.com/monochrome-vs-black-and-white-photography/. [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Photoshop Tutorial:

https://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-convert-your-images-to-black-and-white-in-photoshop--photo-488

CROSS-PROCESSING

Sage Ross, (2011), Young man in bar, cross processed [ONLINE]. Available at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Young_man_in_bar%2C_cross_processed.JPG[Accessed 29 December 2018].

Cross-processing (also known as 'x-pro') is the procedure of deliberately processing one type of film in a chemical solution intended for another type of film. As particular chemical solutions are optimized for specific kinds of film, you will get unpredictable and interesting results when they are combined differently.

Lomography Magazine. 2014. What the Hell is Cross-Processing?. [ONLINE] Available at: https://crossprocessing.info/. [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Photoshop Tutorial:

https://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-using-adobe-photoshop-to-create-a-solarised-photograph--photo-5973

SOLARISATION (SABBATIER EFFECT)

Ralf Roletschek, (1981), Porträt im Studio - Aufnahmedatum 01/1981 [ONLINE]. Available at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Katrin-briedermann-04.jpg/425px-Katrin-briedermann-04.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Solarization is the process of re-exposing photographic paper during the development process. The result is an eerie silver image which contains light lines between the shadows and the highlighted areas.

Felt Magnet. 2016. How To Solarize Black and White Photography - The Sabattier Effect. [ONLINE] Available at: https://feltmagnet.com/photography/Photography-The-Sabattier-Effect. [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Photoshop Tutorial:

http://justthisgood.com/2016/02/02/photoshop-tutorial-46-solarisation-solarization-photo-effect/

CYANOTYPE

Karl Thomas Moore, (2016), Cyanotype of the Cloisters [ONLINE]. Available at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Cyanotype_of_the_Cloisters.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2018].

A process which produces a continuous tone image of Prussian Blue using a sensitizing solution of ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide.

These iron salts, when exposed to natural or artificial ultraviolet light, are reduced to their ferrous state, producing a high contrast blue image when oxidised. Oxidation is hastened by immersion in running water, which also washes away the unused iron salts.The process was traditionally used in reproducing technical drawings.

The National Science and Media Museum. 2011. INTRODUCTION TO THE CYANOTYPE PROCESS. [ONLINE] Available at: https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/introduction-cyanotype-process/. [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Photoshop Tutorial:

https://flylib.com/books/en/2.549.1.56/1/

TILT-SHIFT

Joseph Tremblay, (2005), Fake tilt-shift DVP [ONLINE]. Available at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Fake_tilt-shift_DVP.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Tilt-shift photography (or “miniature faking”) is taking a photograph of a real-world scene and making it look like a miniature scene, such as you’d find in a model railroader’s setup. The effect is created by using blurs in selective areas (typically above and below the subject)

Digital Photo Secrets - David Peterson. 2015. What is tilt-shift photography?. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/1368/what-is-tilt-shift-photography/. [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Photoshop Tutorial:

https://mashable.com/2013/09/24/photoshop-tilt-shift/?europe=true#FfPcefvcZaqC

TONED PRINT (DUO-TONE, TRI-TONE, QUAD-TONE, ETC.)

Mason Gentry, (2018), DuoTone 2 [ONLINE]. Available at: https://speckyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/duotone2.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2018].

In photography, toning is a photographic print toning process carried out on silver-based (black-and-white) photographic prints to change their colour. Modern versions of this can be Duo-Tone, Tri-Tone and Quad-Tone using bright colours for the tones.

DePaul University. 2015. Photographic Toning. [ONLINE] Available at: http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/photo%20toning.htm. [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Photoshop Tutorial:

https://create.adobe.com/2017/10/31/make_it_in_a_minute_duotone_effect_in_photoshop.html

VIGNETTE

Alex Eflon, (2010), Bokeh Buds [ONLINE]. Available at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Bokeh_buds.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Vignetting, also known as “light fall-off” (sometimes spelled “light falloff”) is common in optics and photography, which in simple terms means darkening of image corners when compared to the center. Vignetting is either caused by optics, or is purposefully added in post-processing in order to draw the viewer’s eye away from the distractions in the corner, towards the center of the image.

NASIM MANSUROV. 2013. What is Vignetting. [ONLINE] Available at: https://photographylife.com/what-is-vignetting. [Accessed 29 December 2018].

Photoshop Tutorial:

https://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/creating-a-vignette-effect-in-photoshop

My Decision:

For my final images I have decided to use the techniques of Black and White, Duo-Tone and a Vignette as I feel they work best to emphasise my photos I have taken.

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luxus4me · 6 years

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