pag. 1 • Gimp Sims 3 Pattern Tutorial For this tutorial it is assumed that you already have some basic knowledge about how to work with the Gimp. It will teach you how to use channels and working with the DDS format. Needed for this tutorial: The Gimp (freeware) - http://www.gimp.org/. You’ll need version 2.6 or higher. DDS-plug-in for Gimp - http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/ (use the win32 binaries link under downloads, and place the extracted dds.exe file in the Gimp plug-in folder, usually located at C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins). For this tutorial it is assumed that you already have some basic knowledge about how to work with the Gimp. Patterns in Sims 3 Patterns in The Sims 3 make use of the 4 channels red, green, blue and alpha. The channels themselves are grayscales, and work as a mask. A pattern can use 1, 2, 3 or 4 channels. There are basically two ways to create the channels: the direct method (working directly in each of the channels) and the indirect method (working on a base image and use the RGB channels of that image as the channels for your pattern. Patterns with only one color (light and dark versions of one color) can be made very well with the (easier) indirect method. Patterns with 4 color channels must be made with the direct method. Patterns with 2 or 3 channels can be made with both, but it depends on the type of pattern which method will give the best result. In this tutorial we will start with the more simple indirect method, and move on to working in the channels themselves later on. Creating Channels – Indirect method – One color First will be explained how to use the indirect method for patterns with 1 color. Open Gimp and create a new 256x256 image.
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• Gimp Sims 3 Pattern Tutorial
For this tutorial it is assumed that you already have some basic knowledge about how to work
with the Gimp. It will teach you how to use channels and working with the DDS format.
Needed for this tutorial:
The Gimp (freeware) - http://www.gimp.org/. You’ll need version 2.6 or higher.
DDS-plug-in for Gimp - http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/ (use the win32
binaries link under downloads, and place the extracted dds.exe file in the Gimp plug-in
folder, usually located at C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins).
For this tutorial it is assumed that you already have some basic knowledge about how to work
with the Gimp.
Patterns in Sims 3
Patterns in The Sims 3 make use of the 4 channels red, green, blue and alpha. The channels
themselves are grayscales, and work as a mask. A pattern can use 1, 2, 3 or 4 channels.
There are basically two ways to create the channels: the direct method (working directly in
each of the channels) and the indirect method (working on a base image and use the RGB
channels of that image as the channels for your pattern.
Patterns with only one color (light and dark versions of one color) can be made very well with
the (easier) indirect method. Patterns with 4 color channels must be made with the direct
method. Patterns with 2 or 3 channels can be made with both, but it depends on the type of
pattern which method will give the best result.
In this tutorial we will start with the more simple indirect method, and move on to working in
the channels themselves later on.
Creating Channels – Indirect method – One color
First will be explained how to use the indirect method for patterns with 1 color.