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* [[Tutorials:Hair Recoloring Tutorial|Hair Recoloring Tutorial]] - Teaches how to recolour and manipulate Maxis texture to make new hair textures.  This is the easiest technique, and this tutorial is written specifically for The Sims 2.
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair Recoloring Tutorial|Hair Recoloring Tutorial]] - Teaches how to recolour and manipulate Maxis texture to make new hair textures.  This is the easiest technique, and this tutorial is written specifically for The Sims 2.
  
* [[Tutorials:Painting Realistic Hair|Painting Realistic Hair]] - Not Sims 2 specific, but still quite useful if you want to handpaint hair.
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* [[Tutorials:Painting Hair in Photoshop|Painting Hair in Photoshop]] - Similar to the above (also not specifically for TS2) but goes into a bit more depth.  Creates beautiful, realistic handpainted hair textures.
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* [[Tutorials:Texturing Hair|Texturing Hair]] - Again, not for TS2, but does show using a 3D model similar to TS2.  In this one you can see how the part, bangs, highlights and shadows work on the flat graphic and then wrap on the 3D mesh.
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* [[Tutorials:Low Polygon Hair Texturing|Low Polygon Hair Texturing]] - Another good non-TS2 tutorial, this one specifically relating to texturing hair for low-poly hair models.  It also looks like a simpler handpainting technique that someone might actually be able to do with a mouse, for straight, simple styles.
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==General Tips and Tricks==
 
==General Tips and Tricks==

Revision as of 17:31, 17 July 2009

Tutorials by Category

Body Shop: Recolouring | Meshing | Modding | Sims  Objects: Object Creation | Recolouring  Other: Building | Walls & Floors | Careers & Majors | Hacks and Game Mods

Body Shop Recoloring Tutorials by Category

Introduction | FAQ | Clothing | Hair | Eyes | Eyebrows & Eyelashes | Makeup | Accessories | Piercings | Skintones and Simming


Contents

Overview

These tutorials are to help users create more interesting pools; many of the tutorials are there to enhance the look of a pool to make it more appealing, e.g. islands, aquariums and waterslides.

This section also covers other topics envolving water, such as creating water parks and making a lake swimmable.

What you will need

  • Good knowledge of editing terrain heights
  • No programs required excluding Sims 2

Tutorials

  • Hair Recoloring Tutorial - Teaches how to recolour and manipulate Maxis texture to make new hair textures. This is the easiest technique, and this tutorial is written specifically for The Sims 2.

<ncl>Category:Build Mode Pools Tutorials</ncl>

General Tips and Tricks

  • There's some discussion on how to use Photoshop to create hair textures in this thread. The discussion starts at post #25 and continues on for a few posts. This little tutorial with pictures is basically showing the same thing, without the Clouds step, which adds all kinds of lovely waves.
Tutorials by Category

Body Shop: Recolouring | Meshing | Modding | Sims  Objects: Object Creation | Recolouring  Other: Building | Walls & Floors | Careers & Majors | Hacks and Game Mods

Body Shop Recoloring Tutorials by Category

Introduction | FAQ | Clothing | Hair | Eyes | Eyebrows & Eyelashes | Makeup | Accessories | Piercings | Skintones and Simming

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