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==Intro==

[[The Sims 3]] works quite different since [[The Sims 2]]. Here we haven't and we can't have a tool such as [[The Sims 2 Bodyshop]] or [[The Sims 2 Homecrafter]]. All objects and dresses are totally customizable in game by using ''Create a style''.

''Create a style'' allow us to browse a gallery of patterns and apply them to one or more slider of an object or dress. We can choose colors of these pattern from a RGB palette.

The game by default doesn't include the ability to import custom pattern self-created. To solve this issue '''Delphy''' and '''TSR team''' has written 2 external tools in order to create and insert new patterns in the game.

Due to the complexity of RGB system, it is not so easy to create a new pattern. For example, go to a pattern site, save the image and import it in the game is not convenient. You should adapt images, make them seamless and most important, you should split the image into different channels.
Some great creators has already written some useful tutorial. We link them at bottom of this page.

==What you need==
*Image editing software (raster) such as [[Adobe Photoshop]] (pay with a free demo for a month) or [[Gimp]] (free).

*DDS Plugins for your image editing software. Available both for [http://developer.nvidia.com/object/photoshop_dds_plugins.html Photoshop] and [http://registry.gimp.org/node/70 Gimp] for free.

*A pattern packager such as [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=342998 Delphy's Pattern Packager] or [http://www.thesimsresource.com/workshop/downloads The Sims 3 Workshop] both are free and need [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6 .NET Framework 3.5] to work.

==How to create custom pattern==
You can find some useful tutorial in english on some sites, such as:

*[http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?title=Sims_3:Custom_Patterns Custom patterns with vectorized images by HystericalParoxysm]
*[http://www.thesimsresource.com/workshop/articles/view-post/post/11712/How%20to%20create%20a%20RGBA%20Stencil%20Mask How to Create RGBA Stencil Mask by Murano] @TSR
*[http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=343264 Separating patterns without vectors by JaneSamborski] @MTS
*[http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=345562 Making Patterns Using Psp by Sarane] @MTS
*[http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=345731 Four-Color Patterns In Paint Shop Pro 9~Graphic Intensive! by Misty2004] @MTS
*[http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=346544 Tutorial: A Fast Way to Create Patterns with Gimp by MetalKat0642] @MTS

[[Category: Creation 3]]

Custom pattern - Cronologia

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