Since this tutorial was made, Studio had some minor changes. Here are some things that changed and some things that will make the time for making your own wallpapers a bit shorter: -- Start of Tutorial -- 1. In the main menu go to the build section, select standalone and click on build. 2. Click on the down arrow behind type to select which kind of item you want to make, in this case a wall. 3. To easily find the wall I was using back then, type 96f2 into the search bar, then select, click next, save and continu the tutorial... -- Resizing Textures Part -- 4. At 5:18 minutes I said we need to resize the textures because of the stretching in game. You can skip this part, go to 6:24 to save your textures (can also be saved as PNG, take a look at the video description) and go straight back to Studio as Studio has a very easy feature for automatic resizing now. 5. At 7.31 before importing your new textures, be sure that the "AutoResize Textures" checkbox is checked. After that, import you textures. -- Swatch Colors -- 6. At 8.30 you don't need to go back to photoshop to get the right color codes. Just Right click the color swatch to get the eyedropper tool and move it inside the modelviewer on the left to get the color you want. You can also use the eyedropper tool on other swatches to get exact the same color. -- In Game -- 7. Another easy way to find your wallpaper is by using the search bar. If you got any more questions or if I need to edit this text again for whatever reason, please let me know! Have fun making your own wallpapers!
Hi! Thx for this tutorial! I do all, that u say. But it`s not working :( I will try again, mb it`s work. But, mb if u have a time, u can rec a new video (tutorial) how to make walls.
So helpful and easy to follow, thank you! I am so chuffed now. One thing, 2020 Photoshop doesn't have a 'constrain proportions' box, it now has a chainlink icon next to the numerical input boxes, just in case someone else takes ages to work that out! Thank you Bakie! :)
Hey Dejjj, At the moment I only have a tutorial on how to place an image on clothing: th-cam.com/video/hoQXhM2zFec/w-d-xo.html Tutorials about how to make simple clothing and object recolors are still on my to-do-list though. ;)
Bakiegaming thank you thank you so much! Because of you I know now how to make my own custom walls and recolor paintings!!! Thank your your tutorials they are the ONLY ones that helped me! THANK YOU!! Hope to see more tutorials in the future!
Hi Chickkick18! Thank you very much for the kind words. Really appreciate comments like these and I'm happy to read that my tutorials helped you making your own wallpapers and paintings. I hope you will like my other tutorials too. There is certainly more to come! In about 30 minutes, there will be 2 new videos. One Custom Content and my first in game tutorial on how to make a realistic pond + waterfall. Hope you like those too! Have a nice weekend!
I already have one that will show you how to place images in clothing, but you mean like changing the whole color shirt? I will add it to my to-do-list. ;)
Thank you for this simple, easy to follow tutorial. One thing you might want to consider is that not everyone will be using the same version of S4S or photo editing software so others should be aware that they have to play around to find the same results. I'm comfortable enough with Paint Shop Pro 8 that I was able to navigate to find your results, but it was simple. And I have the newest S4S so our screens look different. But other than that it was totally easy. Now I'm off to find your mural tutorial, so wish me luck with that one. Those are my favorites.
Thanks Chaz! The thing with S4S is that it changes a lot, especially in the beginning. So making a new tutorial each time Studio changed wasn't really an option. ;) As not that much has changed as in work flow, I'm sure it's still quite good to follow just as you said. I also add additional information in the video's description if needed. If people can't follow, they only have to let me know so I can try to help them out.:)
@@bakiegaming well from the beginning I followed your steps and made adjustments. I did get Photoshop but found what I had worked best for me. You are a great tutorialist so keep up the good work and thanks again so much for the hard work you put into these and the time you take to update and change, as needed.
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! This video was exactly what I needed for my wallpaper design and I appreciate how you broke it down and explained every step. :)
Thank you so much! Your tutorial is so good and easy to follow... but some steps were different for me. Some steps weren't available in my version of photoshop/different... and my medium wall pattern looks so weird... When I "squeezed" them, just the short one looked like squeezed... and now on the studio, the short and tall ones look ok... but the medium is soooo wrong... What could it be?? Help! :(
@@albagomez5148 Happy to hear you already fixed the problem. I'll do have to admit that using this pre-historic version of Photoshop does not always makes it easy to follow tutorials, but in most cases it's quite do-able. ;)
Even with the change to png etc this tutorial was very helpful (and the custom painting one too). My vampire sim child now has an underground playground in Forgotten Hollow that her Dad (the vampire, Mam is human) can play with her in, complete with seamless cloud wallpaper. I'm terrible at cc, sims 3 taught me that but I've made pictures, rugs and now wallpaper thanks to your tutorials.
There's isn't one at the moment, or at least I didn't make one. ;) But it works almost the same as with these kind of wallpapers, just be sure to select the part in between the trim. You can for example select this middle part and in Photoshop use Ctrl+J to make a copy of it to an new layer. If you then lock the original layer, you can't adjust anything to the trim part. The new layer with the pattern can then be adjusted. You can always make copies of that one layer to try something new.
Thanks for the great tutorial! It was really easy to follow. (I did it just as shown because I didn't read the updates before giving it a try haha.) Studio looks a little different now so I had to sort of guess on some things. It still worked great, appreciate it.
You're welcome! Studio changes quite a lot because of new features and stuff. If you ever don't understand or can't find a certain thing in Studio anymore which can be seen in one of my videos, just let me know in the comment section and I will gladly help you getting further. ;)
Is there any way to manipulate a pattern so that it lines up? I have some patterns that look like they should be seamless, but I can't get them to work.
Yes, there is! I've showed I short example of this in my video about How to create your own Floor tiles. If you click this link, the example will start some seconds after it: th-cam.com/video/hJwDfxNUsj0/w-d-xo.htmlm10s
Selina Hassan Hey Selina, I will be making other recolor videos too. First one to come is probably about how to create custom flooring. But I'm planning to do recolors about certain objects too, like beds or tables or something totally different as a car. ;)
HI. I am not sure if you get an automated message saying you got a comment but going to give this a try anyway. I am following your video on how to make custom wallpaper. (So easy to follow, thank you.) Anyway I have made some custom wallpapers but I am not sure how to save to the gallery to share with other players. Is there something I am missing? Please let me know I would really appreciate the help. Thank you.
Hello Rhonda, I do get a message! ;) As for your question, to share Custom Content with other people, in your case wallpapers, you need to upload it to a website like modthesims.info From there people can download your wallpaper and put it in their Mods folder on their pc to use it in their game too. If you share a house on the gallery that uses your self-made wallpaper, it won't be shared with the people downloading the house, they will get a replacement if they haven't downloaded your wallpaper elsewhere at placed it into their Mods folder. Hope this explains it for you, if not, please let me know!
@@bakiegaming Thank you so much for your quick response. I was worried that would be the case. Oh well I will try sharing them somewhere other than the gallery. : ) Thank you again for responding and thank you for the wonderful videos and the fantastic mods.
Hi. At 3:41, how is it that you have no background layer, but you have layer 1? I'm confused, and maybe forced to stop at this point. EDIT: I figured it out. But how do I get my photoshop to look like yours? I need the preview window.
+Simma Fierce Good to hear you figured the first problem out. ;) About the preview window, which preview window do you mean? The pattern one? And which Photoshop version are you using? I use a very old one (Cs3) But if I know which version you're using I can maybe help finding a solution for your problem. ;)
+Simma Fierce This is something Cs6 doesn't have by default, but you can "fix" this by going to the bar at the top of the window, then choose window > Arrange (first option) > New Window For *filename* (last option) Then first drag the new file out of the "file- bar" into your document, then make it the size you want it to be and use Alt+scrollwheel down to fit the texture to the window. Now everything you change in the first opened file, will also be seen in that smaller window. So it works like some sort of preview image too. ;) Could you tell me if you got it to work? This may also help other people having the same problem as you do. Good luck!
ik snap niet hoe je bij 1:42 de 3 muren als bestand in dat progamma hebt gezet... tussen 1:40 en 1:43 ga je van Sims 4 studio naar Adobe photoshop. Nu weet ik niet hoe je de PSD bestanden in Adobe Photoshop hebt gezet :(
Hey! Je kunt de bestanden zo je Photoshop programma in slepen of de afbeeldingen openen via "File > Open". Om ze naast elkaar te zetten, gebruik je de minimaliseer optie, links van het rode kruis. Je kunt dan de afmetingen veranderen door met je muis in een hoek te gaan staan en het venster de juiste afmeting te maken. Door met je muis in de bovenste deel van het venster te gaan staan en de linker muisknop ingedrukt te houden, kun je het venster verslepen. Combineer bovenstaande en je krijgt wat ik heb op 1:40. Als je iets niet begrijpt of meer vragen hebt, stel ze gerust! ;)
Hi BakieGaming Love your Tutorials Is there a way to Make 1 tiled wallpaper The design i am Working on it isn't a seamless pattern More as a Mural type but I Need to Make it so each tile is 1 Part not Spread Out. I Have been trying for hours to figure it out but haven.t Had No Luck Thankyou if you Can Help
Thanks Josh! I'm not totally sure what you mean with your question.. But if you want to make some sort of Mural, maybe this tutorial will help: th-cam.com/video/Y8BRiJjw5IE/w-d-xo.html
Hi Josefin, no you don't have to use Photoshop to be able to follow most of my tutorials. In a lot of cases you can also use free programs like GIMP or Paint.net. A lot of the tools used in Photoshop can also be found in GIMP. You can take a look here for more info about the tools in GIMP: www.gimp.org/docs/ You can also just tell me where tou get stuck and I will see if I can help you getting any further. ;)
Hello! I‘m trying to zoom out in the model viewer to see all three sizes of wallpaper, but I don't have a mouse, just a touchpad on my laptop. What can I do instead of scrolling? Edit: figured it out. Hold and drag two fingers on the touchpad to scroll. 👍
I'm very new to photoshop (I'm using CS5.1 with the add-on you suggested) but when I go to insert the seamless pattern, it doesn't look right, just all jumbled/pixelated. Am I doing something wrong with the layers? I'm not really sure how those work, am I supposed to add a layer from the background with the little lock on it?
+Hollie Horror Hi Hollie, you can unlock the background layer by double clicking it and then hit enter or click "ok". Did you made the 3 files just as I did with the white background color? Also, when exactly does it get pixelated? Is it when making it into a pattern or when you use it as an overlay on your background of the wallpaper? And are you using the same pattern as I do or a different one? (Sorry for al the questions) ;)
It would get pixelated once I tried to insert the pattern! It would look normal in the preview and then all crazy once I put it on the white backgrounds (like you made). I tried using a couple different patterns and it happened both times. I haven't tried again with unlocking the background layer (I just gave up, I have no photoshop/computer skills lol).
thank you for this video, I'm a textile designer and was looking for something to modle my designs and I alredy had the sims 4, but every time I follow these steps my designs are pixelated in the sims 4 any suggestions?
The only thing I can think of is that the quality of the textures are to low. Do you have this problem with any single texture you use or just with a few? And what happens when using the texture from the tutorial? Try to use a texture which is 512 by 512 pixels and see if the problem still occures.
Try unchecking 'auto-resize texture'. I've take a quick look around the Sims 4 Studio forum too and it also seems that too high pixel textures will cause images to become blurry. As too many pixels need to be fit into a lot less. But try the unchecking first I would suggest.
Hi! First off... I'm sooo bad at figuring out things like this for myself so THANK YOU for doing tutorials! xD I've just started to try out S4S and it doesn't seem too complicated which makes me relieved! But have encountered a problem and I don't know what I'm doing wrong! My reason for creating a wallpaper is to make a copy of an original picture, place it on the wall, and use it as a reference to create a painting in game. I discovered in S4S that if you 'export' your texture you can save it as a DDS file. The way I've done it is to import an image file (jpeg/png) - exported it as a dds - then imported that new dds image. Since I don't need to worry about matching it with the next panel it's an easy way to do it. I've also filled in everything else you mention above in your video. It shows up beautifully in S4S - it shows in the list of mods as I start the game - the thumbnail is showing as it should - BUT when I place it there are the blaring colours and a big question mark :P What am I missing??? xD Thank you! /Hanna
+Lily Garden (DreadLily) If the "rainbow-colors" and question mark appear, that one of your textures isn't the right size. Did you also resize your wallpapers afte you placed your texture on them? Sometimes if you did something wrong and you don't know where exactly, you can just make your textures from the start, most of the time you forgot a tiny little thing. And as for your reason to make that reference image on a wall. Isn't it a better idea to make a wallsticker? You can also enlarge those on a wall. Good Luck!
I'm not that familiar with GIMP, but maybe these webistes can help you: docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-concepts-patterns.html thegimptutorials.com/how-to-use-patterns/
It seems that scaling patterns in gimp isn't as easy at it is in Photoshop unfortunately. The only thing I could find what might help is this video, I've already made so it will start at the right part in the video: th-cam.com/video/9QIBEvAMsoY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=wmjiBaFKl2t7T3Yz&t=128 Another way would be manually scaling the image up, but that might makes it look less sharp. Then make it into a pattern (also explained in the video in the link). Hope this helps!
99WrittenLoveWords For a panelling wallpaper which isn't seamless, you have to make it seamless yourself. You can do this by using the offset filter (Filter > other>offset), make a new layer and then use the clone tool to remove the seams. In my tutorial about how to make your own floortiles, I have a very short example of that at 3.54 minutes. You only need to be sure that your horizontal offset is set to +128.
Thank you so much for the tutorial video. I was able to make some wallpapers awhile back without any problem :). But now I have recently just got an update for Photoshop, and when I go to make the 3 wall files at the beginning by typing the width and height for each one it won't let me submit the height on the 2nd and 3rd wall. A message pops up when I click OK saying, "A number between 0.004 and 1000.000 is required. Closest value inserted." I never had a problem before with the older version. Would you know how to help me fix this problem please? :(
+George M Good to hear you made your first wallpapers! About your problem, maybe the sizes have been changed automaticly. First you were working with pixels and now it's using cm,inches or mm perhaps?.
+George M You can use the add swatch button to make multiple color swatches or do you mean something else? If you want to add swatches to an original wall in game, you can use Orangemittens tutorial on the Studio forum. It's a work around untill studio has automated it: sims4studio.com/thread/4758/swatches-existing-walls-catalog-entry
What was the name of the program that was used for sims 3? its almost the same as this one. I can't remember it and I've been searching for a while looking for it. I know I have it, I just can't remember the name to find it on my computer. anyone know?
So I'm trying to change my wallpaper in the living room which is in the same room as my kitchen, I just have dividers in between them. I am able to change the flooring, but not the wallpaper. Every time I try and change the walls the game wants to put the paint in the entire room. What do I do?
Try changing them when holding down Alt for recoloring just one single wall. Holding down Shift should most of the time recolor the whole room. I have no idea why it does this for you without the Shift key. Maybe holding down Shift works the opposite way for you.
Hello Zadia, which version do you use as I use CS3 myself too, which is also a very old version nowadays. ;) Is it for unlocking the background images or something else? Which minute in the video is about your problem?
Im using Adobe Photoshop CC 2015, and i dont have the same options, and when i try changing the image size i cant change one without the other changing, and then when i try to save it says the height and width has to be a multiple of 4, do i have to download a different cerson of Photoshop? Or do i have to put different numbers in?
+katiee obrien Hi Katiee, if the other one is changing too, then uncheck "Constrain Proportions". It's in the same window at the bottom. You just need to use the same image sizes as I use in the beginning and after you placed the patterns, resize them to the same sizes I use. (5.20 minutes) Are there more options your missing or can't find?
+katiee obrien I searched about your problem on the internet and saw that you have to click the chain icon. The chain icon in Photoshop CC works the same as the Constrain Proportions checkbox in my version of photoshop. Hope this will help you and if so, let me know in a comment, maybe it can help other people too. ;)
yeeey IT WORKED, Thanks, I didn't have 'Custom Content & Mods' Enabled in the game at first so I thought it didn't work until I realized and turned it on :') Also the pattern I chose wasn't seamless once it was loaded in the Sims 4? Maybe because it was an intricate floral pattern...
Good to hear it worked for you! About the pattern, a lot of patterns on the internet are called "seamless" but aren't really seamless. I still don't understand why people call it this way when they clearly aren't. Could be they name it that way because then it will be more interesting for more people. When you imported your patterns back into The Sims 4 Studio it wasn't seamless already I suppose?
Yep, It was seamless in sims 4 studio but not in the Sims 4 Game, I think your right about the pattern not being seamless as it was floral & quite detailed, didn't look as though it would have matched up when I saw it in google :)
Sophie It's quite strange it was seamless in Studio but not in the game, never heard that before. You can always send me a private message on The Sims 4 Studio forum with a link to the pattern or the package file you made, so I can take a look at it. ;)
If you mean that if you replace the wallpaper from you first clone and save it under another file name, then no. Each time you want to have a new wallpaper you should select one from the wallpapers catalog in Studio. it doesn't matter though if that one is always the same one. But for every new wallpaper, start with cloning a game wallpaper.
Melanie Turpin The Sims 4 Studio get's a lot of new versions. When I made this tutorial, the Start screen looked different then it it right now with the Joy Version. Your way of going to the "build section" and then choose "Wall" is perfect. Almost all other things will still be the same exept from choosing the swatch colors. You can now just Right click it to get an eye dropper tool and select a color in the modelviewer instead of going back to photoshop. If you got any more questions, please ask!
What were the dimensions of those files? I know they're all 256 width, and the short is 768, but you speak too quickly for me to understand the others, and I can't see it in the video, so I don't know what I'm doing!!
Hello Jami! I'm sorry about the rappid speaking speed ;) So here are the sizes for you: Short wall (Like you said) 768px, Medium wall 1024px and Tall wall: 1280px. If you have any more questions, let me know!
I have no experience with paint.net.. I think you should search the paint.net forum or Google for a solution to that. I'm sorry I can't help you with that. :(
slrspdladjqtdma If it doesn't change, then this means your wallpaper is seamless. So if you place these wallpaper next to each other in The Sims, it will look as one big wallpaper, you can't see where a new one starts. They will connect to each other. That's why nothing is changing. ;)
+Someaddict Michelle Usually in a folder somewhere in my documents folder. I make a separate folder called "Pattern Wallpaper" for example. or do you mean something else?
Hello! In my video description you can read that instead of DDS files, you can now also use png files which works a bit easier. As I think that's what you wanted to know? And the swatch thumbnail colors can now be done by right-mouse-clicking the color boxes so an eyedropper-tool will appear. You can then click on the color you want in the model viewer.
You're totally right, but if I had to update each tutorial video I made in the past, it would take me a very long time. Instead you can find some tips in the video description which will guide you through. If you still have questions about certain parts of the video, please ask. :)
Since this tutorial was made, Studio had some minor changes.
Here are some things that changed and some things that will make the time for making your own wallpapers a bit shorter:
-- Start of Tutorial --
1. In the main menu go to the build section, select standalone and click on build.
2. Click on the down arrow behind type to select which kind of item you want to make, in this case a wall.
3. To easily find the wall I was using back then, type 96f2 into the search bar, then select, click next, save and continu the tutorial...
-- Resizing Textures Part --
4. At 5:18 minutes I said we need to resize the textures because of the stretching in game. You can skip this part, go to 6:24 to save your textures (can also be saved as PNG, take a look at the video description) and go straight back to Studio as Studio has a very easy feature for automatic resizing now.
5. At 7.31 before importing your new textures, be sure that the "AutoResize Textures" checkbox is checked. After that, import you textures.
-- Swatch Colors --
6. At 8.30 you don't need to go back to photoshop to get the right color codes. Just Right click the color swatch to get the eyedropper tool and move it inside the modelviewer on the left to get the color you want. You can also use the eyedropper tool on other swatches to get exact the same color.
-- In Game --
7. Another easy way to find your wallpaper is by using the search bar.
If you got any more questions or if I need to edit this text again for whatever reason, please let me know! Have fun making your own wallpapers!
Hi! Thx for this tutorial!
I do all, that u say. But it`s not working :( I will try again, mb it`s work. But, mb if u have a time, u can rec a new video (tutorial) how to make walls.
So helpful and easy to follow, thank you! I am so chuffed now. One thing, 2020 Photoshop doesn't have a 'constrain proportions' box, it now has a chainlink icon next to the numerical input boxes, just in case someone else takes ages to work that out! Thank you Bakie! :)
Thank you for sharing that, can indeed be very informative for others :)
Spent so long trying to figure that out. Thank you.
Literally thank you so much ! After watching this video 2 times in one night i became a pro at making seem less wall paper ! Great job explaining!
You're welcome! And thank you for the compliments :) It's good to hear you like the way I'm teaching :)
BakieGaming - do you have any videos about how to create stand alone recolors for furniture or clothing items?
Hey Dejjj,
At the moment I only have a tutorial on how to place an image on clothing: th-cam.com/video/hoQXhM2zFec/w-d-xo.html
Tutorials about how to make simple clothing and object recolors are still on my to-do-list though. ;)
Bakiegaming thank you thank you so much! Because of you I know now how to make my own custom walls and recolor paintings!!! Thank your your tutorials they are the ONLY ones that helped me! THANK YOU!! Hope to see more tutorials in the future!
Hi Chickkick18! Thank you very much for the kind words. Really appreciate comments like these and I'm happy to read that my tutorials helped you making your own wallpapers and paintings. I hope you will like my other tutorials too. There is certainly more to come! In about 30 minutes, there will be 2 new videos. One Custom Content and my first in game tutorial on how to make a realistic pond + waterfall. Hope you like those too! Have a nice weekend!
+BakieGaming could you please make a tutorial on making your own recolors for sims 4 clothes like tops and/or bottoms????
I already have one that will show you how to place images in clothing, but you mean like changing the whole color shirt?
I will add it to my to-do-list. ;)
Thank you for this simple, easy to follow tutorial. One thing you might want to consider is that not everyone will be using the same version of S4S or photo editing software so others should be aware that they have to play around to find the same results. I'm comfortable enough with Paint Shop Pro 8 that I was able to navigate to find your results, but it was simple. And I have the newest S4S so our screens look different. But other than that it was totally easy. Now I'm off to find your mural tutorial, so wish me luck with that one. Those are my favorites.
Thanks Chaz! The thing with S4S is that it changes a lot, especially in the beginning. So making a new tutorial each time Studio changed wasn't really an option. ;) As not that much has changed as in work flow, I'm sure it's still quite good to follow just as you said. I also add additional information in the video's description if needed. If people can't follow, they only have to let me know so I can try to help them out.:)
@@bakiegaming well from the beginning I followed your steps and made adjustments. I did get Photoshop but found what I had worked best for me. You are a great tutorialist so keep up the good work and thanks again so much for the hard work you put into these and the time you take to update and change, as needed.
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! This video was exactly what I needed for my wallpaper design and I appreciate how you broke it down and explained every step. :)
You're welcome, happy to read you like my way of making tutorials. ;)
Thank you so much for this and for updating in the notes! ♥
You're welcome! :)
Thank you so much! Your tutorial is so good and easy to follow... but some steps were different for me. Some steps weren't available in my version of photoshop/different... and my medium wall pattern looks so weird...
When I "squeezed" them, just the short one looked like squeezed... and now on the studio, the short and tall ones look ok... but the medium is soooo wrong...
What could it be?? Help! :(
Never mind... I figuredit out! Hahahaha seems like your first step (size one) is a little different for me. Thanks anyway :)
@@albagomez5148 Happy to hear you already fixed the problem. I'll do have to admit that using this pre-historic version of Photoshop does not always makes it easy to follow tutorials, but in most cases it's quite do-able. ;)
Even with the change to png etc this tutorial was very helpful (and the custom painting one too). My vampire sim child now has an underground playground in Forgotten Hollow that her Dad (the vampire, Mam is human) can play with her in, complete with seamless cloud wallpaper. I'm terrible at cc, sims 3 taught me that but I've made pictures, rugs and now wallpaper thanks to your tutorials.
That's nice to hear! I hope I can teach you even more with my other tutorials. And if you don't understand something, just ask. ;)
Thank you! Question, please: Is there a tutorial for creating wallpaper with a trim, like baseboards or crown molding? I cannot find one anywhere!
There's isn't one at the moment, or at least I didn't make one. ;)
But it works almost the same as with these kind of wallpapers, just be sure to select the part in between the trim. You can for example select this middle part and in Photoshop use Ctrl+J to make a copy of it to an new layer. If you then lock the original layer, you can't adjust anything to the trim part. The new layer with the pattern can then be adjusted. You can always make copies of that one layer to try something new.
Amazingly helpful - tysm!! You saved me from giving up on my vintage tile walls haha
Very happy to hear my old tutorials still work to get things working. Have fun making more wallpapers. ;)
Thanks for the great tutorial! It was really easy to follow. (I did it just as shown because I didn't read the updates before giving it a try haha.) Studio looks a little different now so I had to sort of guess on some things. It still worked great, appreciate it.
You're welcome! Studio changes quite a lot because of new features and stuff. If you ever don't understand or can't find a certain thing in Studio anymore which can be seen in one of my videos, just let me know in the comment section and I will gladly help you getting further. ;)
Is there any way to manipulate a pattern so that it lines up? I have some patterns that look like they should be seamless, but I can't get them to work.
Yes, there is! I've showed I short example of this in my video about How to create your own Floor tiles.
If you click this link, the example will start some seconds after it: th-cam.com/video/hJwDfxNUsj0/w-d-xo.htmlm10s
You time stamped the link even! Thank you so much, I will go check it out!
Of course I did! But if you want to watch the whole video that's fine too of course :P
Please make more videos like these but maybe like rugs beds tables? Pleaassee (:
Selina Hassan
Hey Selina, I will be making other recolor videos too. First one to come is probably about how to create custom flooring. But I'm planning to do recolors about certain objects too, like beds or tables or something totally different as a car. ;)
BakieGaming i cant wait you're very helpful !
Selina Hassan
I hope I am! ;)
HI. I am not sure if you get an automated message saying you got a comment but going to give this a try anyway. I am following your video on how to make custom wallpaper. (So easy to follow, thank you.) Anyway I have made some custom wallpapers but I am not sure how to save to the gallery to share with other players. Is there something I am missing? Please let me know I would really appreciate the help. Thank you.
Hello Rhonda, I do get a message! ;)
As for your question, to share Custom Content with other people, in your case wallpapers, you need to upload it to a website like modthesims.info
From there people can download your wallpaper and put it in their Mods folder on their pc to use it in their game too. If you share a house on the gallery that uses your self-made wallpaper, it won't be shared with the people downloading the house, they will get a replacement if they haven't downloaded your wallpaper elsewhere at placed it into their Mods folder.
Hope this explains it for you, if not, please let me know!
@@bakiegaming Thank you so much for your quick response. I was worried that would be the case. Oh well I will try sharing them somewhere other than the gallery. : ) Thank you again for responding and thank you for the wonderful videos and the fantastic mods.
@@nobodyslady You're welcome :)
Hi. At 3:41, how is it that you have no background layer, but you have layer 1? I'm confused, and maybe forced to stop at this point. EDIT: I figured it out. But how do I get my photoshop to look like yours? I need the preview window.
+Simma Fierce
Good to hear you figured the first problem out. ;) About the preview window, which preview window do you mean? The pattern one? And which Photoshop version are you using? I use a very old one (Cs3) But if I know which version you're using I can maybe help finding a solution for your problem. ;)
I am using CS6. I mean the little window in the upper right hand corner.
+Simma Fierce
This is something Cs6 doesn't have by default, but you can "fix" this by going to the bar at the top of the window, then choose window > Arrange (first option) > New Window For *filename* (last option)
Then first drag the new file out of the "file- bar" into your document, then make it the size you want it to be and use Alt+scrollwheel down to fit the texture to the window. Now everything you change in the first opened file, will also be seen in that smaller window. So it works like some sort of preview image too. ;)
Could you tell me if you got it to work? This may also help other people having the same problem as you do. Good luck!
Thank you! I don't know English well, but I can understand. Great lesson!
+AnReddyx
You're welcome! Glad I could help you with this. ;)
ik snap niet hoe je bij 1:42 de 3 muren als bestand in dat progamma hebt gezet... tussen 1:40 en 1:43 ga je van Sims 4 studio naar Adobe photoshop. Nu weet ik niet hoe je de PSD bestanden in Adobe Photoshop hebt gezet :(
Hey! Je kunt de bestanden zo je Photoshop programma in slepen of de afbeeldingen openen via "File > Open".
Om ze naast elkaar te zetten, gebruik je de minimaliseer optie, links van het rode kruis. Je kunt dan de afmetingen veranderen door met je muis in een hoek te gaan staan en het venster de juiste afmeting te maken. Door met je muis in de bovenste deel van het venster te gaan staan en de linker muisknop ingedrukt te houden, kun je het venster verslepen. Combineer bovenstaande en je krijgt wat ik heb op 1:40.
Als je iets niet begrijpt of meer vragen hebt, stel ze gerust! ;)
Hi BakieGaming Love your Tutorials Is there a way to Make 1 tiled wallpaper The design i am Working on it isn't a seamless pattern More as a Mural type but I Need to Make it so each tile is 1 Part not Spread Out. I Have been trying for hours to figure it out but haven.t Had No Luck Thankyou if you Can Help
Thanks Josh! I'm not totally sure what you mean with your question.. But if you want to make some sort of Mural, maybe this tutorial will help: th-cam.com/video/Y8BRiJjw5IE/w-d-xo.html
Can you use another phototshop program like paint or Pixlr? Or does it have to be something from Adobe?
Hi Josefin, no you don't have to use Photoshop to be able to follow most of my tutorials. In a lot of cases you can also use free programs like GIMP or Paint.net. A lot of the tools used in Photoshop can also be found in GIMP. You can take a look here for more info about the tools in GIMP: www.gimp.org/docs/
You can also just tell me where tou get stuck and I will see if I can help you getting any further. ;)
Hello! I‘m trying to zoom out in the model viewer to see all three sizes of wallpaper, but I don't have a mouse, just a touchpad on my laptop. What can I do instead of scrolling?
Edit: figured it out. Hold and drag two fingers on the touchpad to scroll. 👍
Good to see you already figured it out and thanks for letting me (and others) know how to do this ;)
I'm very new to photoshop (I'm using CS5.1 with the add-on you suggested) but when I go to insert the seamless pattern, it doesn't look right, just all jumbled/pixelated. Am I doing something wrong with the layers? I'm not really sure how those work, am I supposed to add a layer from the background with the little lock on it?
+Hollie Horror
Hi Hollie, you can unlock the background layer by double clicking it and then hit enter or click "ok". Did you made the 3 files just as I did with the white background color? Also, when exactly does it get pixelated? Is it when making it into a pattern or when you use it as an overlay on your background of the wallpaper? And are you using the same pattern as I do or a different one? (Sorry for al the questions) ;)
It would get pixelated once I tried to insert the pattern! It would look normal in the preview and then all crazy once I put it on the white backgrounds (like you made). I tried using a couple different patterns and it happened both times. I haven't tried again with unlocking the background layer (I just gave up, I have no photoshop/computer skills lol).
+Hollie Horror
Maybe you have to change the scale of the pattern? Otherwise I don't know how this could happen, I'm sorry.
Love your tutorials! Thanks!
thank you for this video, I'm a textile designer and was looking for something to modle my designs and I alredy had the sims 4, but every time I follow these steps my designs are pixelated in the sims 4 any suggestions?
The only thing I can think of is that the quality of the textures are to low. Do you have this problem with any single texture you use or just with a few? And what happens when using the texture from the tutorial?
Try to use a texture which is 512 by 512 pixels and see if the problem still occures.
@@bakiegaming i have the same issue and I am using high def/large px imgaes :(
Try unchecking 'auto-resize texture'. I've take a quick look around the Sims 4 Studio forum too and it also seems that too high pixel textures will cause images to become blurry. As too many pixels need to be fit into a lot less. But try the unchecking first I would suggest.
I see you are using Adobe Photoshop, but can you use Corel Paintshop Pro as well??
I don't know that program, but I guess it will. Other programs that can be used are Paint.net or Gimp. They all work quite the same.
Hi! First off... I'm sooo bad at figuring out things like this for myself so THANK YOU for doing tutorials! xD I've just started to try out S4S and it doesn't seem too complicated which makes me relieved! But have encountered a problem and I don't know what I'm doing wrong!
My reason for creating a wallpaper is to make a copy of an original picture, place it on the wall, and use it as a reference to create a painting in game. I discovered in S4S that if you 'export' your texture you can save it as a DDS file.
The way I've done it is to import an image file (jpeg/png) - exported it as a dds - then imported that new dds image. Since I don't need to worry about matching it with the next panel it's an easy way to do it. I've also filled in everything else you mention above in your video.
It shows up beautifully in S4S - it shows in the list of mods as I start the game - the thumbnail is showing as it should - BUT when I place it there are the blaring colours and a big question mark :P
What am I missing??? xD
Thank you! /Hanna
+Lily Garden (DreadLily)
If the "rainbow-colors" and question mark appear, that one of your textures isn't the right size. Did you also resize your wallpapers afte you placed your texture on them? Sometimes if you did something wrong and you don't know where exactly, you can just make your textures from the start, most of the time you forgot a tiny little thing.
And as for your reason to make that reference image on a wall. Isn't it a better idea to make a wallsticker? You can also enlarge those on a wall. Good Luck!
Heyy where can I find pattern, overlay on gimp ??
I'm not that familiar with GIMP, but maybe these webistes can help you:
docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-concepts-patterns.html
thegimptutorials.com/how-to-use-patterns/
3:54 do you know how I can do this in GIMP?
It seems that scaling patterns in gimp isn't as easy at it is in Photoshop unfortunately.
The only thing I could find what might help is this video, I've already made so it will start at the right part in the video: th-cam.com/video/9QIBEvAMsoY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=wmjiBaFKl2t7T3Yz&t=128
Another way would be manually scaling the image up, but that might makes it look less sharp. Then make it into a pattern (also explained in the video in the link).
Hope this helps!
can u do one with the panelling wallpaper?
99WrittenLoveWords
For a panelling wallpaper which isn't seamless, you have to make it seamless yourself. You can do this by using the offset filter (Filter > other>offset), make a new layer and then use the clone tool to remove the seams. In my tutorial about how to make your own floortiles, I have a very short example of that at 3.54 minutes. You only need to be sure that your horizontal offset is set to +128.
ok thank you
99WrittenLoveWords
You're welcome :)
Thank you so much for the tutorial video. I was able to make some wallpapers awhile back without any problem :). But now I have recently just got an update for Photoshop, and when I go to make the 3 wall files at the beginning by typing the width and height for each one it won't let me submit the height on the 2nd and 3rd wall. A message pops up when I click OK saying, "A number between 0.004 and 1000.000 is required. Closest value inserted." I never had a problem before with the older version. Would you know how to help me fix this problem please? :(
+George M
Good to hear you made your first wallpapers! About your problem, maybe the sizes have been changed automaticly. First you were working with pixels and now it's using cm,inches or mm perhaps?.
+BakieGaming Ohhh, that's what it was....I feel so stupid now lol. Thank you so much Bakie! :).
+George M
Haha, no problem. It would probably freaks me out too if it suddenly stopped working and I didn't know what causes it.. :P
BakieGaming Lol. I was wondering also if you had made a tutorial for making multiple color swatches for a wall?
+George M
You can use the add swatch button to make multiple color swatches or do you mean something else?
If you want to add swatches to an original wall in game, you can use Orangemittens tutorial on the Studio forum. It's a work around untill studio has automated it: sims4studio.com/thread/4758/swatches-existing-walls-catalog-entry
What was the name of the program that was used for sims 3? its almost the same as this one. I can't remember it and I've been searching for a while looking for it. I know I have it, I just can't remember the name to find it on my computer. anyone know?
I haven't made stuff for the Sims 3, but maybe you used The Sims 3 Resource Workshop or something like that?
So I'm trying to change my wallpaper in the living room which is in the same room as my kitchen, I just have dividers in between them. I am able to change the flooring, but not the wallpaper. Every time I try and change the walls the game wants to put the paint in the entire room. What do I do?
Try changing them when holding down Alt for recoloring just one single wall. Holding down Shift should most of the time recolor the whole room. I have no idea why it does this for you without the Shift key. Maybe holding down Shift works the opposite way for you.
I have an earlier version of photoshop and when i double click the layer it only gives me an option to color or mode
Hello Zadia, which version do you use as I use CS3 myself too, which is also a very old version nowadays. ;)
Is it for unlocking the background images or something else? Which minute in the video is about your problem?
Im using Adobe Photoshop CC 2015, and i dont have the same options, and when i try changing the image size i cant change one without the other changing, and then when i try to save it says the height and width has to be a multiple of 4, do i have to download a different cerson of Photoshop? Or do i have to put different numbers in?
+katiee obrien
Hi Katiee, if the other one is changing too, then uncheck "Constrain Proportions". It's in the same window at the bottom.
You just need to use the same image sizes as I use in the beginning and after you placed the patterns, resize them to the same sizes I use. (5.20 minutes)
Are there more options your missing or can't find?
+BakieGaming
yes i understand that, but the version im using doesnt have that
+katiee obrien
I searched about your problem on the internet and saw that you have to click the chain icon. The chain icon in Photoshop CC works the same as the Constrain Proportions checkbox in my version of photoshop.
Hope this will help you and if so, let me know in a comment, maybe it can help other people too. ;)
+BakieGaming
yes that was the equivalent, thank you so much :)
+katiee obrien
You're welcome glad your problem is solved. ;)
kan geen DDS selecteren welke kan ik dan beste gebruiken?
Tegenwoordig kun je beter met PNG werken, zie video omschrijving. ;)
is that okay if i save the image as png?
Yes, it certainly is. Take a look at the video description and/or my pinned comment for 'new' instructions when working with png files. :)
SO HELPFUL!!! THANKS A TON
You're welcome, glad you like it! :)
Thank you so much! This was very helpful.
yeeey IT WORKED, Thanks, I didn't have 'Custom Content & Mods' Enabled in the game at first so I thought it didn't work until I realized and turned it on :')
Also the pattern I chose wasn't seamless once it was loaded in the Sims 4? Maybe because it was an intricate floral pattern...
Good to hear it worked for you!
About the pattern, a lot of patterns on the internet are called "seamless" but aren't really seamless. I still don't understand why people call it this way when they clearly aren't. Could be they name it that way because then it will be more interesting for more people. When you imported your patterns back into The Sims 4 Studio it wasn't seamless already I suppose?
Yep, It was seamless in sims 4 studio but not in the Sims 4 Game, I think your right about the pattern not being seamless as it was floral & quite detailed, didn't look as though it would have matched up when I saw it in google :)
Sophie It's quite strange it was seamless in Studio but not in the game, never heard that before. You can always send me a private message on The Sims 4 Studio forum with a link to the pattern or the package file you made, so I can take a look at it. ;)
Any chance of remaking this exact video using Gimp instead of Photoshop? I need help 😂
For help with GIMP you can also tell me where you get stuck, perhaps I can still help. ;)
@@bakiegaming Thank you, that's very kind. I got my son to help, it's the least he can do since I taught him to tie shoelaces.
@@Tentaclon Haha payback time! Good to hear you got help with it. Still, if there's anything you need to know, just ask. ;)
Can i make one wall cc with the same original wallpaper? Or do i need to always do it with a new original wallpaper?
If you mean that if you replace the wallpaper from you first clone and save it under another file name, then no.
Each time you want to have a new wallpaper you should select one from the wallpapers catalog in Studio. it doesn't matter though if that one is always the same one. But for every new wallpaper, start with cloning a game wallpaper.
I do not have the same studio as you do I go to build wall
Melanie Turpin
The Sims 4 Studio get's a lot of new versions. When I made this tutorial, the Start screen looked different then it it right now with the Joy Version. Your way of going to the "build section" and then choose "Wall" is perfect. Almost all other things will still be the same exept from choosing the swatch colors. You can now just Right click it to get an eye dropper tool and select a color in the modelviewer instead of going back to photoshop.
If you got any more questions, please ask!
Is that CC?
Yes, a tutorial how to make your own wallpapers to be use in your game.
What were the dimensions of those files? I know they're all 256 width, and the short is 768, but you speak too quickly for me to understand the others, and I can't see it in the video, so I don't know what I'm doing!!
Hello Jami!
I'm sorry about the rappid speaking speed ;) So here are the sizes for you: Short wall (Like you said) 768px, Medium wall 1024px and Tall wall: 1280px.
If you have any more questions, let me know!
Üdv Paint.netet használok abban hogy tudom a varratokat eltüntetni?
I have no experience with paint.net.. I think you should search the paint.net forum or Google for a solution to that.
I'm sorry I can't help you with that. :(
@@bakiegaming
Thank you very much for your help.Have a nice day.
@@izadorakovacs2786 You're welcome, same for you!
5:3 i don't understand.. how............ offset 128 not change..??
slrspdladjqtdma
If it doesn't change, then this means your wallpaper is seamless. So if you place these wallpaper next to each other in The Sims, it will look as one big wallpaper, you can't see where a new one starts. They will connect to each other.
That's why nothing is changing. ;)
BakieGaming you are amazing thank you!
where do you save the project?
+Someaddict Michelle
Usually in a folder somewhere in my documents folder. I make a separate folder called "Pattern Wallpaper" for example. or do you mean something else?
+BakieGaming no thank you very much ;)
+Someaddict Michelle
You're welcome Michelle! ;)
7:30
8:30
Hello!
In my video description you can read that instead of DDS files, you can now also use png files which works a bit easier.
As I think that's what you wanted to know? And the swatch thumbnail colors can now be done by right-mouse-clicking the color boxes so an eyedropper-tool will appear. You can then click on the color you want in the model viewer.
thank you very much!! almost cried
slrspdladjqtdma
You're welcome! Cried from happiness I hope? ;)
Really helpfull :)
I'm happy to hear that! :)
this needs updating for the most recent s4s bc it doesn't work like this anymore
You're totally right, but if I had to update each tutorial video I made in the past, it would take me a very long time.
Instead you can find some tips in the video description which will guide you through.
If you still have questions about certain parts of the video, please ask. :)
are you dutch? you sound dutch
Goed gehoord! ;)
Are you dutch? you have like an dutch accent just saying❤
Hey LuluC! Yes I'm Dutch! You too I suppose? :)
Alles gelukt met de wallpapers? ;)
You lost me at photoshop
You can also use Gimp, which is free and works almost the same as photoshop. But I can imagine it makes it more difficult. ;)