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THE ULTIMATE SIMPOSE TUTORIAL: PART TWO: TS2 YOUR SIMS!
Welcome to Part Two of The
Ultimate Sim Pose Tutorial, in which you'll be learning how to
make the sims in your Simpose screenshots look as if they're from TS2,
colorful lighting and all. |
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FOUR: TIPS AND TRICKS
MAKING THE MOST OUT OF SIMPOSE
Okay, so what are some handy tips and tricks to know, that will have people
who view your pictures going, "Wow!" ?
TIP ONE: THE DARKER THE AMBIENT COLOR, THE MORE DRAMATIC THE LIGHTING
When you're selecting the color for the AMBIENT SETTING, always
choose the darkest colors. The darker the color, the more lighting and
shading effects you will get later on when you're picking your Lights.The
lighter the color, the more washed out your sims will be.
For example, here is "Lynn", with the ambient color chosen as "Yellow."
As you see, there is no change at all in the color or lighting settings.
This is because yellow is too bright. All it's doing is washing out the
stage with a bright light.
 
Now look what happens when I choose a darker yellow [olive] for the AMBIENT SETTINGS:
 
Now the lighting is more colorful and dramatic.
TIP TWO: THE MORE LIGHTS YOU ADD, THE MORE LIGHTING
Like I said previously, you have three Lights to flood the stage with.
The more lights you add, the more lighting your sims will have. The less
lights you add, the less lighting and the more dramatic the shades and
tones.
  
PICTURE 1: Light1
PICTURE 2: Light 1 + 2
PICTURE 3: Light 1 + 2 + 3
SO: For the most dramatic effects,
only choose Lights 1 and 2. But for more light with subtle shading, choose
all three!
TIP THREE: MAKE MEDIUM AND DARKER-TONED SIMS WEAR LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING
You get the most dramatic effects with very light colored items. As a result,
it's harder to get a dramatically lit sim if he or she is darker skinned.
To overcome this problem, make sure the sim has very light colored clothes
so the clothes will show the effects the best. In the picture below, you
can see this problem. In the first picture, you can't really see the colors
and lighting, because Dana's dark skin is absorbing all of the lights and
she's wearing very dark clothing. However, things change for the better
when I put her in a very light outfit.
 
DID YOU GET THAT ALL?
Great! That marks the end of this tutorial! But don't worry-- in a future
installment of The Ultimate Simpose Tutorial, TS1 Depot will be showing
you how to pose and take great pictures of your sims. Till then, Happy
Simmin! :-)
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