I donât feel like I take good, good pictures but an anon requested that I did a quick tutorial SO YEAHÂ HERE YOU GO! THIS IS DONE BY PC PLS DONâT EXPECT A MAC VERSION BECAUSE I WILL NEVER PROBABLY TOUCH A MAC IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS
A mouse. (Preferably not a touchpad)Â
Now lets wait 10 minutes for my game to load and I will show you some stuff you will need!
now if you look at the bottom of your little simmy game you will find this~
NOW if you have a mouse with a scrolly buttony thing yOU WONT NEED TO USE THIS SEVENTH CIRCLE OF HELL
but some mouses can only zoom in and out -looks at my mouse- so yeah sucks to be me
anyway you probably all know what this circle does so yeah iâll carry on
LET ME SHOW YOU A BUTTON CALLED TAB
IF YOUâVE NEVER PRESSED TAB IN YOUR GAME YOUâVE NEVER SEEN HEAVEN I FORGOT WHAT THE REAL NAME IS BUT IT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE YOUR MOUSE EVERYWHERE YES BEAUTIFUL ITS CALLED CAMERAMAN MODE i thinkÂ
Without Tab ew generic camera but it looks ..ok
With Tab *I DIDNT MOVE AT ALL* OHLOOK YOU CAN SEE MORE AND IT LOOKS MORE COOL YEAH WOO! GO TAB it kinda zooms you out a bit sometimes so this is why it looks so zoomy outy
Ok yes just use tab from now on. Please.
NOW YOU KNOW ABOUT TAB, LET ME SHOW YOU SHIFT
Ok, this only works in tab mode / cameraman mode and most simmers do not use this, but itâs just cool and good to know.
It rotates you. TO ANOTHER DIMENSION. Use SHIFT + A OR D to do this
Before I used this magic trick
After pressing SHIFT+A slighty WOAH DUDE SO TRIPPY CANTED ANGLE HERE U ARE
WOOOAHHH UPSIDE DOWN DOG!!!1 DEFYING GRAVITY
Well I hope that explains it briefly. People donât really use it very often in taking pictures of their sims/houses but I use it when a plan, boring picture needs a dynamic camera angle.Â
Ok, LIGHTING is a crucial part of a photo. Itâs probably a âdo or dieâ type of thing for your pictures.Â
The basic sims 3 lighting is okay, but you will probably need a lighting mod. Lighting mods are fun. Sunlit tides and aurora skies have their own special AMAZING lighting. I donât really use a lighting mod, infact I donât know what lighting I have D:
TIMES OF THE DAY ON THE SIMS IS REALLY CRUCIAL. MAKE OR BREAK HERE.  for scenery pics ok
From what Iâve posted people dig on my scenery pics:
Like seriously, sunset and sunrise is the best time of day for simmers.
Taking a picture of sims kissing on the beach? Wait till sunset. Much more prettier. And I mean it. Romance = sunset ok itâs just perfect a typical match made in heaven.
BUT ABI I JUST WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF MY SIMS!
ok dude i can cover that too
wanna just show off your sim youâre gonna put up for download?
THEN BOY YOU WILL NEED LOTS OF LIGHT
2. INSERT COLOURED WALLPAPER OR JUST WHITE WALLPAPER
3. LIGHTSâŠ.. LIGHTS EVERYWHERE
mmm lydia in her true pixely glory
without a good light source EW
if youâre gonna make upclose shots like this i would recommend the hq mod IF YOUR COMPUTER CAN HANDLE IT LIKE IF YOUâRE LIKE ME WITH A 5 Y O GRAPHICS CARD YOU CAN JUST CRY AND DIE RIGHT NOW
If you want to ~Experiment~ try different light sources. Because light sources pretty much set the mood in the picture. Dark = sad, evil Light = Happy, pure. The list goes on but itâs basically common sense.Â
mmm yes abi namikaze, how lovely of you to appear as a different light source example. horrible but noticeable example ok good got that. With this picture and pose, you can tell the mood and if your english/media teacher looked at this photo theyâll tell you to write a paragraph about the mood of this picture. but iâm blabbing on.Â
also, P O S E P L A Y E R. Poses are a staple diet in the simming community. Poses⊠yumâŠ. good⊠poses⊠mmmm⊠yes⊠need i say more
CAMERA ANGLESSSSSSSSSSSSS
if you ignore this i might just cry i cba to show these angles in the sims but yes ITS BASICALLY COMMON SENSE OKÂ
COURTESY OF GOOGLE IMAGES IF YOU WANT MORE IMAGES AND MORE INFO ON ANGLES GOOGLE. GOOGLE. GOOOOGLE.
NOW LETS PLAY WHATS THE ANGLE
over the shoulder shot soz didnt really add that in but yeah ok
SO YEAH I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT ELSE TO ADD
EDITTTTIIINNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Photoshop giving you problems? Crying because Picnik closed down?
LIKE SERIOUSLY PHOTOSCAPE. JUST CLICK A FEW BUTTONS AND YOUâRE DONE
SERIOUSLY I JUST USED BLOOM, SHARPEN AND BACKLIGHT AND IT LOOKS HALF DECENT GOOD GOOD GOOD
after crop, bloom, backlight and sharpen
she doesnt look washed out now yay go her go on lydia go get the d
but yeah i probably missed out a tonne of stuff but hereâs a quick checklist
and violĂĄ! a decent picture.
ALSO THE DOâS AND DONâTS OKÂ
DONT MAKE THOSE WALLS INVISIBLE please just dont
and try not to show plumbobs/thoughtbubbles
THERES A CHEAT CODE FOR THAT
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHEAT CODE
beautiful omg it just makes skill bars, thought bubble and plumbobs go poof
and er yeah dats the end of my shit tutorial hoped you like PLEASE REPLY/REBLOG WITH WHAT I MISSED AND I WILL COVER IT I THINK IâVE MISSED OUT A CRUCIAL PART BUT IDK WHAT
anyway anon i hope you like