Cocoa and Melanin

a sims 4 tutorial! | poses, cinematics & screenshots | (beginner guide + creator tips)

in this video I’m showing you how I create my Sims 4 scenes using poses and sharing a behind-the-scenes look at my content creation process. I’ll walk through how to install and use pose packs, how I stage storytelling moments, and why I keep separate save files for cinematics and photos. if you're new to poses or thinking about creating Sims content, this video will help you get started!

WATCH THE TUTORIAL HERE!

essential tools/mods mentioned:

SRWE (Simple Window Runtime Editor)

SRWE tutorial by Amoebae

Teleport Interactions

Pose Alignment Mod

Wicked Whims (18+)

Wonderful Whims

gshade | reshade

Relight (optional)

UI Cheats

animation creators:

rascgal

sovasims

tinisims

simcityivan

stevenstudios *

vellesa

pose creators:

ashlegacies

starrysimsie

ninawhims

Mel Bennet

simmireen

roselipa

extra helpful videos:

how to use the cinematic camera by @largetaytertots

how to use gshade & relight by @neuworldyt

how to take high quality screenshots by chii

Let's make a pretend currency like "Meela" to use for an example. Let's say $7.50 buys 10 Meela, and say you want something that costs 8 Meela. How much actual money does that thing you want cost? You might think you have to do fractions to figure this out and the math is too frustrating but the answer is simple. It costs $7.50.

So in this example you have 2 Meela left, but everything costs 4 Meela or more. To keep from feeling like those 2 Meela are going to waste you pay another $7.50 to buy 10 more Meela just so you can spend the 2 Meela you purchased previously. Now instead of spending $7.50 for the thing you wanted originally you've spent $15, twice that.

This is intentional and there's a reason why this tactic is used more often with games that target kids/a young audience (like the sims 4) or mobile games that encourage impulsiveness.