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DEFAULT REPLACEMENTS for the easel paintings.
DEFAULT REPLACEMENTS for the easel paintings.
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Uploaded: 8th Aug 2005 at 12:56 AM
Updated: 8th Aug 2005 at 12:59 AM
Updated: 8th Aug 2005 at 12:59 AM
Are you tired of seeing that horrible bright pink painting? How about that dreadful clown painting? Or even the tulip?
Personally, I couldn't stand them. So, I have extracted the files, and now each of us can REPLACE those ugly paintings with something we like better. All you need is SimPE and a paint program.
You do not have to replace all the paintings. If you hate only one but like all the others, you can just replace that one.
Q. But we can already paint out own pictures in the game.
A. True, you can select "Paint Still Life" and have the sim paint whatever you want. However, to do this you must alt-tab out of the game, create a picture, and then go back into the game. Also, only sims with 5+ points of Creativity can do it. And it doesn't help with autonomous painting. My files get rid of the ugly paintings.
Q. Your replacement paintings are UGLIER than the ones in the game!
A. Yes, probably. Even I won't be using these in my game. I plan to use some art by my favorite artists.
I had to be sure that any picture I used in this set was free/public domain, so that I wouldn't get into legal problems over copyrighted works.
The idea here is that YOU will create YOUR OWN set of paintings that YOU like. Everyone has different tastes, so it would be silly or me to spend a lot of time locating/creating the artwork.
How do I create my own paintings?
1. Choose the painting you want to replace in the game. Use the pictures in this post as a guide.
2. Open the file in SimPE. http://sims.ambertation.de/
3. Click the Plugin tab in the middle of the screen. If you have the latest version of SimPE, you don't have to do this, because you are automatically in the correct view.
4. From the list at the top-right, select the line called "Texture Image." A picture will show up.
5. Right-click on the picture and choose "Export."
6. Save the picture where you will find it easily. Do NOT change the filename.
7. Open your favorite paint program. Don't open the picture you extracted; you don't need it.
8. You must create a picture that is the correct proportion for the painting in the game. The proportion is 256x442 pixels. That's 256 width, 442 height. Your picture can be bigger than that as long as the proportion is exactly the same. It should not be smaller or else your painting will be fuzzy after you resize it in step 9.
9. Next, resize the picture so that it becomes a perfect square, 256x256 pixels. Yes, it will become distorted, but that's okay! It will be perfect in the game.
10. Save your new picture with the same filename as the one you extracted in SimPE. It must be saved as PNG (.png) file.
11. Go back into SimPE.
12. Right-click the picture again and choose "Import." Find your new picture and double-click on it. You will see that your new picture replaces the one that was in the file before.
13. Click the button on the lower-right side that says "Commit."
14. From the top menu choose File and Save your file without changing the filename.
15. Put the file into your Downloads folder.
IMPORTANT!
For obvious reasons, you can only have ONE replacement painting for each of the 12 paintings in the game. So be sure you don't accidentally create two files for the same painting.
I'm attaching three images. Take a look at the two that show 12 different paintings. One of them shows the default paintings that are in the game.
From left to right they are called: lovelyelf, clownromance, desertsunset, house, llama, moon, sappyvalley, tiger, tulip, wannabepicasso, redwoods, orangeandapple.
You will notice that my replacement files have those names in the filename (e.g. REPLACE_painting_tiger.package)
The other image shows the paintings that I used to replace the default ones. They are shown in the exact same order as the default ones. So the first one (paint splatter) is lovelyelf, the second one (hearts) is clownromance, and so on.
PERMISSIONS
You have my permission to do whatever you like with this set. I welcome anyone to use my files to create a matched set of paintings (such as a flower theme) and make it available for download. Just be sure to explain that the files replace the defaults, so that people don't accidentally download more than one set.
Personally, I couldn't stand them. So, I have extracted the files, and now each of us can REPLACE those ugly paintings with something we like better. All you need is SimPE and a paint program.
You do not have to replace all the paintings. If you hate only one but like all the others, you can just replace that one.
Q. But we can already paint out own pictures in the game.
A. True, you can select "Paint Still Life" and have the sim paint whatever you want. However, to do this you must alt-tab out of the game, create a picture, and then go back into the game. Also, only sims with 5+ points of Creativity can do it. And it doesn't help with autonomous painting. My files get rid of the ugly paintings.
Q. Your replacement paintings are UGLIER than the ones in the game!
A. Yes, probably. Even I won't be using these in my game. I plan to use some art by my favorite artists.
I had to be sure that any picture I used in this set was free/public domain, so that I wouldn't get into legal problems over copyrighted works.
The idea here is that YOU will create YOUR OWN set of paintings that YOU like. Everyone has different tastes, so it would be silly or me to spend a lot of time locating/creating the artwork.
How do I create my own paintings?
1. Choose the painting you want to replace in the game. Use the pictures in this post as a guide.
2. Open the file in SimPE. http://sims.ambertation.de/
3. Click the Plugin tab in the middle of the screen. If you have the latest version of SimPE, you don't have to do this, because you are automatically in the correct view.
4. From the list at the top-right, select the line called "Texture Image." A picture will show up.
5. Right-click on the picture and choose "Export."
6. Save the picture where you will find it easily. Do NOT change the filename.
7. Open your favorite paint program. Don't open the picture you extracted; you don't need it.
8. You must create a picture that is the correct proportion for the painting in the game. The proportion is 256x442 pixels. That's 256 width, 442 height. Your picture can be bigger than that as long as the proportion is exactly the same. It should not be smaller or else your painting will be fuzzy after you resize it in step 9.
9. Next, resize the picture so that it becomes a perfect square, 256x256 pixels. Yes, it will become distorted, but that's okay! It will be perfect in the game.
10. Save your new picture with the same filename as the one you extracted in SimPE. It must be saved as PNG (.png) file.
11. Go back into SimPE.
12. Right-click the picture again and choose "Import." Find your new picture and double-click on it. You will see that your new picture replaces the one that was in the file before.
13. Click the button on the lower-right side that says "Commit."
14. From the top menu choose File and Save your file without changing the filename.
15. Put the file into your Downloads folder.
IMPORTANT!
For obvious reasons, you can only have ONE replacement painting for each of the 12 paintings in the game. So be sure you don't accidentally create two files for the same painting.
I'm attaching three images. Take a look at the two that show 12 different paintings. One of them shows the default paintings that are in the game.
From left to right they are called: lovelyelf, clownromance, desertsunset, house, llama, moon, sappyvalley, tiger, tulip, wannabepicasso, redwoods, orangeandapple.
You will notice that my replacement files have those names in the filename (e.g. REPLACE_painting_tiger.package)
The other image shows the paintings that I used to replace the default ones. They are shown in the exact same order as the default ones. So the first one (paint splatter) is lovelyelf, the second one (hearts) is clownromance, and so on.
PERMISSIONS
You have my permission to do whatever you like with this set. I welcome anyone to use my files to create a matched set of paintings (such as a flower theme) and make it available for download. Just be sure to explain that the files replace the defaults, so that people don't accidentally download more than one set.