Personal Pictures

deepdown

How do I put one of my own pictures as a pattern in my game?
I looked at many sites that didn't give me the answer that I wanted.
Please help me with the dilemma.
Please and Thank You.

poeticnebula

This explanation assumes (I know, I know) that you have CAP:

You can, and I have, add your pictures. They have to be small enough to add to CAP. Make sure it's a jpg or PNG file. Then you just add it like all other pictures. I hope this helps! If not, I'll try to be of more help!

If you don't have CAP, you will need it to make a pattern. If you don't wish to make your own pattern, you can email me (my email is in my bio in my profile) and I'll help you.

Good Luck!

ETA I'm sorry it took so long to reply! I was caught up in a contest and not paying enough attention to the boards! :oops:

deepdown

poeticnebula wrote:

This explanation assumes (I know, I know) that you have CAP:

You can, and I have, add your pictures. They have to be small enough to add to CAP. Make sure it's a jpg or PNG file. Then you just add it like all other pictures. I hope this helps! If not, I'll try to be of more help!

If you don't have CAP, you will need it to make a pattern. If you don't wish to make your own pattern, you can email me (my email is in my bio in my profile) and I'll help you.

Good Luck!

ETA I'm sorry it took so long to reply! I was caught up in a contest and not paying enough attention to the boards! :oops:

Ok, thank You very much, yet sadly I'm still baffled. How do you get your picture to be a pattern?

MGSFan612

First you need a picture/image that is 256 by 256 pixels or smaller.(you can use paint to re-size a picture.) Then you use this button I have circled in red in the picture below and browse to the location you save the picture and it should be in one of those little rectangles to the right of the button you use to load the picture in.

k2m1too

Just to complete the process (since maybe deepdown doesn't know how to use CAP):

Once you load the picture in as MGSFan612 stated, your picture is now a "Stamp". It will appear as a tiny thumbnail in the stamps area as show in this picture. (I just used my avatar picture for simplicity.



Click on the stamp, and drag it onto the canvas just above the stamps. You will then have to position it and resize it to your liking.

NOTE: The canvas is 256x256. To center a picture on it, you will want to set the X and Y at 128 (both values). In the below picture I resized it to fill the canvas and centered. (My picture happened to be square). For use on furniture, I find it is best to offset the pictures rather than center them. I do 112 x 112. But play with it, that is what the preview is for.



It is important to note that CAP is not a photo editing program. Whatever your picture was when you imported it, is how it will be (other than size/position). Also, it will not be transparent. Otherstamps will obsure it and it will obscure other stamps. It will not be seamless, unless the picture was seamless to start with.



Once you get it to your liking. Save your pattern (the ellipsis button [...] gets you to the menu).

To export it and get it into your game / upload it to the exchange, you should read the very nice tutorial that has already been posted:

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/236007.page

lmkrivcher

I just resize the photo in paint, a similar program, then do the hotkey <ctrl>+i (at the same time)in the CAP app and locate the folder where the pic is. Do make sure it is in the correct format and short file name.
easy peasy lemon squeezy
Happy Simming

Hunterkiller1989

Hey guys, I have a similar question.

I don't want to make my own pattern, but I rather find a way I can hang up personal pics (not taken in Sims 3) on the wall. For example, I want a picture I got from a website to be hung up on my Sim's wall.

Is there any way to do this?? With painting or otherwise? For Sims 3, PC.