Sunday, January 30, 2011

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Simply create seamless pattern with Repper

Today I found a nice utility to create the fast and easy seamless sample of a given picture . Let
Repper acts on the picture used as a kaleidoscope. To illustrate the principle, I have shown below a few samples that I generated with Repper from my avatar image.




There is a free online version of Repper with which you can try out most of the features of the program. The paid full version also offers several other options for parts and high image quality of the finished pattern.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

A Letter Asking Family And Friends For Wedding

The Sims 3 design garden accessories

Next Thursday will the new Stuff Pack for The Sims 3: design garden accessories .

The German title is perhaps somewhat misleading. The pack contains at least no new plants, but also new furniture. I think because the original title Outdoor Living more appropriate in any case.

What I have seen so far on furniture and clothes, seems a very good and I'm actually trying to buy me this accessory pack.



features

According to the product description on the official The Sims 3 page it contains the following features:
  • two sets of garden furniture: "Garden Terrace" and "Sunset on the Veranda"
  • Extras:
    • chimneys and fireplaces
    • Kitchen with built-in grill
    • several whirlpools
  • new clothes
The complete product description, it are here for future reference.


Screenshots

are now already been some screenshots to design garden accessories made public, as well as the next two images:



Many images to design garden accessories there are on the following pages:

Thursday, January 27, 2011

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own patterns for Sims 3 (Part 4)

This article is part of a tutorial series that deals with the creation of designs employed for The Sims 3 .

Part 1 A four color patterns create purpose of this article is to create a four-color pattern that can then be imported in a further step into the game.
Step 1 - The submission



For this tutorial I have created themselves a template with Gimp. It is a four color image strips. As a special there with me the green in two color shades. You have to tinker now, first, a simple test in Gimp. Pay attention that you are using only four colors. But you can also install a color or color gradations. All elements of a color should be at the end are in a separate layer. Also, each gradation is in its own layer. Moreover, the image must be 256x256 pixels in size and seamless. If you prefer to use my test model, you'll find it at the materials that you can download it with the PDF version of this tutorial.

The result should look something like this:





Step 2 - grayscale images

The next step is to create our original four-color presentation of four stencils. I did so, first filled the strip of white color 1 and then closed with a black-level one. The same I have with the Streaks of color 3 and 4 color made. For Color 2, I scheduled two color gradations. There, I fill the strip for the lighter color also with white and the darker the shade with a shade of gray (R 178 G 178 B 178). Both strips I unite again with a black level. The four new levels look like this and produce the template for color 1-4:




Step 3 - Inserting images in grayscale channels


Now that we have templates for the pattern , we can edit the channels. Create a new image in the size 256 x 256 pixels. Then select the menu item Colors> Components> Cutting ... . Position as

RGB color mode

a dialer and
to layers apart
.
Now choose the level of red. Now change to gray-scale image with the templates and copy the template for color 1 Then back to the screen with the split channels. These select Paste
. The template will now appear as a floating selection in the Layers window. Click now to anchor in this window
floating selection. The template is now placed in the plane red.
choose for color 2 First you copy the layer of green, then you back the appropriate template and paste it firmly back on a floating selection . The same you repeat again for color 3 There, you must first select the level of blue. for 4 color copying the appropriate template, you first add them again into the picture. This time select the floating selection in the Layers window, select create a new layer . The new level, you can right-click on the layer in the Layers panel and selecting layer properties ...
in
Alpha
rename. Then you move it over the green arrows in the layer window all the way down Alpha level so that level is below blue. The result should look like this in the Layers window:



Select the menu item color> Component> Assemble ... point and then as a color mode

RGBA .



The result should look like this:


step 4 -. File as a DDS file save
now
Select the menu item File> Save As ...
and there the image file format
DDS . In the Save as window DDS take the following settings: Compression on none
,
format on RGBA8 and set a
Harken
at
Generate mipmaps .

from this DDS file can now be created with the Sims 3 workshop of a TSR Sims3Packs file. How will this work in the last part of the tutorial series described.

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create my own patterns for Sims 3 ( Part 3) create my own patterns for

This article is part of a Tutorial series, which deals with creating designs for The Sims 3 . Part 1 For this tutorial I have chosen as a starting point, a damask texture of The Inspiraton Gallery
. Then I have changed so that they are 256 x 256 pixels in size and seamless. If you want to keep track of the tutorial with this texture, you can find them in the materials that you can download it with the PDF version of the tutorial.




Step 2 - grayscale images Open the texture created with Gimp and select the menu item Colors> Threshold. agency as limits 0 and
98 one.




This setting black and white the lighter the darker area








Step 3 -. Grayscale images to insert into channels

Now that we have a template for the pattern, we can edit the channels. Create a new image in the size 256 x 256 pixels. Then select the menu item
Colors> Components> Cutting ... . Job as a color mode
RGB
a dialer and


wealth as the next level blue with black. Now select the green level. Now change to gray-scale image and copy it. Then back to the screen with the split channels. These select Paste
. The grayscale image will appear as a floating selection in the Layers window. Click now to anchor in this window floating selection. The grayscale image is then inserted in the level green. The red plane is completely white because it represents the background. The result should look like this in the Layers window:


RGB
.

The result should look like.




Step 4 - File save as a DDS file now Select the menu item File> Save as .. . and there the image file format DDS . In the Save as window
DDS
take the following settings: Compression
on none ,
format
on RGBA8 and set a Harken at
Generate mipmaps
.
from this DDS file can now be created with the Sims 3 workshop of a TSR Sims3Packs file. How will this work in the last part of the tutorial series described.

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Sims 3 (Part 5)

This article is part of a tutorial series that deals with creating designs for The Sims 3

.
Part 1 is the tutorial

A PDF version of the tutorial and the tutorial materials mentioned it here

. use Pattern Plugin TSR workshops

it a finished RGB mask image in DDS, PNG or BMP format is required. PNG and BMP images, however, are more than three colors. How do you create a DDS file, as described in the chapters on sampling.

overview of the surface Step 1 - RGB mask import Open the Sims 3 Workshop and then open the Pattern tool on the Tools menu > Pattern Tool . Now import by clicking on the folder icon at your RGB mask.



Step 2 - The pattern described Title
a title for your pattern and
Description a description for your pattern. Besides, you can create a category (Category) and a Surface
choose. If you like the English names cause problems, check out the following translation of the categories and surface types.






step 3 - color of the pattern set has


So many colors as your pattern, so many channels you have here now enabled by Harken. (You must of course also in your graphics program the appropriate number of channels used.) Clicking on the color square you can adjust each color. Alternatively, you can copy the hexadecimal value of a desired color in your graphics program and paste the bottom right of the field provided.



The preview fits your color choice To:

If you
selecting Show as tiled
, you get a preview of your tiled pattern:





Step 4 - Export Ready pattern


If you are satisfied with the color settings, you can export your model on the Export button . It is now stored as Sims3Packs file.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Television Program Proposal Template

create my own patterns for Sims 3 (Part 2) create my own patterns for

This article is part of a tutorial series that deals with creating designs for The Sims 3
. Part 1 Part 5 is

PDF version of the tutorial A PDF version of the tutorial and the tutorial materials mentioned it here
want, you can find them in the materials that you can download it with the PDF version of this tutorial. If you want to instead use a custom texture, it should be for the best result 256x256 pixels and seamless.
I created this texture the way, using the free program
Wood Workshop.

Step 2 - grayscale image to create


If not already done so, now open Gimp and add the wood texture as a new image. Then select the menu item Colors> Hue / Saturation ... and set the saturation to -100
.


The texture should now look like this: now have the brightness and contrast can be increased next. Select the menu item
Colors> Brightness / Contrast ...
out. I have adjusted for brightness and contrast 60 70.



then the texture should now look like this: Step 3 - Texture Fill with pure red

place as the foreground color is pure red (R 255 G 0 B 0). Now take the tool box the following settings for fill before: mode on multiplication ,
Fill Type
on
foreground color and Affected Area

to fill whole selection .


Then click with the Bucket on the texture. It should now look as follows:.





Step 4 - File save as a DDS file
now Select the menu item File> Save As ... and there the image file format
DDS
. In the Save as window DDS take the following settings: Compression on none
,
format on
RGBA8
and set a
Harken
at Generate mipmaps .

from this DDS file can now be created with the Sims 3 workshop of a TSR Sims3Packs file. How will this work in the last part of the tutorial series
described.

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Sims 3 (Part 1)

This article is part of a tutorial series that deals with creating designs for The Sims 3 .
Part 1 Part 5

Required Software
Gimp version 2.6

DDS plugin for Gimp
TSR Workshop


Prerequisites

✔ Installing the required software ✔ are basic knowledge of Gimp or another pixel graphics program
PDF version of the tutorial A PDF version of the tutorial and the tutorial materials mentioned it here . basics patterns

In The Sims 3 pattern can have one to four colors, the user can choose at will. For this to be necessary to define which areas should include a pattern to which color. This is done by using gray-scale images, which serve as templates. Each color has its own template, which determines how much of this color at each pixel of the image. White represents the maximum proportion of black and gray tones no part represent values in between dar.
These four templates are arranged one above the other. An overlying face mask always an underlying template. If the top template would be completely white, it would be the underlying patterns to see anything.


In the figure it is a completely white template for the background and three templates, each defining a portion of the flowers. To remember this template information, the four channels of an RGB image can be used. Red, green, blue and alpha. (For channels in general see here
) The red channel in this case constitutes the bottom of the mask and alpha channel the top.

create my own patterns The following parts are presented in three different ways to create their own patterns. Here, the pixel graphics program Gimp is used. Instead, of course you can also use another graphics program that had the same opportunities. In the fifth and final part to the use of the pattern of the TSR Plugins workshop is explaining plans.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

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Useful keyboard shortcuts in building and setting up channels

objects one considers when placing or rotating an object, press Alt pressed, it can be mounted anywhere from the grid and rotate to any angle. tiles

floor tiles can use the keys ", " and ".
" turn. The key combination Ctrl + F

Friday, January 21, 2011

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An image can be decomposed into the four channels red, green, blue and alpha. Each channel contains the information, how much of each color in each image pixel or the Alpha channel is the size of the transparency.

following image contains a green circle and a gradient from red to blue. Moreover, it is completely opaque. Green is in this picture only in the green circle there. The gradient contains its endpoints pure red and blue, but mixing between the two tones of colors. order to present information that the individual channels contain gray-scale images are used. White is there for the maximum share of a fully opaque color or black and that color is not available or the image at this point is completely transparent. Shades of gray represent values Dacian dar.


to have to make is to be completely transparent green circle, you have to modify the alpha channel so that there is at this point, a black circle.


seen with modified alpha channel the image then follows.



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pixel graphics and vector graphics

A
Pixel Graphics
(or bitmap) is made up of individual pixels, the pixels, built up. Saving the image for each of the pixels of the color value is stored. Reduced to a pixel image, then it automatically reduces the number of pixels of an image and loses the information you can not zoom during a subsequent restore.

Known pixel graphics programs:


Adobe Photoshop

Gimp

Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Paint.NET




A vector graphics is made of geometric shapes such as lines, circles, Rectangles and polygons constructed. When saving these are stored with as little information. For a line is only about their start and end point or a circle for the position of the center and its radius. A vector graphic can be as often reduced and enlarged without loss.
Known vector graphics programs:

Corel DRAW


Adobe Illustrator Inkscape


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The RGB color model

is when the color model, each color in different proportions of the three colors red, green and blue. If the proportion of all colors to zero, you get black. If the proportion of all colors produces up to white. Are red, green and blue in equal proportions but the maximum available, you get a shade of gray.


Each RGB image has displayed a depth of color that indicates how many bits to store a pixel is available. The greater the bit depth, the more colors can be displayed. A standard RGB image has a color depth of 24 bits. This allows the red, green and blue components of an image are expressed with 8 bits. Conclusions to be drawn for each share of 256 possible values (0-255).

are often the RGB color values in hexadecimal in the following format #

specified. For red is so # FF0000.


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Miosotis White Sweater

Susan and Felix

I was asked at the premiere of the new piece of theater Unit to photograph the University of Lüneburg. Of course I have taken up this challenge gladly.


whom the piece is no longer present: it is about The billionaire Klara Zachanassian (The "old lady"). These visits the impoverished town of manure in which they grew up and makes the residents an indecent proposal: a billion for the death of her childhood sweetheart Ill. As she expected in her youth, a child by him, denied that the paternity and won with the help of bribed witnesses Klara against him by the strenuous process. She left the city at that time as dishonored. The demand from residents opposed to the initially outraged, but somehow they start spending money to grant loans to merchants, as if everyone could expect a major capital appreciation. In the end I'll die in the turmoil of the village community, the murder is an act of collective The check will be issued over a billion.


was for me the challenge is, despite the light conditions the movement and the emotions shown. I mainly use my bright prime lens and set my camera to shutter priority to 1/100s. The ISO and aperture value I calculate the exposure meter of the camera and can thus ensure that caused only minimal motion blur.
The acting by the students was impressive and has me and the entire audience cast its spell.
A small selection of images are see below, there are the rest HERE.