#this is just my preset with no editing btw

[kazroze]

i played this game for so many sim days but still couldn't replicate this exact weather/light conditions 🥲 rip i lost the opportunity to take more screenshots and now they will never be this beautiful again

[mattodore]

birthday boy 🎂

[holocene-sims]

ts4 // sifix allie recolor

i recolored the allie dress by sifix a longgggg time ago for personal use, and i use it all the time in my game, so i decided why not upload it for others to use? 🌻💜

unedited, reshade-free preview pics of the dress can be found here!

details:

original mesh is required!

37 swatches, all patterns 🎨

download:

simfileshare (no ads) - dress

as always, please let me know if you have any issues or if you have any suggestions! otherwise, i hope you enjoy! ✨

[eldrichfuck666]

you're faithless, for you pitched me against your holy father and it seems that I am winning

[locustsend]

michael (they/them) , for @birdietrait's coven of simblrs !

more info under the cut!

got turned a month ago

21, in college for art history

no one except kyra knows they're a vampire

fears themselves at times

powers are underdeveloped, only power is slightly advanced hearing

got turned by their ex (yikes!)

doesn't like drinking from humans

[swiftviolets]

obsessed with the del sol valley lighting

[alltimefail-sims]

Holy shit I'm posting a gameplay post tomorrow

I'm legitimately proud of the editing 🥺💕. It actually looks the way I wanted it to look!!

[kashisun]

Titty Tips!!!

The body preset you choose will have a of impact on how your sims boobs are shaped! I use this body preset (20) and this slider (this is the body preset I used on all sims of my "top 3" post btw!)

2. Alpha skins make cleavage look a lot better than maxis match do in my opinion. This is the skin blend mix i used for Maeva (she has the best boobs out of all my sims) this as a base then i layered this skin and this skin on top! (with the colour slider mod!!!)

3. and 4. We are finally at the stage where i add a cleavage overlay! These are the 2 that i use the most this one (N3) and this one (#5)

5. Okay so this is just to show you that the way my sims's boobs look is also due to gshade mxao! In cas i use the lithium gshade cas version but in game i use an edited version of the almond gshade

6&7 And this was just to show you that you also gotta choose clothing that's gonna make the tits sit up nice you know? this bikini and this bikini was used

That's it really. I realize how silly it is to write up a whole tutorial but i'm just really passionate about boobs <3

[saltydkdan]

hey salty! i've been a fan of the channel for a little while now, and i just wanted to tell you that you've inspired me to get out of my content burnout (even though i've only made streams as of now but it's whatever). your videos are super funny, and it's made me want to get into editing more than ever. i just wanted to ask how you made certain aspects in your videos, like having the little characters pop up and make them super expressive like in the HYAAs and the friendlockes (the new one was super good btw!) or the way you edit stuff in general. i just like how much care and effort is made for these videos and i wanna do something like it. sorry for the long ask btw it's not intentional lmao

Thanks so much omg, and I’m glad your diving deeper into editing!

It’s kind of difficult ro fully dive into with a simple Tumblr ask, and I’ve been meaning to do some short form editing tutorials on the side channel, but I’ll try my best to make a brief overview so you can look up the proper terms on your own for now!

There’s 3 different ways I can make stuff move and shake.

The simplest are Plug-Ins. I use Adobe Premiere for editing, and you can use free templates and plug ins and drag them onto images/footage on your timeline to do pre-made edits.

For shaking, I use these plug-ins that were made for the original Deadpool movie! Really cool that these are available for free online, super cool and accessible for anyone! And while they are made for premiere, I’m pretty sure there are other software that can also use it!

https://premierepro.net/deadpool-handheld-camera-presets/

Then there’s Keyframing. This is a bit more complex and nuanced, but most editing softwares have the feature. It’s basically the manual moving of assets. The best thing about certain software, is for keyframing, all you have to do is set the points you want the image to move and the application does the rest for you and fills in the movement.

Like, if I place one keyframe on a picture where it’s on the left of the screen, and one keyframe where it’s on the right side of the screen, the software will make the picture move from left to right!

Finally, After Effects!

Compared to normal editing software, After Effects has a heavy focus on shorter visual edits instead of entire videos, but using it in combination with normal editing software can lead to some more complex edits! However in turn, After Effects can feel much harder to learn.

In After Effects, you can program/set a “Wiggle” effect on clips to get the sort of movement I have during “Have You Heard About” videos where the avatars wiggle around! I’ve made my own reusable transparent clips of each Avatar wiggling for ease of access and editing each episode.

Hope that this short break down points you in the right direction! Again, I’d love to talk more in specific about this stuff in some unscripted side channel videos, so I’d anyone has any questions on how to do stuff, let me know! I’m not a “massive brained” editor or anything, but I can def showcase how to do some stuff in the future!

Have a good one!!

[seyvia]

do you have any recommended gshade presets?

Almost all Reshade presets work with Gshade too! a little tip, with gshade you don't really need to worry about downloading anyone's recommended shaders, Gshade already has everything one needs in it. also if your game doesn't look like the reference photo's it's likely they edited them so don't let yourself get too frustrated. Any who, here are a couple of suggestions:

I would love it if y’all shared your suggestions in the comments, too! Ty💖

Ghibli waters and Comic-book are similar to my personal presets💖

here are some world overrides I also rec for more aesthetic: fluffy clouds / @apricotrush 's food & appliances are just lovely💕

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this is a little tutorial on a graphics overhaul, you don't need to do this!!! but I wanted to share this info incase some preset shaders don't show up quite right in somebody's game and/or someone wanted better graphics. big thanks to hazelminesims btw!

this page & link is in her recourses:

[levinbolts]

hi! im the anon that asked about mods? i was wondering for basic gameplay mods but mostly character mods that you recommend? i want to make my characters are true to themselves as i can in my head!

so my essentials for gameplay/utilities* are definitely:

improved ui (i also use the addon to hide the little buttons at the bottom during dialogue if i can’t use them)

increased carry weight (i use x10 so i still have a boost but it still means i’ll have to actually organize things at some point)

script extender

tutorial chest summoning

*i don't have mod fixer because i use the version of the basket of equipment mod that has it included, and it's updated regularly, unlike the original.

for character design and creation, i have:

toarie’s face presets (essential for me; almost every character i make uses one of these presets, with caelum and iaira being the exceptions)

tav’s hair salon + icon patch (also essential; ALL of my characters use hairs from this one)

neon's assorted hairs

boring dyes + boring pastel dyes + boring npc dyes (once again, all of my characters use dyes from one of these)

basket full of equipment (i use the nsfw version but i’m linking the sfw version just to be safe)

extra gear + vendor addon

black nails (another essential for me bc of my love for masc characters with polished nails; there is one for fem frame tavs as well)

less defined abs/no abs/smooth & more thin male body (choose only one of these; if you use the black nails, don't choose no abs, as they overwrite the same file!)

all of astralites' hair and skin color expansions

glow eyes (i only have this active for caelum's save and disable it before i open any other save; it gives glow eyes to all non-human eyes and i recommend only having it active for characters you want to have glowing eyes to prevent issues with your save opening after the recent patch)

all of kailime's eyes (work great with glow eyes btw)

trip's + jerinski's piercing edits

[hedonicghosts]

Hi! Can I asked what program was used to make the system relationship chart? It was from around December

hi! that was made with draw.io! they have a browser version and an app version, both of which are free! this is our most recent version of it, btw...

it's kind of a steep learning curve if you're not used to mindmapping stuff already. i'm going to go a lil into how we made some of our assets just in case that's specifically what you're looking for!

to make the person badges like we have,we took some preset assets and grouped them together! (and you can then save it to the scratch pad to make using it again easier)

So, if I wanted to, for instance, add myself to the chart...

you have to right click the image a few times until you get the edit image prompt (because at first it'll grab the whole group, then the circle, THEN the image, but it's just funky sometimes lol). insert said image. change the name by double (left) clicking a few times (and resizing it because my name is long rip)

and then the hard part is finding out 1) why you're here (the reason behind life the universe and everything yknow how it is) and 2) where you can squeeze yourself in on the graph. for simplicity's sake, i'm just going to say that i split from balthazar.

when you hover over an element, it'll show that it has these little x's or arrows where you can click and drag...

to connect people! to get your lines fancy or whatever, you gotta mess with 'em in the format tab

you can then add your element to the line itself (and remove the arrow head so it doesn't look weird...)

and there you have it! the world's most difficult yet satisfying system chart ever :'D

[limeysims]

Hellooo!! So sorry to bother, but I'd love to know what reshade preset you use/what kind of editing your do to your screenshots :O They look so cute!!

Oh wow, this is so unexpected and nice, thank you! I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm surprised that it has a cohesive look to it at all.

I use GIMP and at first my plan was to edit different saves with different colors emphasized, so I was just changing the color balance and temperature settings to where I thought it looked ok

But since I got upgraded to a better computer I have installed Reshade, so my newer posts are mostly unedited and just using presets. Some of my favorites are

⤜♡→ Retro Reshade by @vevisims ⤜♡→ Wintermelon Milk Tea by @malixacc ⤜♡→ Buttercream by @mintvalentine (I literally downloaded it a few weeks ago and suddenly can't find a link for it -.-)

I also have one called "Playdough" I've been using in CAS (that I thought was from Mint Valentine) and it fell off the face of the internet this morning as well lol

But I'm still experimenting so much and trying to improve and I'm flattered you asked <3 Thanks again! Your blog is amazing btw ^^

[peanutty]

Hi!

I just came across your Tumblr and I really like your screenshot style and Reshade. Do you mind sharing any information about the reshade you use an any tips you have? 

fangirling so hard right now!! I cannot believe you’re asking ME about my reshade. you inspire me so much 🥹🫶🏼

I use a slighted edited version of the money and milk reshade preset (I use gshade btw) and I do very little editing:

1. Sharpen: topaz clean (@deathbypufferfish settings) —> smart sharpen —> unsharp mask

2. Smooth: I use the “smooth” action from this set

3. Noise (just a little bit)

I use photoshop btw and I’ve made all these into an action so it’s easier & faster to edit a bunch of screenies. Let me know if you want specific settings for any of these. I’ve been away from my laptop all week which is why I haven’t included it this post.

[panicsimss]

What reshade preset do you use? if you do not mind me asking :) It makes your game look absolutely gorgeous <3

Hi! If you're talking about what I use for sims 3, then I use the preset called "wildberries&cream new" from this collection here! I did adjust my settings though, like adding MXAO and adding a LUT shader (as well as adjusting brightness and contrast while editing screenshots), so just keep that in mind if it doesn't look the same in your game. :)

btw, if you're not talking about sims 3, please let me know and provide one of my screenshots as an example so I can help you! thanks so much!

[diwns]

hi I hope you have great holidays (if you celebrate!) I love how your screenshots look, could you describe your editing progress in any chance? <3

definitely! my editing progress usually depends on the general feel of each photoset/screenshot so this is just a composed list of steps i generally take whenever i edit them.

the screenshot is taken with gshade (personal preset) and edited with ☠ photoshop CC 2019!

today we're working with this screenshot:

yes i took it with the border shader in gshade. less things for me to do in photoshop and i can angle the frame how i see fit!

since i've planned to crop this into a square (based on how the border is set) so we'd do that. after cropping i'd run an action (that i called "base") composed of:

in which the ☠ topaz clean and smart sharpen settings are taken from avonlea's actions. the camera raw filter is just there to add +5 clarity points. ☠ topaz denoise setting varies because unlike topaz clean, denoise pop up window will show up and let you edit it right at the moment. here's a before and after:

here i'd use the liquify tool to smooth out the rough edges, or export it as .psd to procreate if i wanted some extensive edit and draw on, etc.. then import it back again in pts for the next step.

next i basically throw the screenshot into ☠ color efex & analog efex pro where i play around with the filters and spam the compare button until i'm satisfied.

the settings get changed every time so it'd be kind of useless for me to share them but these are the ones i mess with the most:

then i'll use the camera raw filter again to hot-fix the screenshot (mostly saturation, hue, highlight, white points, clarity and texture), resizing the image to 1280px wide*, run an action (that i called "noise") and we'll end up with something like this:

fyi: sharpen the screenshot after adding noise is a personal choice btw. sometimes i'd double sharpen the screenshot if i want it to be more sharp - run the unsharp mask option before the noise action itself.

*if the current width is lesser than 1280px i'd downsize it to 540px since upsizing a lower resolution image will make the details blurrier (there's rarely a case where my original screenshot after cropped is lesser 540px wide).

*if i use swre to hotsample my screenshots i'd resize the photo to 2160px wide instead. most of the 2160px width cases are fullbody shots in cas.

last step is to save/export the edited screenshot as PNG. the grand reveal:

unfortunately the site for these ☠ programs was not in english, i downloaded them a long time ago i forgot which site i got them from so i couldn't send/link them here :(

— anyway i hope this editing process helps with what you're looking for!! (someway somehow)