Sims 3: Customizing the Painting Mod

Customizing my painting mod to get your Sims painting images you want to see is easy. For reals. I will show you.

Things you will need:

1. The painting mod, obviously.

2. The gallery of images (422MB), so you know what you're replacing.

3. A graphics editing program, such as Gimp or Photoshop. Maybe Paint Shop Pro, I dunno. I use Photoshop, myself.

4. The file format the images are in is called DDS (as opposed to JPG or GIF, which is what most people are used to), so you will need plug-ins so that your computer and graphics program know how to use it. Get the DDS Utilities. Here are the plug-ins for Gimp and Photoshop.

5. The Sims 3 Package Editor, s3pe.

Step 1: Pick it

Open the gallery. Look through it. See Twilight fanart. Feel betrayed. Maybe vomit a little. Decide to do something about it.

Step 2: Export it

Open s3pe. In s3pe, open the mod. Find the instance number for the image you want to replace.

You will need to export the image to a DDS file. Go to Resource > Export > To file...

Step 3: Edit it

Pin-up Peach by pluckylump

Open the DDS file that you exported in your chosen graphics program. Replace Mr. Cullen with something you like better.

Save the file, again, as a DDS, with the same filename as the original. Be sure, when saving, the drop-down box says:

DXTS     ARGB    8 bpp | inerpolated alpha

Step 4: Import it

In s3pe, go to Resource > Import > From file... and, duh, import your new pic. As long as it has the same filename, it'll automatically replace the old one. Save the mod. And you're done.

Alternatively

If you see an image you don't like, or a bunch of them, or simply want to reduce the filesize of the mod, just delete the file in s3pe. Highlight the file like, like in step 2, and press the Delete button on your keyboard. Save the file and, bam, it's gone. Your Sim will go back to painting the [ugly] original painting.

Note

You can also export/import multiple files at once. Feel free to export all 1,580 images, edit them all, and re-import them. Go on. I dare you.

Sharing Policy
And also feel free to share your edits of this mod. Just please give me credit for the work I did. And the work you did. Just because.