Sims Editing: Skin Smoothing, Hair Drawing, etc.

Nice to see you back! :smiley:
I sometimes alternate between using a regular brush and a filter, depends on what I am doing usually and my mood. The filter I use is a plugin called Topaz Clean, though depending on the situation some lines can appear around the edges, usually after cutting. A quick swipe with the smudge tool gets rid of them, though majority of the time they aren't very noticeable. I

For the brush, I never bothered to look for anything new or different, I just use a regular soft brush and use low-ish smudge settings to even skin tones and remove blemishes. I would imagine that any brush used for painting skin would be ideal though.

I prefer the filter though with my current settings because it softens the image, blends/removes most blemishes, and softly sharpens at the same time. Not to mention it is quicker than using a regular brush. If there are large blemishes/issues though, I go in with the soft smudge brush to finish clearing them up.

Here is an image I did recently using the filter. Ignoring the extra editing I did on the other body parts/image, including extra sharpening, the filter cleaned her skin right up (and the clothes too). The areas with my sims (not sure about anyone else's) that are always a mess is around the eyes due to the low texture makeup and the skin.

http://i.imgur.com/NXg7TRy.png

I'm the same as @MizoreYukii, I tend to just use the regular brush with a low opacity. Personally, I like to pick out the common shade close to where I want to smooth for nice transitioning, the same goes for fixing any issues such as blemishes or clipping.

Or, I use the selection tool and go around the parts that I'd like to smooth and use a gaussian blur in a low setting until I'm happy with how smooth her skin looks, then if I want to go ahead and add details I just pick out her darkest and lightest shade and do some shadows and highlights where I want more detail.

"Doctor_Vikter;c-16016254" wrote:

"GreenLover331;c-16016186" wrote:

First off! Wow @ that edit; ah-maze-balls! Do you have any tut's?!

Second, I use my Intuos (I feel I spelled that so wrong) tab when editing 98% of the time... and I could not do one strand methods, as my hand cramps easily, plus I suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome in my dominant hand/wrist (righty). :s

Aa thank you! I love editing, keeps the creative juices flowing!
I'm really bad but I actually don't have any in depth for tutorials (yet), ugh. I have a few .gifs I put together during a few of the other edits I've done for a kind of break down but I do need to put some tutorials together, though, maybe this week I can get to creating a thread with some!

And that's spelled right haha! Wacom has some odd tablet names. I have the same problem at times, though, especially when I had my Bamboo tablet. I did grab a wrist brace for times it gets super nasty and it did help but it was hard as anything to try and work with it on so it's 100 percent understandable about drawing in the strands. I usually take a lot of breaks when doing edits because of that so it makes completion time super, super slow :dizzy:

There's also this brush set I've used a few times from DeviantART that has a kind of hairy pattern brush to it that you might be able to manipulate to your liking but downloading an actual hair brush and blending that in might be the best and easiest option :blush: You can still get pretty wild editing results with those

I was looking at your thread earlier in the artist section! You are super crazy talented! I would love tutorials from you.
Also, I swear everyone on the planet (er, sims planet at least) uses that brush set! xDD I use it for drawing and so do several others, lol.

"Doctor_Vikter;c-16016254" wrote:

"GreenLover331;c-16016186" wrote:

First off! Wow @ that edit; ah-maze-balls! Do you have any tut's?!

Second, I use my Intuos (I feel I spelled that so wrong) tab when editing 98% of the time... and I could not do one strand methods, as my hand cramps easily, plus I suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome in my dominant hand/wrist (righty). :s

Aa thank you! I love editing, keeps the creative juices flowing!
I'm really bad but I actually don't have any in depth for tutorials (yet), ugh. I have a few .gifs I put together during a few of the other edits I've done for a kind of break down but I do need to put some tutorials together, though, maybe this week I can get to creating a thread with some!

And that's spelled right haha! Wacom has some odd tablet names. I have the same problem at times, though, especially when I had my Bamboo tablet. I did grab a wrist brace for times it gets super nasty and it did help but it was hard as anything to try and work with it on so it's 100 percent understandable about drawing in the strands. I usually take a lot of breaks when doing edits because of that so it makes completion time super, super slow :dizzy:

There's also this brush set I've used a few times from DeviantART that has a kind of hairy pattern brush to it that you might be able to manipulate to your liking but downloading an actual hair brush and blending that in might be the best and easiest option :blush: You can still get pretty wild editing results with those

Please do a tutorial! I'd be very interested in your editing process.

Yeah, I love Wacom products! I'd die without a tablet. I used to have the Bamboo tablet too and cried when she died. But she was well used, so...

I have and love that brush pack! I practically went on a witch hunt when I got back editing, recently. I also use this set. There is also a Part 1, as well that I have, but I like P2 best.

Well ~ This thread is surely going to come in handy for me, once I get my new computer and get settled in.

Hi! *waves*

Edit: That is the brush set of win! I recommended it to basically everyone who asked me what I use. Lol

@jilliebee22, I've been good!! You? <3 It's crazy, in the space of like two weeks so many people are returning haha, i love it!

_FUN FACT_

Bri is Top Row, Pallet 1

+click+
Meredith is Second Row, Pallet 1

+click+
And Camille is Last Row, Pallet 2

+click+

@Doctor_Vikter

Hah! I feel like I over complicate things because I want all the information I have inside out there, but I think sometimes it's too much info. Instead of being informative I become rambling. And sometimes those "TL;DR' type of tutorials haha And thank yah ;)

Also, Love <3 your avi! I was totally thinking about doing a matching avi & sig set that look a part of the forum.

@Doctor_Vikter - Yeah, I know. I really wish I could get those back. I mean I do have the images.. I think I just couldn't find one of them. So I could always do it again.

And hmm, I don't know if there is one here.. we did have one already in the Sims 3 area.. but a lot of those tutorials seemed to have been deleted, as I tried to find one for someone yesterday.

That was really informative guys! Thanks so much! @MizoreYukii did you get the plugin off deviantart? Id like to try that!

After leaving s&m, I got rid of everything in my computer that dealt with editing. So I kinda feel like a nood again, entering this worlf again.