First Clothing Recolour...

Hey all!

I've never been a MASSIVE modder. Partially because I've no idea and partially because I'm absolutely useless at graphics.

However I found the ColourMagic program http://sims4forum.com/custom-content/sims-4-cas-recolor-tool.2/ and somehow through following a few links ended up attempting my first recolour with ColourMagic + SP4 and Photoshop.

Following linked tutorials I created my first "recolour". Thankfully I managed to recolour a dress WITHOUT REPLACING the dress in the game (I don't want to loose any options!) - so now I have a chance to get clothes exactly the colour I want without waiting for someone to release it - and trust me, if I can do it; anyone can! I followed the tutorial successfully and then gave it a go putting a pattern on a dress... have a look. Next up I want to try to re-create some of my favourite clothes. I don't think I'll ever reach the stage of creating unique clothing - my graphic design skills definitely aren't up to that - but for recolouring this is as close to the Create a Style I'll get at this stage - and just not as easy LOL As you can see the colour swatch still just appears as "purple" but at least it didn't replace the purple dress!

Managed to make an Abercrombie and Fitch top (my favourite) - isn't ideal but I did do it quickly. I also worked out if I know what colours will be in it prior to actually making it the swatch can reflect that (see it has two colours)...

Finally for now.. a topshop-esque Beyonce top!
With a bit more practice these actually might look download-able!!

Ok this really IS final - I just got carried away (and should probably have had this all in one thread? Sorry) - I like this one inspired by the hashtag Sims 4 Promo Trailer we got before the game was launched. I accidently made it for a child though... but maybe that's more appropriate... lol . If you'd like any of these for your games just let me know

These are all great! I'll have to find time to try to figure out how to do it... yea right. lol I really will try it but it'll have to wait a couple of days. Be sure to let me know when you create more goodies!

What is SP4? Is it hard to use?

http://sims4forum.com/custom-content/color-magic-sims-4-recolor-tool-updated.44/

This is the link to the recolour tool. You use that to choose what item you want to edit.
Then you use SP4 to extract the image and edit it in Photoshop.
Use SP4 to overwrite the image in the package and you're ready to go.

There are tutorials somewhere I just can't put my finger to them :/

Looking good @mattytude Might need to try this program out and do some recolouring for myself, it definitely seems easier than I've known it to be before.