To make creating paintings easy Maxis released The Sims Art Studio. It takes only a few steps to create a unique painting with your pictures.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 10 minutes
Here's How:
- Change color settings to 16 bit. This is required for Art Studio to run. Right-click on desktop, choose properties. Click the settings tab, change color quality to 16 bit.
- Open the The Sims Art Studio. Click start on the first page.
- The first thing the programs asks is for you to choose a frame type. You can change this later by pressing back, so if you the frame doesn't work out you aren't stuck with it. Select next once you've chosen your frame.
- Now it's time to find the picture you want to frame. Click the load picture button, and browse to your picture file. Click ok once it has been selected.
- In this step you have a chance to resize your picture using the frame size as a guideline. Click next when you find the perfect fit.
- Choose the color and texture of your frame. Each time you click color or texture, you advance once through the choices. Click next when completed.
- Click Catalog Info to edit the information and price that will appear in the game. Click Next when completed.
- Click Save to save your painting. The painting will automatically be saved in the correct "The Sims" folder.
Tips:
- Small images, without an enormous amount of detail work best for pictures created with The Sims Art Studio.
- If you need help any time during the tutorial, you can click on the Sim who is painting for help.
What You Need:
- The Sims
- The Sims Art Studio


