Portrait painting
Carmelita:
What drives me nuts about the "Paint Portrait" option is that the stupid Sim you're painting stands so close to the easel that it's hard to catch a picture of the Sim from the angle you want without getting a corner of the easel or the painter's elbow in the shot. Even then, the Sim just stands there with a goofy smile on her face. When I want to paint a portrait of a Sim I choose "Paint Still life" and then zoom in on the Sim I want to paint instead of a bowl of fruit or a doorknob or whatever. It works well for me.
I think the camera reward is pretty cool, but I agree that the pictures could have been more easily retrievable. You can get them from the side of the camera in buy mode, but the chunk of picture you can grab is very small and is easy to miss. It took me a few tries to figure out how to do it the first time I fiddled witht that camera.
Myth:
What I do for the "perfect" painting is turn free will off. Pose the Sim that I want to have the picture of somewhere away from the easel. (Using the artist career reward camera is great for posing.) Then I use the "Paint Still Life" option instead of "Paint Portrait". As soon as I have my captured shot and the Sim is painting I turn the free will back on so the Sims can go about their business. An extra tip is if you can't get the great shot because of walls or other obstructions go into build/buy mode before the Sim starts painting and use the moveobjects on cheat to move the Sim or any other objects around.
C.S.:
Quote from: Carmelita on 2005 August 23, 18:51:25
What drives me nuts about the "Paint Portrait" option is that the stupid Sim you're painting stands so close to the easel that it's hard to catch a picture of the Sim from the angle you want without getting a corner of the easel or the painter's elbow in the shot.
Haha, yeah, getting other stuffs in the painting that I didn't want annoyed me too before I realised cancelling the 'Be painted' queue only affects the subject to be painted. Don't understand why they have to stand so darn close to the easel, and when they aren't suddenly laughing hysterically, or covering their eyes in embarrassment, or wearing that distorted face with the crooked eyebrows or making some other kooky reactions, they just stand there like a block with hands limply at the side. Then came the Uni EP with the camera, catching snapshots with the expressions I want instantly became easier.
Quote from: rainbow on 2005 August 23, 17:21:05
So I just use Ctrl + right mouse button in the Sims. I'm actually quite used to it now.
Me too, using Ctrl+right click to rotate camera view. The middle click used to work, so much more convenient then, now it only works for zooming....
Ardin Topani:
I think I used "Paint Portrait" once and had the experience of the subject being dumb and standing too close. I normally use "Paint Still Life" to get the poses I want. But if I remember correctly, you can hit play while the box is up to capture the picture and move sims around so you can get the positioning correct. It's been awhile since I did portraits or still lifes though, so don't quote me on that.
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: CuriousSpurious on 2005 August 23, 21:15:36
Quote from: rainbow on 2005 August 23, 17:21:05
So I just use Ctrl + right mouse button in the Sims. I'm actually quite used to it now.
Me too, using Ctrl+right click to rotate camera view. The middle click used to work, so much more convenient then, now it only works for zooming....
Zooming with the wheel works great for me too. In fact, the one time I played Sims 1 since getting Sims 2, that was one thing I missed the most! I kept trying to zoom in with the wheel and wondering why it didn't work! I finally gave up in frustration because "it just wasn't the same." Sims 2 ruined me I guess. Sometimes I think about going back and playing some of the expansion packs again, but I don't know if it's worth the hassle now.
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