Is there a way to change eyebrow color for custom hair?
Karen:
Quote from: ElviraGoth on 2005 October 05, 21:03:51
I have been trying to do this, too. I have purple, blue, green, turquoise, pink, etc. hair colors that I made with BodyShop and made matching eyebrow colors for them. If I made the sim in CAS and used the custom eyebrow color, it is passed on to their children. But if I made the eyebrow color AFTER I made the sim, and then gave it to them with change appearance, it's not. They get the color of the hair I used to make the custom hair color.
That would be fine with me, because my goal is to have them become part of the genetics passed down to future generations. Just one problem: like Rainbow, I cannot recolor eyebrows using Body Shop for some reason. No matter what color I change them to in PaintShop Pro, they always end up black. I have never had any trouble recoloring other types of custom content in Body Shop. Can you tell me exactly how you created the matching eyebrow colors for your purple, blue, green, etc. hair?
Karen
ElviraGoth:
If you've recolored other things, it's exactly the same method. Just make sure you refresh your sim so they show up on the mannequinn before importing.
In Body Shop, you'll find them under the icon that looks like a mirror, for facial hair, makeup and glasses. The second row of icons shows the eyebrows as the one on the farthest left. Any custom color eyebrows will show up there, regardless of what hair color you have selected.
Basically the same in CAS.
Are you sure you're saving them from PaintShop Pro as a bitmap again and replacing the old file? I usually use Photoshop, and because I use layers and just fill the whole layer with the color I want, I will save the file as a Photoshop file, then save again as a bitmap, making sure I use the original name.
Once the file has been exported and a new project set up, open the bmp files in paint program.
From there, my process goes like this:
1. Create a new layer, fill with desired color.
2. In blending options for the new layer, change the option from "normal" to "color". I may also use some other blending options if that doesn't give me exactly the color I want. Some things I've done may take two or more layers to acheive the desired color. And sometimes, with dark colors especially, I may make one layer that's white and use a percentage of "lighten" or something similar (color dodge, overlay, whatever works) in a layer that's below the color layer, so it lightens first, then adds the color.
3. Save as a Photoshop file so I can perserve the layers and use it again for another recolor.
4. Save it as the original file name (with the .bmp extension) and make sure to replace the original bmp file. Photoshop will add the word "copy" after I've saved it as a psd file, so I just click on the original file to put that name in the filename "save as" box, then save and replace.
5. Back in Body Shop, click on the little circle arrow to refresh the sim mannequinn to make sure the eyebrows look like I wanted them to. If not, back to PS. When they look ok on the mannequinn, give them a name like "blue heavy eyebrows" or whatever, then import to game.
And I just tried using PaintShop Pro 5, basically the same process, and it worked as well. They showed up in the eyebrow bin like they should.
And I'm using them as part of a genetics game, too. This is Tourmaline Turquoise, daughter of two CAS turquoise sims who will eventually marry a sim from another color family. The skin, hair, eyes and eyebrows were inherited from the parents.
BTW, the only colors that will export from BS are black and gray. You don't get a choice of blonde, red, or brown.
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RainbowTigress:
Quote from: ElviraGoth on 2005 October 06, 22:34:47
In Body Shop, you'll find them under the icon that looks like a mirror, for facial hair, makeup and glasses. The second row of icons shows the eyebrows as the one on the farthest left. Any custom color eyebrows will show up there, regardless of what hair color you have selected.
I don't see any way to select a hair color when cloning eyebrows or other facial hair.
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BTW, the only colors that will export from BS are black and gray. You don't get a choice of blonde, red, or brown.
That's what I am talking about. I know how to color the files and I can make them any color I want. I've tried coloring them to look like the Maxis brows, but it never comes out quite right. That's why I was so excited to find Hairfish's eyebrows. I am curious how she was able to get them to look like the ones in the game. I would like to have the brushed eyebrows in the four colors (really three - brown, red, and blonde - because I can export the black as you described).
ElviraGoth:
Yeah, it didn't hit me until later that you were probably trying to export a color other than black. Which is what hairfish was talking about, too, I guess. My only thought is to maybe open a hair file of the color you want (like red) with the eyebrow file open and try to visually match the color. I've had to do that with my custom color brows.
And it may be easier to color the gray brow and save it as the color file (black, I guess, since that's all you get), esp. if you are trying for blonde.
Haven't felt the need for doing any custom brow styles yet, but it seems that hairfish could give some pointers. (Hint, hint, hairfish. We could all use a little help on that front! Maybe on how to make the black brow brown to match the brown hair, too, for example.) I looked at those eyebrows, and they are pretty nice!
Edit: I just tried using the gray file to make a blonde brow with a blonde file open. Took a few tries with the eyedropper to get a color I liked, but I thought the color matched the hair color pretty good.
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RainbowTigress:
Quote from: ElviraGoth on 2005 October 07, 01:35:03
Yeah, it didn't hit me until later that you were probably trying to export a color other than black. Which is what hairfish was talking about, too, I guess. My only thought is to maybe open a hair file of the color you want (like red) with the eyebrow file open and try to visually match the color. I've had to do that with my custom color brows.
That's a good idea. I will have to try that.
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Haven't felt the need for doing any custom brow styles yet, but it seems that hairfish could give some pointers. (Hint, hint, hairfish. We could all use a little help on that front! Maybe on how to make the black brow brown to match the brown hair, too, for example.) I looked at those eyebrows, and they are pretty nice!
Yes, give us some hints, Hairfish! LOL.
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