you can play around with layer opacity if you want a certain detail to be more or less intense.then just find it in skin details and check that everything looks good!) NOW YOU’RE FINISHED! 😊 (make sure you put your package file in your mods folder before you open your game. click the “warehouse” tab and find the words “CompositionMethod” on the righthand column – make sure this number is 3. (it doesn’t have to be pretty, especially if this is just for personal use! it will just help you find it in-game easier)Ģ1. (create it in photoshop, and then under “catalog thumbnail” click “import” then find the image you created). still under “my projects”, open your original file (the one you named in step 3).ġ9. right click on any remaining layer, and click “merge visible”.ġ7. once you’ve layered every detail that you want to combine, save the entire thing as a PSD (so if you test it in game and see something you want to change, you don’t have to start over), then delete the template layer.ġ5. for example: if i wanted to add some freckles to the skin, i would complete steps 8 - 12, and my image would now look like this:ġ4.(make sure you’re creating a new layer for each detail!) repeat steps 8 - 12 for each different skin details that you want to combine. now highlight the entire image, go back to the template, create a new layer, and paste (sometimes you have to move the image around so it fits in the right place). in the top left, click “image” then “image size” and type these numbers in:ġ2. sometimes you’ll need to change the image size so it will match the template. open the skin detail texture that you just exported.ġ1. now go back to photoshop (where you should have your template open). (i usually create a new folder to hold all these skin details).ġ0. with that skin detail open, click the green “export”. (i like to start with the main skin overlay first.). on the s4s main page, click “my projects” and find the first skin detail that you want to combine. open photoshop and paste the template into a new document.Ĩ.

then copy the female template (or the male template if you’re making these details for a male sim).ħ. (it will still be found under “my projects on the s4s main page)Ħ.

now you’ll see a screen that looks like this…ĥ. name your file, choose the location, and press “save”.Ĥ. under “part type” choose which skin detail slot you want to find your skin under, click the icon (highlighted in blue here), then hit “next”.ģ.

open sims 4 studio (i’ll call it s4s from now on), check “create CAS Standalone”, then click the blue “CAS” button.Ģ.

I wrote this specifically for beginners! it may seem intimidating at first, but i promise it’s really easy once you get a rhythm going 💕ġ. How to combine a sim’s skin details, which frees up all your skin detail slots, letting you layer even more on there!

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