EYECANDY

[iamgoingtoeatyou]

Well, lately members from ST have been asking me how I create mosaics, I know SC4dev doesn't have an image rule, but for any members here interested in learning, I have ceated a tutorial called...

HOW TO MAKE A MOSAIC

Step 1: Open up your Simcity 4 game, and choose a city and area you wish to photograph.



Step 2: Open up photoshop and create a 1024 X 5000 pixel document, the height of the document can be larger if you decide you want to take many pictures.



Step 3: Next, Photograph the area in Simcity by using the



Prt Scr SysRq Key

located on your keyboard, this key photographs the entire screen. Make sure to have the Pause off and the menu hidden



Step 4: Now that you have taken your first picture, Paste it into your photoshop document, do this by pressing CTRL and V at the same time.

Congratulations! You have successfully taken your first picture!



Step 5: Head back into Simcity to take another picture. To do this correctly, Only move your arrow keys up or down so that it lines up with your last picture, Donot move them left or right or else your pictures will NOT allign! Try your best not to go too far up or down or else your picture will not allign with the first, Use your judgement, If you make a mistake, Just go back and try to take the picture again.



Step 6: Now that you have taken your second picture correctly, Paste it into photoshop, do this by pressing CTRL and V at the same time.

Congratulations! You now have correctly done 2 pictures for your mosaic! If you wish to do more, Repeat the steps above, I will do one more picture to complete the mosaic.



Step 7: We now have all the pictures pasted and ready to go in photoshop, they are all seperate layers [ie: picture 1 is layer 1, picture 2 is layer 2, and picture 3 is layer 3]

We are now going to allign Layer 1 and 2 [pictures 1 and 2] to create the mosaic affect.



Step 8: Select the cursor tool and select layer 2, I have highlighted them in red.

Step 9: Drag layer 2 [picture 2] so it alligns perfectly with layer 1 [picture 1], You can also use the arrow keys.



They're alligned! Hurray! Congratulations! If they didn't allign well, Try the above steps again.

Repeat these above steps with layer 3 [picture 3] and you've created your first mosaic!

But this is where it gets tricky, so pay attention!

Step 10: Now that everything is alligned and your mosaic is ready, Select the rectangular marquee tool and marquee all the pictures > Then go to Edit> Copy Merged, This copies all the layers into one.

Step 11: Open a new document

Step 12: Paste all the mosaic by pressing CRTL and V at the same time.



There! Now for the final steps, We are going to break up the mosaics into 800 x 600 images...



Step 13: Press CRTL and R at the same time, You should notice a ruler appear, I highlighted it in red.



Step 14: Select the Marquee tool, at the top you should see Style: [drop down menu]...Go into the drop down menu and select FIXED SIZE. The Height and Width Bar should open up by now, Insert 800 x 600 px, I highlighted in red for you



Step 15: Go to Image > Image Size...You should see a popup come, This is where you change the image size, Change the Width to 800, however, Keep the Height the way it is.

There, your picture is now resized! This is the stage where you can edit your picture, add borders, etc, I'll leave the picture alone and move on to the next step.



Step 16: Select the Rectangular Marquee tool again, Now if you click anywhere in the picture, You will notice a marquee box will be created, The box is 800 x 600, This is a guide to help you seperate the mosaic into different images.

Step 17: Now go to Edit > copy, This will copy the image, Open up a new document and select CRTL and V at the same time to paste the image.



Your image will now be pasted!

Step 18: Go back to the mosaic document.



Step 19: Remember that ruler I was talking about earlier? Well, Click on it and hold your mouse and drag down, This will bring up a marquee line, This line was made to know where you last left so that your images allign when you upload them. Drag down the line to the bottom of the marquee box and let go.



Once you let go, There will be a blue line, This is to help you decide where to put your next marquee box.



Step 20: Now repeat repeat steps 16-20 to seperate all your pictures in the mosaic, You are now finished!



All you have to do is save each picture document and upload the pictures into a picture hoster imageshack.us/photobucket.com or flickr.com...

To post them on simtropolis or other websites:



YOU'RE DONE! You did your first mosaic, Congratulations!

If you have any questions or concern, Drop by a line

[thundercrack83]

AT LAST! A mosaic tutorial! You have read my mind, my friend! I have been wondering how you and so many other create this monstrous mosaics, and now I know! Thank you very much! In fact, I'm so thankful, I've sent the Karma Police to give you a token of my appreciation...

[bat]

wonderful mosaic tutorial!

[Heinz]

thanks for the mosaic tutorial!!! you're tonkdon and trudge to the city are real deal eye candy!!! that cruise ship, however, does it plan to go under the bridge?? lol

[iamgoingtoeatyou]

CENTURY CITY






COMMENTS

Oh-uh...I have alot of comments to answer, Heh...

oldrogue: Thank you!
kimcar: Yeah, New nightlights in the game would be awesome Thanks!
Yoman: Well, He's in King Kong Island at the moment
thundercrack83: Wow, Thank you!
bat: Thanks!
emilin: Yes, I'm glad you noticed! Most real world cities have more yellow lights and a darker foreground, I'm trying to capture that with my mosaics!
nova vesfalo: Thank you!
EDGE4194: Wow, Thanks! I did have a great time on my trip, Thank you!
thundercrack83: Thanks!
Cali: Thank you!
Heinz and rooker1: lol! I'm sure it wasn't too bad being without EYECANDY for a week
kimcar: Thanks!
thundercrack83: Oh wow, Thank you! I have plenty of more pictures!
nova vesfalo: Same here, Man, That city is awesome.
Rayden: Thank you!
Cali: Yeah, It hasn't changed that much since the last time I went in 2003, but it was alot different with the snow We did not go to the Apple Store
emilin: You haven't been to NY?! Oh man, Pack your bags and go now, It's amazing! Georgetown was great too, It was much more crowded and busy than I expected!
rooker1: Indeed, It's a very busy place, It was hard taking pictures because of my big gloves that couldn't press the buttons We were constantly on the move so I had to make quick moves to take pictures.
oldrogue: Thank you! Oh man...The snow! On Thrusday Night we got in New Jersey and we went to a Heat Game, It was about 35F, Everyone was so cold, on our way back to the bus, It started to rain and it was miserable because we were all freezing! Then the next morning, We woke up, and it was snowing! Our class being from Florida, Most of us haven't seen snow, So everyone went crazy, We had snowball fights, Amazing time! We got to NYC and it was raining, and we went to the Wax Musuem, When we exited out of the wax musuem, It started to snow, Just awesome, I want to go back!
dedgren: Thank you! I did have a fantastic time!
Heinz: Thank you! I'm happy with how some of them came out, But I wanted to take more! On our way back to Florida, We went through JFK and with the snow, Man, Amazing, I wish I had taken some pictures of it, But my stupid camera's battery died @.@
kimcar: Thank you!
oldrogue: Thanks! Yeah, I'm very mature for my age, Hence my username
thundercrack83: Thanks!
Travis: Thank you!
rooker1: Thanks!
Fledder200: lol sorry! I'm glad you like it though
thundercrack83: Thanks!
Heinz: Wow! lol, Thank you!
pickled_pig: Thank you! The title names aren't really meant to be realistic, but simply something that pops up into my brain that describes the mosaic, Thank you for the Info though!
Antoine: Thanks!
Fledder200: WHO ME?! No! Never!
Ralph: Thanks!
oldrogue: Thanks!
kimcar: Thanks!
Heinz: Thank you!
Cali: Thanks!
rooker1: Thank you
dedgren: Thank you! I'm not really sure what you mean by changing the windows, Do you mean making some windows light yellow, Others bright yellow to vary them?
bat: Thanks!
thundercrack83: Wow, Thanks
sebes: Thanks!
Natuurzoon: Hehe, I'm a very tricky person, Thanks!
marcszar: Wow, Thank you! I'm happy you got what I was trying to capture, The life of different cities and their different styles, Thanks for dropping by!
Cali: Thanks!
Fledder200: Hehe, sorry
pickled_pig: Thanks! It's not that hard, Just visit the STEX and LEX every week and your collection will grow!
Bengt: Thanks!
thundercrack83: Thanks!
bat: Thank you!
kimcar: I'm glad you like it! Thank you!
oldrogue: lol, No problem, It's my pleasure, Thanks for the nice comment!
Natuurzoon: Thanks! Some of them are plopped while others are grown, It would be very nice to live there
thundercrack83: Wow, Thanks!
rooker1: Thanks
thundercrack83: Woot! I'm glad someone has found it useful, Thank you for the karma points, Very appreciated!
bat: Thanks!
Heinz: Thanks! And naw, The ship is about to turn around and head off to the Atlantic Ocean, It's stopping by the CBD so the tourists can take some pictures

WOW! Thank you guys for the nice comments!

[Tarkus]

iamgoingtoeatyou, you are truly the master of the mosaic.  You have my sincere admiration for it, and that tutorial was extremely helpful.  And I second thundercrack83 about the Karma Police.  Everything is indeed in its right place.

-Alex (Tarkus)

[spartanB292]

WOW .



just, um,.....wow

Your pics are amazing hotdogs, i have a question for ya tho,
where'd you get the double decker busses in that rowhome mosaic?
Great stuff hotdogs, keep it up

[thundercrack83]

"Century City" looks amazing, my friend! You continue to top yourself with each update. Great work!

[EDGE4194]

Thank you for the tutorial- you spent a lot of time on that. Century City is beautiful (as usual). I look forward to your next update.

[emilin]

Very nice looking downtown area. And very realistic too - it has that crowded feeling that is so hard to achive with SC4.

[Yoman]

Folks theres a much easier way to make mosaics, copy and paste  iamgoingtoeatyou's onto another fourm Just joking, that last one is just awsome.

[iamgoingtoeatyou]

As the monorails, subways, and streets begin to crowd with thousands heading home, Something will always remain in the air reminding them of their earlier days...

GOLDEN SMOG

[thundercrack83]

Another fantastic shot, my friend! I do have a question, though: Where can I find the two buildings with the green helicopter pads on their rooves?

[metasmurf]

Freakin awesomeness

[jeronij]

I liked the reflection of the ship on the water. Well done.




Btw, I just noticed the name of the ship....Nina caliente ?¿...  

[Heinz]

yeah, first time i saw that pic i was like "OMG its a refFFFFLECCTION!!!" lol nina caliente.. isnt she the hot looking woman in black in the sims? lol. wow. awesome detail

[spartanB292]

holy crap batman!
         
your stuff is always great hotdogs, but I think you outdid yourself in that last group

and thundercrack, that lower one is an ill tonkso creation, tho the pad might not actually be green due to the nature of the photoshopping

[Ralph]

Wow your city is so real .
How you do the reflection of the boat ?

[thundercrack83]

spartanB292: Thanks for the tip on the building! I wasn't concerned with the color of the pad that much, I just mentioned it as a reference. Now to go find it...

[iamgoingtoeatyou]

thunder:

The buildings with the Green Helipads are not made by Ill Tonkso, I found them in Japanese sites, Here are the links:

http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~no6081/

[second one, click download]

http://sim4rush.tuzikaze.com/bat_lucent%20tower.html

[click the ?? blue link under 2.58 MB]

Hope that helped