How to make a colored and textured shirt for Secondlife.mp4. Seamless Textures With Photoshop. Can I export my shape as an obj file? - Second Citizen MK II. Open an .obj File in Photoshop CS4 Extended - © Robin Wood 2009. <p class="noScript">I notice you have Javascript turned off. Unless you did that to print, the page is more fun if you turn it on. Thanks! </p> This is the first of a four part series explaining how to start painting on a 3D file in PS CS4 Extended.
Before we can paint, we have to open the file, so that's what I'll explain here! It's a very simple process. (If you'd like to watch the movie about Lighting now, it's here.) Photoshop can open any .obj file; so all you need to do is browse to the file, and open it! If you have the .obj file in the same folder with its .mtl and texture files (.jpg, or whatever they are,) it will show up with all the textures intact, and in their proper place on the model. And, really, that's all there is to this part.
~ How to make clothes in Second Life tutorial ~ Piper Shan Designs. There are lots of reasons to trying your hand at making clothes in Second Life. Maybe your an artsy person? Want a new creative outlet? Maybe you need some clothes for yourself, or a friend in Second Life and don't want to pay the full linden price of an already made design? Or maybe your interested in starting your own business and making cloths in Second Life, seems like a great idea!? Well, Ill tell you, for wanting to earn some extra linden dollars, clothes is one of the best ways to go! Reason being, avatars will always need clothes, that is one trend that will never die out ;) I started to make clothes in Second Life because I was a new player and I was looking for quality clothes for free, or as inexpensive as possible.
Use of Templates: You need a template to work over as a guideline on how to draw for the second life avatars frame. Above is a picture of the template where I have also outlined key elements of the program we will be using which I will cover in each step. The End! TD Templates | Clothing Templates For SL. This guide is a quick introduction providing an overview of the basics when starting to make clothes and starting your fashion store in Second Life. Avatar UV Template The avatar UV template is one of the most essential tools for clothes creators that you’ll be using all the time. It is basically a “map” showing where the flat texture is going to projected onto the avatar when worn, so when using the UV map, imagine the 2D clothing texture being wrapped around the 3D avatar. There are three parts of the Avatar UV Template, the Upper, Lower and Head. Here are links to two versions of the Avatar UV Map: Chip Midnight Avatar UV Templates Robin Sojourner Avatar UV Templates Clothing Templates A quick way to start learning the different elements that construct an outfit is to use a clothing template.
Templates also make a good starting point for designers to begin building confidence by modifying them with their own creative touches before making an outfit completely from scratch. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Clothing Tutorials. The Content Creator’s Supplementary Guide to Business in SL | Mistletoe Ethaniel's Blog. Quick note: this article was written in 2009 and is long overdue for an update.
That in mind, however, I think a lot of the principles are still sound, and I hope you think so too. Enjoy. –ME Consider how many businesses there are in Second Life. I am in no way an authority on this subject, but I do have some experience, having opened more than one business in my Second Life. Well. First and foremost: Have a good product. Graph by Prad Prathivi, made on GraphJam. The graph may have been intended as a parody, but it’s still not that far off from the truth.
Really think about what’s already out there, and what niches need to be filled. Permissions! This article gives a great explanation as to why to set permissions on clothing as mod/copy/no transfer. It also talks about a good practice for naming your products. People need to be able to find your product again when they look in their inventory later. Put your business name on EVERYTHING you make.
Packing it up The text must be readable. Basic T-Shirt Tutorial for Second Life by Cathereine Night. Smartbuild - Link Panel (SureScript) SECONDLIFE. Blender for Second Life Sofa Tutorial Part1. RezFreeTutorial. Painting onto the Second Life avatar in Photoshop (updated links) Second Life How to use the grid for perfect alignment and perfect builds!.mp4. ~ How to make clothes in Second Life tutorial ~ Piper Shan Designs. (Tutorial) Photo-sourcing a face skin: Start to finish.
I had this random inspiration to make a skinning tutorial the other day, and since a lot of people ask about skin making I decided to make one specifically for SL. For this skin I used the 3d.sk (pay site for human photo references) model "Mike", since his face is perfectly suited for a SL skin. 3d.sk is an extremely extremely useful site for anyone making skins, or clothing textures, but sadly it costs money, and if you're a beginner you probably don’t want to pony up the 25 usd for some pictures.
If you have a digital camera you can take photos of your friends with some good lighting. That'll probably work just as well. Anyways I used this same model for my mens skins, so it'll look familiar. I actually think I did a better job on this tutorial skin than the one I made a year ago in my store.I took tons of snapshots since pictures explain a lot more than words, and wrote comments about each of the pictures. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. ZoyncTV.