How to make clothing for your avatar in Second Life - With Video!
So you would like to make clothing in Second Life? Fashion is one of the hottest topics in Second Life. There are many blogs, web sites, and news media dedicated to specific designers. Everyone has their own creative style and personality they want to present to the world, and fashion is an ever evolving market. Many real world designers are coming to Second Life. This tutorial will explain to you how to make clothing for your avatar.
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Instructions
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Let's get started by making your very first basic shirt to wear. First you need to download a template. You can find the templates on Second Life's official website. You can also find many other templates created by other residents of SL on the web.
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You have a few options when it comes to how you would like to begin creating your shirt. Photo Sourcing is a method where you can use a photograph of a piece of clothing, or a texture, to create your shirt. Another option you have is drawing your shirt by hand using the paint tools available with the program. When using a Photo Sourcing method, be sure that the image you use is not copyright, or that you have permission to use that image. Be wary of "free" image sites since some sources do have stolen textures.
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Open your program and select file and then open. Locate the folder with the upper body template and open it.
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Go to the left side of your screen to where the 2 color boxes are located. Select the foreground color box and select the color black.
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Now go up to the brush tool and locate the drop down at the top left of the screen. Choose the round 9px brush and enlarge it to 50px to make it easier to draw.
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Go to the top of the screen and select layer and then new layer. Take your brush tool and fill in the template with black.
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Now to make a simple collar. On the left side of your screen select the eraser tool from the menu.Choose the 9px brush tip. Locate the lines on the template that show the neckline and trace along the line to form the collar shape.
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To add an image to the shirt. Go back to the left side of your screen to where the 2 color boxes are located. Select the foreground color box and select the color red.
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Select the custom shape tool. At the top of the screen locate the custom shape drop down menu. Select the paw shape or any other shape you like. Center the mouse cursor where you want the image. Hold down the left mouse button and drag your mouse to the size of the image you want to add to your shirt.
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Locate the layer menu on the lower right hand corner of your program.
Locate Background and click on the eye icon to hide that layer.
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To Save your work, go to file and then save as. Save as a Targa TGA file. This targa file texture is now ready to be uploaded to Second Life and made into a shirt.
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Tips & Warnings
Make a back up save of the psd format to edit later.
Make sure you save the targa as 32 bit.
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My dear friend....where is this video tutorial.
