Getting your Avatar together
by Rosmairta Kilara
Making an Outfit
Go to the Edit menu and choose appearance (or click on your av and choose appearance)
Click the “make outfit” button on the bottom right
The New Outfit
Click all the buttons with white boxes and that will save everything about the outfit into a folder - shape, skin, eyes, clothes
To get back to this look just select the folder and choose “replace outfit”
Opening boxes
right click on the box and choose open
the contents will come into your inventory as a folder
Wearing Things
Choose an item and right-click it to choose wear
The icons show basic pieces like undershirt, shirt, jacket or pants
Skins make a difference!
highlights, makeup, eyebrow color/contour and shading are on the skin itself
TaP Jill LP WR
A head skin template - top skin designers command high prices
Shape is the foundation
The size & shape of eyes, nose, lips, the height of cheekbones and body shape are all determined in the shape
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Shape can be edited - & there are shape designers
Modifying clothesSome clothes are no modify... full stop
You can make clothes without a base targa but it is just like painting on skin... no seams or detailing
Basic avatar clothes are created a tga “fabric” that part isn’t editable inworld
You can do is change the colour and fit
Prim-made clothes
For clothes that aren’t flat to your body designers use prims (primitives) to actually build the shape
Hair, shoes and skirts are the most common prim apparel... and you often need to adjust their fit
Editselects
the whole object
I really just want to edit
one part
Tip & Tricks
Make a copy before you start editing
Play with the sliders to change the fit
If you are editing prim clothes always use a posing stand to stop your av’s movements
Finding Freebies
The designers of Second Life offer many free items for avatars under 30 days old
There are groups like New Citizens, Inc (NCI) who specialize in helping folks
There are freebie emporiums like Free Dove, Yadni’s Junkyard and Stillman
Please enjoy a fun-filled and well dressed Second Life!