EmilyHuxley Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I bought a skin template and modified it in Photoshop. When I go to save the head, upper and lower it automatically wants to save each as .PNG I asked someone they said save as .TGA So now I'm confused. Which loads faster in world on the avatar .PNG or .TGA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerise Sorbet Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 In the end it doesn't matter, because all textures are converted to a totally different format (not full JPEG 2000, but a JPEG 2000 code stream without the header) when you upload them. On your end, save to whatever format you're comfortable using. There can be some gotchas with alpha channels and the way Photoshop saves each of those two file types, but that issue doesn't really matter for skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyHuxley Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Where do people buy skins to have exclusive rights to them? Is there a web site to buy skins with real cash? Hard to believe that anyone could create skins from scratch like that. If so I'd love to see a video of a skin in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Jetaime Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Yes people do create skins from scratch and it is a long time consuming process. Someone had to create those templates that so many beginning skin makers use. However, a friend of mine creates them from scratch and each one involves weeks of work. Skins have evolved over the years. When I first joined SL I bought one of the best skins available. Still it looked more like a cartoon than a human as there was very little shading and highlighting. It was basically a flesh colored suit with a few shadows to define prominent body parts and some makeup on the face. There was no musculature or details such as veining, blemishes, freckles or hair (except for crude men's beards and eyebrows). Over the years skin makers got a lot better at their craft as you can see with the skins available today. There are vids on YouTube about creating skins for SL if you want to learn more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidnella Riler Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 And sometimes once the skin is created, the only thing they do is change the eye and lip make up, and we all go, Ohh Ahhh a new realease from so and so, not so much, but I guess it is a lot of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Jetaime Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 SID Riler wrote: And sometimes once the skin is created, the only thing they do is change the eye and lip make up, and we all go, Ohh Ahhh a new realease from so and so, not so much, but I guess it is a lot of work Many skin creators use the same body on a few other skins, and only change the face. Some do only change the makeup on the face too. However on a quality skin this is still a lot of work that could take days. Download a free skin template and try it yourself to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnleo514 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Funny games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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