holobebe Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Hey! So I recently joined Second life about two weeks ago after a friend showed me a mountain of gorgeous photos on flickr. I was a bit surprised since the few videos I have seen of Second life kinda made it look like a lame and outdated place, but I regret only now giving it a try and seeing for myself. I can safely say that I'm really enjoying myself. So I already understand how the whole mesh thing works and how you need to buy separate pieces in order to make an actual attractive looking avatar (at least in my eyes). I know there are a lot of different heads out there but I want one that will give me both a realistic look as well as realistic facial movements or reactions. I rather not have a head that gives me that "dead" stare and stuff. Also, it would be great if the mesh head is one of the more popular ones since I would love to both customize it and still have a lot of stuff that I can buy for it. Thanks so much! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I would say try demos and see how they react for you.. Some popular ones are GenusProject Catwa Lelutka LOGO LAQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfie Reanimator Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) "Normie" by Utilizator at Annie May Hall is a very good entry level head with a much lower price (500L) compared to any competitors, has Bento/built-in Omega support, expressions, and it's modifiable in case you want to manually change something. Edited February 7, 2019 by Wulfie Reanimator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina String Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Like Ceka said: demo - demo - demo ”Sad” thing is ( for me at least...) that there is no perfect head when it comes to expressions - Catwa have the cutest smiles, Lelutka have beautiful head movements and expressive eyes etc... So I demo’ed until I found the best compromise for my liking and went with that In addition to the brands Ceka mentioned, I would also give Akeruka a go - have a friend with one of those and she’s drop dead gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holobebe Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Ceka Cianci said: I would say try demos and see how they react for you.. Some popular ones are GenusProject Catwa Lelutka LOGO LAQ Out of all those heads which do you think has the best and most realistic look? Oh and I guess I should give you an example of kinda what I want: That picture made me want to try second life out 😊 okay thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, holobebe said: Out of all those heads which do you think has the best and most realistic look? Oh and I guess I should give you an example of kinda what I want: That picture made me want to try second life out 😊 okay thanks again! I'm gonna be bias because I am sold on my Genus Project heads..I have heads from all the ones i mentioned and then some.. For me it's my GenusProject Babyface.. But as I say,That is my preference which is going to be a subjective thing..I've seen beautiful pictures with pretty much all of the heads.. But you can set the lighting up and do things in photoshop just right and make any of them look more realistic.. That image up there I doubt went untouched by some form of filters and scene setup and maybe even photoshopped.. This image of mine is just SL with no fancy filters or photoshop..just me with my viewer on ultra and my babyface.. hehehehe Honestly,I know what I like for me..I really think you should test and find what grabs out at you.. Edited February 7, 2019 by Ceka Cianci 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Knoller Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 23 minutes ago, holobebe said: Out of all those heads which do you think has the best and most realistic look? Oh and I guess I should give you an example of kinda what I want: That picture made me want to try second life out 😊 okay thanks again! Holobebe, I am pretty sure those skins are by Mudskin. If you find a skin you like you can then see which head the applier is for and go from there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 The image is actually of the Genus mesh heads,baby face and Classic.. They are Mudskin appliers for Genus.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Ceka Cianci said: The image is actually of the Genus mesh heads,baby face and Classic.. They are Mudskin appliers for Genus.. True, it says clearly under: "GENUS SKIN APPLIER". You will have to learn about Gacha... that is another thing. This skin creator made skins with different makeups/looks and put them in a Gacha machine where you pay money and get a random skin. The skins shown is "rare" without makeups. People can play the machine many times and not get it, instead get lots of duplicates of the skin with whiskers or whatever. People sell the commons for 100 or 200 L and the rares cost more. With a clever filtring I was able to find one of the rares (Shota) for 450 L and that is not bad at all. I saw on Mudskins flickr that they do a LOT of Gacha and as long as you know the rules it is fine. Play the machine and hope you are lucky and get the rare, or find a reseller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holobebe Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Ceka Cianci said: The image is actually of the Genus mesh heads,baby face and Classic.. They are Mudskin appliers for Genus.. Okay I will go with genus and buy the mudskin then! Thanks again 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holobebe Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Marianne Little said: True, it says clearly under: "GENUS SKIN APPLIER". You will have to learn about Gacha... that is another thing. This skin creator made skins with different makeups/looks and put them in a Gacha machine where you pay money and get a random skin. The skins shown is "rare" without makeups. People can play the machine many times and not get it, instead get lots of duplicates of the skin with whiskers or whatever. People sell the commons for 100 or 200 L and the rares cost more. With a clever filtring I was able to find one of the rares (Shota) for 450 L and that is not bad at all. I saw on Mudskins flickr that they do a LOT of Gacha and as long as you know the rules it is fine. Play the machine and hope you are lucky and get the rare, or find a reseller. Oh and thanks for showing me where to get the skin. Do you know with they sell skins that aren't gacha? It kinda reminds me of gambling and I want to make sure I get the skin I won't with leaving it up to luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionalein Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 No one mentioned 6Doo so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, holobebe said: Oh and thanks for showing me where to get the skin. Do you know with they sell skins that aren't gacha? It kinda reminds me of gambling and I want to make sure I get the skin I won't with leaving it up to luck. I was looking at the Flickr for Mudskin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sophamccallen/with/31152533007/ I am not using them myself. I am using LeLutka head with DeeTalez skin. I *think* this is not a Gacha skin. It can be a bit hard to see it because the descriptions does not always say "Gacha". It is also Mudskin. But the head is Catwa Catya. Unless you have a lot of money to play with and can afford buying lots of heads... look carefully and demo. The demo heads are functional and you can see the expressions. (The included default Catwa skins are so ugly btw, don't let it scare you) Edited February 7, 2019 by Marianne Little 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Knoller Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, holobebe said: Oh and thanks for showing me where to get the skin. Do you know with they sell skins that aren't gacha? It kinda reminds me of gambling and I want to make sure I get the skin I won't with leaving it up to luck. Yep, they have a number of appliers in their in world store that are not gacha. I haven’t been in a while so I am not sure if any are for Genus specifically. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, Fionalein said: No one mentioned 6Doo so far? Noooo, that one is new to me. But a quick google got me this blogpost. https://everydaynume.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/bring-it-on/ Looks super cool. I am not so Kawaii, but I can admire the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holobebe Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Eva Knoller said: Yep, they have a number of appliers in their in world store that are not gacha. I haven’t been in a while so I am not sure if any are for Genus specifically. Thanks so much everyone!! I think I really really like the genus baby face mesh head and once I get back on I'm going to go to the mud skin shop to give its demos a try 😄 I can't wait to get to taking photos!!! Last question, do you guys know if I can edit my photos on a free drawing/photo editing program (I use medibang) and still achieve the same photo quality? I can guarantee that they use Photoshop and I currently don't have it, but I still want to give my pictures the same or close to the same quality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, holobebe said: Thanks so much everyone!! I think I really really like the genus baby face mesh head and once I get back on I'm going to go to the mud skin shop to give its demos a try 😄 I can't wait to get to taking photos!!! Last question, do you guys know if I can edit my photos on a free drawing/photo editing program (I use medibang) and still achieve the same photo quality? I can guarantee that they use Photoshop and I currently don't have it, but I still want to give my pictures the same or close to the same quality. A lot of it is the graphic settings you can use. If you can set it it high under Preferences, and tick advanced light and shadows from sun, moon and projectors, and use a high anti-aliasing, you can get very nice images that don't need much touch up. And upload them to your computer as big as you can get them, and in PNG, not JPEG. I used to take lots of images, but my flickr is mostly inactive now. But this is how I could set up a light projector even as long back as in 2012: And this is a raw SL image, no editing, also 2012: I was quite happy with it, and things are even better now, with mesh. I am using Pixlr just now. I also used PixMonkey but now they want me to create an account, and I suppose I will do it. I don't know medibang, but the best images you can start with will give you the best result after editing. It is some really good photos with expensive graphic cards used in the best SL images. My graphic card on these pictures over her was nothing impressive, just cheap. And it is the subforum Art, Music and Photography a bit down on this page.... and Youtube tutorials. I have always used Firestorm Viewer, also for photos. Because they have so many Windlight presets already uploaded and ready to use. Windlight is how we talk about the light, the sky, the water, how to control how it looks. An example of how I manipulated windlight for different looks: Edited February 8, 2019 by Marianne Little 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holobebe Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Marianne Little said: A lot of it is the graphic settings you can use. If you can set it it high under Preferences, and tick advanced light and shadows from sun, moon and projectors, and use a high anti-aliasing, you can get very nice images that don't need much touch up. And upload them to your computer as big as you can get them, and in PNG, not JPEG. I used to take lots of images, but my flickr is mostly inactive now. But this is how I could set up a light projector even as long back as in 2012: And this is a raw SL image, no editing, also 2012: I was quite happy with it, and things are even better now, with mesh. I am using Pixlr just now. I also used PixMonkey but now they want me to create an account, and I suppose I will do it. I don't know medibang, but the best images you can start with will give you the best result after editing. It is some really good photos with expensive graphic cards used in the best SL images. My graphic card on these pictures over her was nothing impressive, just cheap. And it is the subforum Art, Music and Photography a bit down on this page.... and Youtube tutorials. I have always used Firestorm Viewer, also for photos. Because they have so many Windlight presets already uploaded and ready to use. Windlight is how we talk about the light, the sky, the water, how to control how it looks. An example of how I manipulated windlight for different looks: Wow that is gorgeous 😮 I need to watch more tutorials on photography in second life but now I'm really excited!!! I didn't know I could change the graphics and what is wind light? I also use firestorm can I change wind light in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsSeren Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) I found the program PaintNet; a great photo editing program plus it's FREE! I included two photos; on I took in FS and how I edited it in said program. Original photo I took PaintNet edited image below; Edited February 8, 2019 by MrsSeren removing unrelated SL pic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Graves Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) Decided to do a repost here of my updated look as it seems relevant. This is with the Lelutka Simone head with the League Alessa skin. Edited February 8, 2019 by Gabriele Graves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 27 minutes ago, holobebe said: Wow that is gorgeous 😮 I need to watch more tutorials on photography in second life but now I'm really excited!!! I didn't know I could change the graphics and what is wind light? I also use firestorm can I change wind light in there? I think you will like these videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_IaGpu4N7yHvxWMGSm_0xA/videos?disable_polymer=1 Scroll down to the "Taking high resolution "up close" portraits for Second Life". I think this will cover the start for you. Since you don't have Photoshop, shooting against a "green screen" is probably out. If you want to make cartoons, a white background like that would work. It is so much to say about Windlight... I don't know where to start. But I think these videos are good. Remember you must learn to walk before you run. In your case, learn to wear and change mesh bodies and heads. That can be hard enough. Practice on headshots, and find out what your computer can handle of graphic settings. Then try to browse locations for your images in a setting like sci-fi, or gardens, or cities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) This is a really good walk through also for setting up shots, and working with lighting in SL,as well as things like pulling things from SL into photoshop or whatever programs you are using.. It was a really relaxing and interesting series to watch.. Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lNXyxMkhzo Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cfmtrpyD5A&t=56s Edited February 8, 2019 by Ceka Cianci 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holobebe Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 45 minutes ago, Marianne Little said: I think you will like these videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_IaGpu4N7yHvxWMGSm_0xA/videos?disable_polymer=1 Scroll down to the "Taking high resolution "up close" portraits for Second Life". I think this will cover the start for you. Since you don't have Photoshop, shooting against a "green screen" is probably out. If you want to make cartoons, a white background like that would work. It is so much to say about Windlight... I don't know where to start. But I think these videos are good. Remember you must learn to walk before you run. In your case, learn to wear and change mesh bodies and heads. That can be hard enough. Practice on headshots, and find out what your computer can handle of graphic settings. Then try to browse locations for your images in a setting like sci-fi, or gardens, or cities. 13 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said: This is a really good walk through also for setting up shots, and working with lighting in SL,as well as things like pulling things from SL into photoshop or whatever programs you are using.. It was a really relaxing and interesting series to watch.. Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lNXyxMkhzo Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cfmtrpyD5A&t=56s Thanks again! Wow this might be harder than I originally thought but I want to keep pushing through and hopefully get good at it. 😃 and you are right there is still basic stuff about SL that I suck at so I will try to master the basics (in this case mainly learning how to dress myself without skin poking through the clothing) before I take a big leap into photography! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, holobebe said: Thanks again! Wow this might be harder than I originally thought but I want to keep pushing through and hopefully get good at it. 😃 and you are right there is still basic stuff about SL that I suck at so I will try to master the basics (in this case mainly learning how to dress myself without skin poking through the clothing) before I take a big leap into photography! You can do so much stuff with the wind light settings that will amaze you..Pulling them into photoshop is fun also.. Myself I have been just doing SL shots without pulling them out of world..I just haven't had the time like I used to..But I used to really enjoy being in photoshop.. These are a couple of quick shots I took last night of my avatar with the Genus head and two Skinnery skins.. The first is Nadine-Ebony and the second is one is Madison-ebony that just came out this morning.. I'm so super excited about the newest one that I'm already wanting to set up some scenes for it..hehehe I put another in the bottom to give an idea of what a scene can do for a picture even without photoshop.. This one is just SL with wind light settings and a full scene that I setup..I took a little series of them.. Learning the lighting just in the viewer can have a big impact on your images.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holobebe Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Ceka Cianci said: You can do so much stuff with the wind light settings that will amaze you..Pulling them into photoshop is fun also.. Myself I have been just doing SL shots without pulling them out of world..I just haven't had the time like I used to..But I used to really enjoy being in photoshop.. These are a couple of quick shots I took last night of my avatar with the Genus head and two Skinnery skins.. The first is Nadine-Ebony and the second is one is Madison-ebony that just came out this morning.. I'm so super excited about the newest one that I'm already wanting to set up some scenes for it..hehehe I put another in the bottom to give an idea of what a scene can do for a picture even without photoshop.. This one is just SL with wind light settings and a full scene that I setup..I took a little series of them.. Learning the lighting just in the viewer can have a big impact on your images.. Wow your avi is very pretty and she looks so realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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