Uploaded Textures go fuzzy when put on clothes, skin, ect.

[Yuna Erin]

I seem to have this reaccuring problem where my textures look gorgeous when I make them, but then they become distorted and blurry when I put them on clothes or skin even when the object is fully loaded. It seems to be at an alright degree when I texture shirts, but I have issues texturing pants (because the crotch becomes distorted), and faces for skin. I'm working on a skin at the moment and I've tried everything to get the face it to show up properly. I tried different templates, graphic settings, image sizes, ect. but none seem to be fixing my problem of the skin not showing up properly. (I've followed the template I have perfectly, and have made the image size 256X256 and saved it as a TGA file.)

 

Here are my specs:

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz (1999.77 MHz)
Memory: 2039 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Graphics Card Vendor: Intel
Graphics Card: Intel 945G
Windows Graphics Driver Version: 7.14.0010.1437
OpenGL Version: 1.4.0 - Build 7.14.10.1437

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.20.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8j zlib/1.2.3
J2C Decoder Version: OpenJPEG: 1.4.0.697, Runtime: 1.4.0
Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.750000
Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1

 

I don't have this issue with skins made by other people (the skins I have work fine), but only with textures uploaded and placed onto a skin that I've made. I've tried using Pheonix viewer and Viewer 3 with the same result on both. Could it be a graphics card issue, file type issue, or file size issue? Any help would be appreciated. thanks! :D

[Suzan Littlething]

For clothes and skins you should upload an image 512x512 px tga or png. 256 px may be too less, only using this size for small items like jewellry.

[Morgaine Christensen]

Also, you are going to get some distortion in the crotch, shoulders, and chest area (may be other areas as well) when the AV moves, it's an SL thing.

You could try testing it at 1024 x 1024, but it is not recommended to upload beyond 512 X 512. I would upload at 512 x 512 and see how that looks.

[Shelby Silverspar]

you'll need to start with a larger file - 512 at the very least. don't try to up-size your existing files, it won't work, they will be blurry. start larger, reduce to 512 for clothes before uploading.