[Skin Templates]

Why isn't this stickied, so people always can find it? >.<

 

Also, there's a really good tutorial on creating your own skins here

[How do I appeal to suspected item theft in the marketplace?]

Infringement is bad, no argument about that.

But twisting the language to suit your purpose, does not make infringement into theft.

 

theft

noun

1.

the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.

2.

an instance of this.

3.

Archaic . something stolen.

theft  (θɛft)
— n
1.	criminal law  the dishonest taking of property belonging to another person with the intention of depriving the owner permanently of its possession
2.	rare  something stolen

in·fringe·ment

noun

1.

a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.

2.

an act of infringing.

infringe  (ɪnˈfrɪndʒ)
— vb
1.	( tr ) to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)
2.	( intr; foll by  on or  upon ) to encroach or trespass

[Simple furry building kit.]

Valerie Inshan posted some very useful links in this thread http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Building-and-Texturing-Forum/Tutorials/td-p/1380477

You should have a look there as well

[Baking shadow in normal prims?]

Possibly something worthwhile here:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Advanced_Sculptie_Exporter_From_Maya

?

[Hiding hair]

Best I have found is to have hair that is modify, so people can adjust their hair themselves. With all these annoying resize scripts, though, modify hair is getting less common

[Hexagon, Bryce and Daz Studio Pro now for free]

Thanks a lot for the heads up!

[How to handle Torley's Textures?]

What you do is open up the box they're in, then mark say a-c textures, drag them into your inventory, and do the same for d-f, and so on and so forth, that way you'll know you have them all, as well as you won't have to wait for SL to figure out there're more waiting.

It's a bit more arbitrary, but it saves you a lot of grief as opposed to just keep copying contents into your inventory.

[Which is better Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro?]

I really like Dr. Brown's tutorials. They are ideal for your purpose as well, as teaching you a lot of useful techniques.

http://russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

Just scroll down to the CS2 section

 

Another very cool series is You Suck at Photoshop - hard to concentrate on the actual tutorials, though <.<