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51 minutes ago, FairreLilette said:

Yes, yes it is.

To find WORLD, it is up along the top bar of your computer screen.  Click on WORLD and then the drop down menu will show where you click on ENVIRONMENT EDITOR and then ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS which will open a separate pop up window, and then you do the rest as stated above.

I believe LL has something similar but I do not have the viewer installed at this time so I don't know where it is.

Also, when you click on the camera ICON it will open a window where you will find cool stuff for photos.  Click on FILTER and there are all kinds of interesting filters in there, I especially like the black and white option.  

Hope I'm not confusing you too much but it is fairly easy to learn and lots of fun too as there are just loads of environment settings in the environment editor.  All the photo effect settings in the environment editor are in alphabetical order, so Annan Adored Optimal Skin No Shadow in up in the A's.  

Not to mention it's an amazing photo editor once you find it...like a 250 dollar photoshop you don't have to pay for.  I tend to really love the places area and love Old New York and Paris.

All the photos effects are a wonderful perk and a half!  

Decided to go ahead and put a pic up! And you're right! The picture looks pretty clean as I can tell the difference (shadows vs non-shadows)

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39 minutes ago, FairreLilette said:

Yes, yes it is.

To find WORLD, it is up along the top bar of your computer screen.  Click on WORLD and then the drop down menu will show where you click on ENVIRONMENT EDITOR and then ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS which will open a separate pop up window, and then you do the rest as stated above.

I believe LL has something similar but I do not have the viewer installed at this time so I don't know where it is.

Also, when you click on the camera ICON it will open a window where you will find cool stuff for photos.  Click on FILTER and there are all kinds of interesting filters in there, I especially like the black and white option.  

Hope I'm not confusing you too much but it is fairly easy to learn and lots of fun too as there are just loads of environment settings in the environment editor.  All the photo effect settings in the environment editor are in alphabetical order, so Annan Adored Optimal Skin No Shadow in up in the A's.  

Not to mention it's an amazing photo editor once you find it...like a 250 dollar photoshop you don't have to pay for.  I tend to really love the places area and love Old New York and Paris.

All the photos effects are a wonderful perk and a half!  

Alright! Thanks again Fairre

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5 hours ago, FairreLilette said:

Very nice, she looks more human rather than doll like!

To get rid of the shadows on the face, do the following:

Go to WORLD and find ENVIRONMENT EDITOR.  Click on Environment Settings and a menu will pop open.

Next, check both CUSTOMIZE MY ENVIRONMENT and FIXED SKY.

Next, click the word MIDDAY and a drop down menu of many, many photo choices will appear.

For now, try finding the one called Annan Adored Optimal Skin No Shadow and click on it and your lighting will change.

You should now be able to take a picture of your avi without shadow on the face like the photo in your OP at the LAQ Head store.

And, there in the Environment Editor under World you can find tons and tons of lighting effects to play around with and it's a lot of fun!  

 

Okay. And is this through the Firestorm Viewer?

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On 8/26/2019 at 3:22 PM, ArslanPanbrosia said:

 

Hello. I am in dire need of some help with my avatar! So, I am trying to update my avatar's appearance by getting a new head and body. I got recommended to one place for "bento" mesh heads called LAQ. I tried on some demos first, and when ahead and bought the head that I liked. However, I did not realized that I would need to buy a whole new skin specifically so that the rest of my body is the same tone. So I tried on a skin that was separate from the head that I bought. The problem with this was that once again, the skin head to my neck did not match the rest of the body. What can I do to fix this issue? Also, I wanted to know what Maitreya, Slink Physique, Hourglass, and Belleza are. Are they shapes, heads, skins? Any recommendations/help would be greatly appreciated in regards to what heads, shapes to get for my avatar. I have uploaded a picture with the current status of avatar being that she's wearing a demo skin that doesn't match.

So I decided to post an update to how my journey has been thus far far with creating my avi. As you see up above is the BEFORE and now here's the AFTER:

How does she look? I feel like I'm making a lot of progress on this journey and thank you to everyone who reached out to give tips, links to in world places, etc. Although, I have yet to make full strides in customizing galore yet, I still need help. The eye color that I originally had with the head changed after I put the Maitreya mesh body on. I assume the reason behind that could be due to Maitreya coming with a set pre loaded eyes? Or I could be wrong. But the question I have is: Can the eyes be changed when need be?

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On 9/3/2019 at 2:42 PM, Marianne Little said:

You can also request that you get your old body/feet/hands in one such version.

But you must have minimum 4 of the feet, so that is a bit cheap of her. I can't get that, because I have three - flat, medium and high. The others are kitten heel and pointe (ballerina).

Okay, thank you also for the information!

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On 9/3/2019 at 10:24 AM, FairreLilette said:

Remember with Slink you have to tint the feet to match each skin unless BOM changes that but I kind of doubt it.  

With Maitreya, you do not have to match the skin to the feet.  

Slink may seem cheaper, but after buying three sets of feet and hands, it would be more expensive.  The three sets of feet would be flat, mid and high plus hands.  Now it says there is "a package" inworld which I have no idea how much it is.  

Maitreya comes with a setting where you just push a button and it changes the feet to flat, mid and high, and Maitreya comes with hands and a hand AO included.

 

Thank you for information! I was wondering about why my avi's feet changed along side the color of the eyes once I put Maitreya on.

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On 8/26/2019 at 3:22 PM, ArslanPanbrosia said:

 

Hello. I am in dire need of some help with my avatar! So, I am trying to update my avatar's appearance by getting a new head and body. I got recommended to one place for "bento" mesh heads called LAQ. I tried on some demos first, and when ahead and bought the head that I liked. However, I did not realized that I would need to buy a whole new skin specifically so that the rest of my body is the same tone. So I tried on a skin that was separate from the head that I bought. The problem with this was that once again, the skin head to my neck did not match the rest of the body. What can I do to fix this issue? Also, I wanted to know what Maitreya, Slink Physique, Hourglass, and Belleza are. Are they shapes, heads, skins? Any recommendations/help would be greatly appreciated in regards to what heads, shapes to get for my avatar. I have uploaded a picture with the current status of avatar being that she's wearing a demo skin that doesn't match.

Thanks everyone who helped! This forum is a miracle in the sky! Thank you so much to everyone who reached out for all you help on this. I might post an update or two of how my journey with avatar has been thus far

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2 hours ago, Katt Dragoone said:

Yes just teleport upstairs and you will see a wall of skins to buy. They work of mesh bodies. I recommend Maitreya since most designers create for it. 

Okay, thanks! As of now, I have got matching skin for my entire body!  Thanks to everyone that posted on the forum!  That's a start, right? I might post an update, as I still might questions about things

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On 8/30/2019 at 9:39 PM, Katt Dragoone said:

They have skin sets for, I think it was $35L, upstairs. I got the new skin for Ivy and head, and I'm using that cheapy skin they got ( I attached a picture so you can see, it matches). You can also go to other stores that sell Omega skins and use those. I'm assuming you have a mesh body as well. 
 

Is the matching skin sets at LAQ? And I'm currently looking for a mesh body, just don't know where to start as I've been to the LAQ, CATWA, and Belleza stores so far.

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On 8/30/2019 at 9:27 PM, Nalates Urriah said:

When you are working to match skin colors you need to adjust your Windlight settings. Assuming you are using the LL SL Viewer, top menu: World->Environment Editor->Environment settings.

Change to CalWL or Analu neutral to get a flat lighting. Match colors in neutral light to get the best match across all lighting.

No, I'm actually using a viewer called Firestorm

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On 8/27/2019 at 5:20 AM, BelindaN said:

If I can catch you in world I'm happy to talk you through any issues. 

I'm SLT+8hrs. @ArslanPanbrosia

I'll take you up on the offer! Just sent you a message in world.

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1 hour ago, Gregorian Chant said:

Maitreya, Slink, and Belleza are stores that sell mesh bodies.  They are currently the top 3 most popular.
Maitreya have a mesh body called Lara.
Slink have 2 female bodies: Physique and Hourglass.
Belleza have 3 female bodies: Venus, Isis, and Freya.

Thank you for the helpful info! Now I have an idea of what bodies each place has. Onto to the demos I guess.

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1 hour ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

Just like LAQ is your brand of head, Maitreya, Slink and Belleza (among others) are brands of mesh bodies.

While you are at the LAQ store, you can get matching skins for the different bodies. 

Now ... which body.  Wow.  Let's start a fist fight right here
People are loyal to their body brands and different people will give you different reasons why their brand is the best brand.  So here goes post #1 in the latest "which body  is best" debate.

I would strongly recommend starting off with Maitreya because it is the most well supported by clothing makers.  It is also reasonably priced but then again all the mentioned brads are withing a few 100 L$ of each other.  Obviously it is the brand I wear.

What you should do first is go to the different stores and try out some demos.

Maitreya: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maitreya Isle/128/132/24
Slink (Get Hourglass here): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Slink/35/123/24
Belleza (Try Isis and possibly Freya): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belleza/126/77/26

Any of these bodies are well supported and easy to fit.  Try out the demos and pick the body you like best.

Thank you and I will try out the demos for these as well. Hopefully, I will get the hang of it, as it seems kind of confusing at the moment.

 

1 hour ago, Gregorian Chant said:

Maitreya, Slink, and Belleza are stores that sell mesh bodies.  They are currently the top 3 most popular.
Maitreya have a mesh body called Lara.
Slink have 2 female bodies: Physique and Hourglass.
Belleza have 3 female bodies: Venus, Isis, and Freya.

 

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1 hour ago, Gregorian Chant said:

Since you mentioned you've already brought a LAQ head, let's stick with that and work from there.

Getting the body skin from the same designer who made the head skin would be the easiest way to get the whole body to uniformly match.

What head skin did you choose to use? Is it the preloaded default that came with the head or a third party skin applier?  If using the preloaded default, LAQ should sell the body applier to go with the mesh body.  If using the 3rd party skin, then you should get the body skin from that same 3rd party store.

Maitreya, Slink, and Belleza are stores that sell mesh bodies.  They are currently the top 3 most popular.
Maitreya have a mesh body called Lara.
Slink have 2 female bodies: Physique and Hourglass.
Belleza have 3 female bodies: Venus, Isis, and Freya.

When choosing a mesh body, consider the variety of clothing available for the body in addition to finding the one that clicks with you.  Like RL, you have to check the product labels for your body type.

And at the risk of sound like a broken record, always try the demos first.

 

1 hour ago, Gregorian Chant said:

Getting the body skin from the same designer who made the head skin would be the easiest way to get the whole body to uniformly match.

When you say that, do you mean that the body skin is separate from the head skin? And would I have to buy that separate? As it still seems that my head skin does not match up to body skin.

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34 minutes ago, Gregorian Chant said:

Since you mentioned you've already brought a LAQ head, let's stick with that and work from there.

Or at least I thought I bought a head.... The LAQ Scarlet Bento, but it seems to have DEMO written on the face. I could have sworn I bought it.

59 minutes ago, Gregorian Chant said:

Getting the body skin from the same designer who made the head skin would be the easiest way to get the whole body to uniformly match.

When you say this, do you mean getting the same skin that goes with the same head?

1 hour ago, Gregorian Chant said:

What head skin did you choose to use? Is it the preloaded default that came with the head or a third party skin applier?  If using the preloaded default, LAQ should sell the body applier to go with the mesh body.  If using the 3rd party skin, then you should get the body skin from that same 3rd party store.

It seems like the skin was preloaded.

 

 

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Hello. I am in dire need of some help with my avatar! So, I am trying to update my avatar's appearance by getting a new head and body. I got recommended to one place for "bento" mesh heads called LAQ. I tried on some demos first, and when ahead and bought the head that I liked. However, I did not realized that I would need to buy a whole new skin specifically so that the rest of my body is the same tone. So I tried on a skin that was separate from the head that I bought. The problem with this was that once again, the skin head to my neck did not match the rest of the body. What can I do to fix this issue? Also, I wanted to know what Maitreya, Slink Physique, Hourglass, and Belleza are. Are they shapes, heads, skins? Any recommendations/help would be greatly appreciated in regards to what heads, shapes to get for my avatar. I have uploaded a picture with the current status of avatar being that she's wearing a demo skin that doesn't match.