Marianne Little
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I do not know if the official viewer has this, but in Firestorm there is a setting for the inventory:
- Add clothes on double click
- Add objects on double click
You can double click anything in your inventory, and it is added, not worn. You find this under the 'gear' icon when you open your inventory.
This is very practical. I do not have to worry about clicking wrong and use 'wear' by accident anymore.
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17 hours ago, VictoriaGrwd said:
Your new look is great. I love your face.😍
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Still using PhotoScapeX. This can be a favorite tool. It even has liquify and text in the free version. Not a big amount of fonts, but it's free. Maybe the pro has more fonts.
If it had a clone tool for free, I could do better with the thumb. It was a quick edit. I have not needed to look for tutorials, the icons and text is telling me what to do. I need to find out how to make the eyes clearer, they became a bit blurry.
It's not very different. The top has a more visible knit pattern and the skin and hair looks brighter.
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That PhotoScape X that was mentioned a few pages back has a lot of options. So much that it is hard to pick. Original image the small one in right corner.
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On 2/3/2024 at 3:23 AM, Psyche Starling said:
They really did encourage Senra designs for this event, though! It was in the call for designers. And I've only been to one sim so far and have still seen more Senra stuff than I've ever seen before this. So if someone wants to use the bodies, it's a good place to go.
I hope the designers keep the Senra clothes as a freebie in their stores when the event is over.
That is an obstacle new people struggle with, things that are not available longer. Like all the good system skins and clothes.
System clothes from COCO, Maitreya, LeLutka, Zaara... gone, while god-dawg awful system clothes are left on the Marketplace. (LeLutka and Maitreya sold clothes many years before mesh bodies and heads.)
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I have made some looks with my old stuff on a new mesh body. This is Maitreya set to BoM, with older clothing on system layers. And the jodhpur pants have sculpted leg parts. The jodhpur that we can buy today have a better look since it is all in one part, not having to mix a flat 2D layer with 3D sculpt/mesh.
(I had lost the beret. It must have been an inventory clean-up that got out of hand. What a shame. It was really pretty.)
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On 2/3/2024 at 9:14 AM, Raspberry Crystal said:
..........................This is probably already something the Moles have thought about, but my main tack here regards orientation of the individual homes, and this has been brought into focus by my recent experience of snagging a waterside plot. Apart from the 90 degree swivel of the Grand View, the main focus and view points from within the buildings point towards the mail box / road.
This works well for many lots, but there are also quite a few where the main view would naturally be from the back of the house, say where the house backs onto water, or has an open aspect to the rear.
What I noticed was a pattern of occupation which corresponded to each plot's ability to take in the view. Even if a house was besides water, if the water was behind the home, it was less likely to have a resident, or to be furnished.
If we could have some new homes that had their main rooms at the back of the house, I wonder if there would be more take up of those plots which have the best outlook from the rear? It could give more flexibility to the choices available.
This was the first I noticed in the demo region, and it drove me bonkers. Some of the houses have the most amazing views in the back. And even without a lake there, why would I want to look at the mailbox? The back is the natural place for a private spot to hang out with friends or relax alone..
I also support the suggestion of smaller homes.
So my wish would be for 4 houses with the big windows facing the backyard, and another entrance facing the road.
This could include both small and big houses.
The update to the Houseboats had some really neat boats, one with open ceiling and big windows. This structure, open ceiling, could be used in a smaller single-story loghouse too. It would be perfect, both big windows and smaller size. I think the two smaller Houseboats that was made like 'houses on ground' have very good interior design too.
When I lived in the Adams, I used an add-on that gave Adams a livingroom in the back, with big windows and an open ceiling in that room. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Teegle-Bellisseria-Adams-Home-Addon/19669885
This too, show how a small single-story house can have big windows and enjoy the landcaping to the fullest. The Log homes have some very good landscaping. Almost as good as the Camper landscaping.
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Take a look at the suggestions you already got. Have you tried them already and found out it is too hard? If you think working on your own with a stylecard and videos is too difficult, try to hire somebody by posting here:
https://community.secondlife.com/forums/forum/312-inworld-employment/
I think you can find somebody to help faster there.
I am not one that is good at inworld teaching, and besides, I have so little time to spend in SL that I can't help anybody now.
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1 hour ago, Psyche Starling said:
There's also a lot of free stuff for the Senra body at the Shop & Hop currently. Check out this post for more:
https://fabfree.wordpress.com/2024/01/31/fabfrees-ultimate-guide-to-the-valentine-shop-hop/
There wasn't much clothing for it, so for this event Linden Labs specifically encouraged people to design for it.
I honestly belive that Linden Lab do not want us to use these avatars longer than 1-2 weeks. They do not want to encourage creators to make a wardrobe for them.
Not only is it hard to find clothes, but he topology of the Senra avatars faces are really hard to match to SL UV skins. My 'big box' of saved skins was almost useless unless I accepted weird fit around nose/mouth/eye corners. I can dive in my inventory and find old skins, but new people can not buy these skins anymore.
I think I found only one skin creator with original SL UV skins that is still for sale. That was Pink Fuel. And one skin creator has made a new skin for Senra Jaime. Male SL UV skins that I tried on the Blake avatar was even uglier (in my eyes). I found a male skin from The Body Shop, but that was of course old and could not be purchased today.
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On 2/1/2024 at 4:06 AM, Mariposa Psaltery said:
Hello. I want to change my av from classic to one of the newer ones. I would want to change body and head. Is there a certain one that is better than the others? Are there pros and cons to them?
I have a large amount of clothes, skins, hair, etc. that I would like to use with the new body and head. Is there an easy way to find out what will work with the newer ones?
I am not a new member. I have been playing since April 2005. Please recommend any and all ideas.
Thank you.
I am going to talk a bit about using your old wardrobe with a new mesh body, and your old skins/makeup with a new mesh head.
If you have mesh clothes, I assume you have what we called 'standard sizes'. You can use them with mesh bodies. The fit will not be as good as with mesh made for a certain mesh body. The more of the body that's covered, the better. I still use COCO clothes like coats, sweaters and pants from when they were made in only 2 sizes, with an alpha layer under. Gowns and tops with straps will be a problem. Straps will either float over the shoulders, or dig in them. Mesh bikinis will be impossible to use.
You can use system clothes when you set the body to BOM (Bakes on mesh). This let the layers you are wearing, show on the mesh body. You can layer freely with all sort of layers, tattoo layer, pants layer, jacket layer, gloves etc etc. Sculpted details like cuffs, can you wear and edit like on your classic body.
Sandals and pumps made for the system avatar will not fit at all. You can wear boots, and use an alpha layer for the feet.
SL UV skin that you own, can you use on mesh heads. You will have to set the head to 'SL UV' instead of 'EvoX UV'.
EvoX is the dominant layer today. But some stores sell SL UV. You will have to look for 'SL UV' and demo before you buy.
It is not sure that the old system skins will look good on the head. You will see this when you try on the new Senra avatar from your library. I was very exited when we got BOM, I had packed and saved a box with a lot of skins, League, Deetalez, Wow, Glam affair, and many more. They look slightly 'off' on mesh heads. The topology of the heads does not match the SL UV perfectly. Here is an example that is some years old, but you run into the same problems now.
You can try the free Genus head and see how it works for you. That head is a free gift in store, just join the group and the group is also free. It is a good start.
You can NOT mix SL UV and EvoX UV. So if you wear one of your old skins, makeup and hairbases that is made for EvoX will not fit at all.
Always use demos. That is the only way to find out if things will fit.
Since I have been in SL almost as long as you, I had a lot of makeup and hairbases, and thought I would never use EvoX UV. I changed my mind because I found out that 10 years make a difference, the old skins and makeups was not my style now. It is so many freebies and things for sale in the weekend sales. I have gone full EvoX UV now.
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When I run into a body or head issue, I unpack a new, fresh one, and replace all the parts. If you have deleted the original pack the body came in, you can get a redelivery in the store.
In my opinion, it is faster than trying to fix it.
Have you been wearing body shine? I think it looks like the upper and lower part of the body has different shine/specularity. I do not know how Legacy work when you apply and take off materials.
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I have been thinking about Lara and LaraX a while....
And I have come to wish the updates were only for the neck/shoulders. I am totally wild about them, now that I see the difference.
The rest of the changes, tummy and upper thighs, is so small that they are annoying. It is a bit smoother, but is additional work with alpha layers and the HUD, since all autohide scripts wrecks alpha cuts. This 'work to make it fit' should not be necessary, since it is really just minimal change.
If Maitreya had only updated the shoulders/neck and released Lara as 6.0, it would have been better for me. The only things I had to replace would be tops/dresses, not thigh high boots and pants.
LaraX could have been released as its own body and made appealing to curvy body users.
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2 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:
Thank you for posting replies to questions asked to me, I have been distracted with RL a couple days. 😃
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'Fantasseria' is bad enough on its own, I dislike to see people slap on -seria here and there.
Fantasseria is related to Disney 'Fantasia' and has a natural connection to RL. But 'Sakusseria'?
Pretentious.
And 'Bellisseria Alps' and 'Bellisseria Forest'? Pretentious that too. Saying Chalets and Logland sound more down-to-earth.
Several names for the Victorian part? Is that really necessary?
But what can one expect of some who make up ostentatious names as 'The Bellisserian Bureau of Bureaucracy (BBB), Confederation of Democratic Simulators (CDS) and Continental Passport Control Board (CPCB)'.
Delighted by showing off themselves, 'LL approves of us'.
They simply has to clutter up the map, because they think some names sound better and more posh.
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Meshbody classic is updated to the Universal neck. It has the same neck as the 5500L Legacy meshbody.The problem here would be that free heads you try to wear with it do not use the Universal neck.
It is only free mesh heads of good quality around Christmas, when both LOGO and Lelutka gave away a free male head of top quality.
I suspect that free heads you find now are either very old, from before Universal Neck became the standard, or uploaded from some other game and not optimized for SL mesh bodies.
I second the DNA avatars already mentioned. I think they cost 2L, one linden for the avatar and one linden for a skin for it.
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12 hours ago, GoswamiTulsidas said:
Thank you Marianne, it is these tips that are so good, as yes, I have the older beta Jake, but more recent BOM so thinking I'd cure the seam on the older, I think 2018 version has me understand it's definitely time to move over.. I loved my old Beta Jake, bless him hehe! Ok, I shall be looking out for the 3.0 body or younger!
https://virtualbloke.com/archives/4436
This blog post is about Jake, and you can see what I mean about the neck seam. Before you upgrade to 3.0, you will have problems with a seam, no matter what skins you use. You can see the blogger writes:
QuoteUPDATE: As of today (Sunday 29th August 2021) Belleza have just updated all of their bodies, including Jake. The below neck issue has now been fixed. If you are still experiencing this issue, visit the Belleza store and redeliver your purchase to the v3.0 version.
It is minimal changes in the HUD, so you do not need to learn all over again. What is the new, is that creators make BOM skins now, what you know about appliers is outdated. Things always change in SL.
You can read the tutorials about BOM in this Virtual Bloke blog.
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Some years ago, I used to take my alt to a nude beach. She had a more 'sexy' body and followed height rules. Something that was perfectly fine with me. (Why an alt? Because after hooking up for an evening, I get needy IM's from clingy men the moment I rez, and it is annoying. Better use an alt.)
As I have found out, height rules appear in places where you go to have sexy times.
Not all, but some like to see how short they can be in adult clubs, without being asked to leave. And then cry: But I have boobs! I am obviously a grown-up!
When a female reach the waist of some men, it start to feel uncomfortable, breasts or not. Did not someone say: 'Who do you trust, my word or your lying eyes?' A place could avoid that by having a rule that exclude men over RL average height. No place does that, because male avatars in SL is fewer that females, and it would mean killing that place if they stop 'too tall' men.
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On 1/21/2024 at 3:58 AM, Midnoot said:
Perfect example of why I hate unrigged hairs. Graphics on ULTRA except the LOD which is 2.000 and still, it disappears from a SHORT distance.
https://gyazo.com/61c28c8b5d19f620d5e06d2d7b44e86a
It looks like a hair I have. That is a hair created by S........ the hair is rigged and bangs unrigged?
I do not understand how rigged/unrigged can make a difference? Since the creator is capable of uploading the hair itself with good LOD.
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I agree that Stray Dog is perhaps the best place to look. That creator has not made Catwa skins since 2020, but they are good quality.
I do not know if he has retired them. The only way you can find out, is go to the store and look for them.
The same goes for Not Found.
Catwa is still very good heads, but creators have moved on to a different face template. It is a bit harder to find skins for it now.
If your version of Jake is pre August 2021, you will have a very clear neck seam. You should have the 3.0 version. No skin will help for that neck problem, it was fixed in the 3.0 body.
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12 hours ago, Janet Voxel said:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LIVIA-Mix-It-PRO-Base-Nails-SQUARE/21690424
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LIVIA-Mix-It-PRO-Polish-HUD-Natural-v2/24135716
Actually, looking at it again on a bigger screen, you may want to look for square shaped nails.
I am close to the look now, I will continue to search for nails that is just the correct length, not too long, no too short and perfect tip.
I have no idea why I suddenly care about nails. That have been the least important part of a look before. The last applier I found work with the longest default Maitreya nails. It is close. Before I saw that image with the Reborn nails, I would be perfectly happy.
A light fresh flesh color with a hint of white. Glossy and shiny. The lunula must show just enough. The tip must have a sharp edge and just the right white color. Here is where most fail, the lunula is not showing and the egde where the tip meet the nail bed is blurred.
Tomorrow I may find out that the applier I got is good enough. I am strange that way. 😏 A thing is important until it is not important.
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I have BOM layers yes, but I can not get that 3D look with a flat layer. So of course it looks just what it is - a tight fit undershirt.
I have saved some exellent layer tops from Zaara, and they include all layers. Tops, bottoms and jacket layers. And they are modify. Plus other tops. So it is not that I lack something to put under the short tops. I wish I did not have to do it.
And I am not prudish, I can wear a harness and nipple patches as well. But when I put together an outfit in SL, like I could come to life and walk out in RL to a meeting with my daughter's teacher, I want to cover my tummy. Those cropped tops look out of place when I want that look.
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I bought a set from Eventyra, but I am really disappointed. The colors are so deep, this is the lightest skin tone. no 3 from left. It is also greyish... If I pick the one of the two to the left, they are greyer. If I pick tones more to the right, they are even darker. Projected light or Nams skin and prim, does not matter. The colors looked better in the marketplace image. I wear Porcelain skin from Velour. Those with darker skin will perhaps love these.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Eventyra-Maitreya-Nail-HUD-French-Gloss-Tips/25200156
I found a cheap mani/pedi that work much better for light skin tones. I feel it is better than the default tones in the Maitreya HUD. I think it is something with the shading, around the edge and the cuticle. Hard to describe.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LB-French-30-Sharp-OMNI-Set-Slink-Omega-Maitreya/11079622
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Truth sold this hair a week or two ago. You do not have to use the knitted hat, only the hair, The hair is voluminous, and I found it worked poorly with a hood. It does ot work at all with a tight fit hood.
It may work with a very loose hood. Of course no modify. 😪
Doux "Ryancita" is a sleek hair where you can turn off the head scarf.
I am sorry that I post so much no modify hair, but I only know of No Match and Raven Bell that is modify. We are stuck with rigged hair these days, short pixie cuts works, if they are not rigged. They can be moved, but the hair is in one piece. We can always edit by resizer script in the hair and move unrigged hair.
For long hair, it is hopeless because it is rigged.
I was working with a group gift hair from. No Match that had a hat. I could turn the hat transparent, but that did not matter. I could make all of the hair transparent, but not parts of it. So it was modify, but it was not helping me put it under a hood. For that, I would need only visible hair at the ears. I could not not edit a part, like the back and crown of the head. It was one solid object.
But No Match has hundreds of hairs. You may find something that works.
Hoods are so hard to use with hair. If you have a hood that is loose with volume and open in front, we may be lucky and have a sleak long hair under. For tight fitted hoods and hoods that are closed under the chin, we basically have no other option than bangs.
Last options, hair pieces, group gift from Dura.
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Sintiklia has some hairstyles with loose bangs. I belive they have group gift hairs with bangs that is unrigged.
Stealthic and Doux too. Magika has group gift bangs, and a lot of hairs with bangs.
No one of these are mod, but they are unrigged, and that helps. They can be resized via script and have a lot of colors in the HUD and a RGB system.
Raven Bell has hair you can mod, but you can not move unrigged hair. I have seen their ads, with longer hair under. They sell hat hair and hood hair.
Raven Bell also sell a pack of thin hair strands, that you can use to the front and sides of the hood. They are moveable and resizeable. (Not all parts, some long strands are rigged) Several different pieces, and you can duplicate them and add many. Combine with a hairbase.
Magikas "Blair", it is a very good hat hair. No wisps or curls on top. It may work for a hood, may not.
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Slink Hourglass outdated
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Posted · Edited by Marianne Little
My thought is that Reborn is the body for the 'popular' models and bloggers in SL.
It also has a lot of addons like juicy and squishy parts, that many seem to love.
Your Hourglass is totally perfect for you, unless you are in the model, blogger or Flickr community and will model a curvy shape. Then you meet the people who always have the latest apparel and accessories, and look down on people who don't. If they can not buy things in the events for it, it is not 'good'.
And since Slink has left SL and Reborn is the hot body for curves now, creators has dropped Hourglass.