Kyrie Deka

I've been yes, and I've been oh he** no!

Happy Summer Sunday!

It is a huge challenge learning to live comfortably within ones own skin. And triggers are a menace. Acceptance. Forgiveness. Love. Growth. Its all a journey. Thanks for sharing!

Adding: Who would out of the blue in the middle of their day doing other stuff, poke you for naming names on a RP page? Perhaps well-meaning friends which the named avi has cried to? If that were the case, your mark got the message, perhaps not worth it to you to leave it up any longer. And if the name is only on your "Limits" section of your profile, the context could certainly be up for debate in your favor. I didn't take any of the three names you mentioned seriously, as the first two I should be expected to understand on a RP page we are talking RP. The third I presumed same, had I not read this thread. If later you go shooting off about it in an IM somewhere defending yourself that it is factually true and the user is a crook, that's a different matter. As to other folks telling you about your inappropriate naming in a profile, hmmmph, to be honest unless these folks are *that* user or a Linden, my first thought is they need to be minding their own business about what you choose to type/risk in a SL avatar profile on a tab about RP limits. Block em straight-up and don't even blink. Even so, in the end and given SL is supposed to be an enjoyable exercise and not a drag or risk for users, it kind of goes back to what was said above. Is it worth one more millisecond of ruining your good time to leave it there one more day?

@vampirelicker201You may be surprised that many many of us have at one time or another lived on a parcel we have such high, heavenly visual and use hopes for, only to be clobbered (visually or with lag, even "too many avis in region try to go to the parcel you pay for again later") by something that just crushes our hopes for the parcel... There are only three answers. Know you're hoping for better, others including me have also in the past. But there are only three, and you already heard em: (1) beg other user to give in, (2) file AR, or (3) pack up the U-Haul truck and find yourself another parcel. And yes, even pretty-penny-spent parcels. So sorry there isn't better options. Seriously, combined expertise in this thread alone is immense. It is what it is. Expect more from SL, and you're setting yourself up for some disappointment. I had one parcel I loved - until I realized right-quick I was going to get the "too many avatars already there" reject when I tried to TP (or login home) to the very parcel I had invested in! I tried to hang in there, accept the deal, ask around. But there are limitations to SL like it or not, and that includes whether a Linden will decide to enforce what *you* have determined is just. In my case, I asked myself how much was THAT parcel worth to me if I cannot even tp to my own home more than half my attempts... Answer was zippo, zero, nothin. I found a parcel even better and moved, but I sure did some *very specific* personal research before I laid down any Linden for another parcel. Little lessons learned, better with each move. Last mention is, and I am not saying this is you at all I wouldn't know, but it surprises us sometimes how our *neighbors* may be putting up with something(s) about *our* stuff and usage too. I mean, I tell myself it is always worth considering that, maybe my neighbor thinks my visuals are in their way now etc... etc. None of us ever thinks we are the issue. Most of us wouldn't be a bad neighbor on purpose. But sometimes we find out our neighbors have been VERY nice about not gettin angry with us about how our visuals or usage has really dented THEIR use of their parcel heaven. Best option, always if options 1 and 2 not workin for ya, believe me, is to do your research and then move to another parcel. Once you move, you'll never give this frustration one second of SL time and your life will be much much better for it *poof*

@AngieHawkHonestly this always makes me sad. Agreed it is needlessly vague at the start and should be easier to get info quickly to jump your experience ahead in a "modern" way, while still having fun and without getting frustrated or feeling like one is spending on useless stuff. Great info offered above. Don't give up... very doable! And sometimes inworld is faster to jump you ahead via IM, for rapid fire questions without any "limit" in what you post here as a new user in the forums. If you reach out to me via IM while you are inworld, I am happy to help. I am on most days, SL time.

I dumped Flexi the minute I could, but without movement hair feels much like a ball cap to me. I went with Exxess's "Breeze" series, which I believe uses animated strands, for just that tiny touch of movement. Very realistic, I've never had any lag issues wearing it compared to any other hair (flexi or otherwise), and I just love all the Breeze styles. Lots to choose from. I have a few longtimer brands I love for top quality that do not move. But I really prefer Exxess Breeze hair over all others, because of the movement.

Blue on Black. Can't count the times in RL I should have just said, Blue on Black baby...

Maybe I misunderstand the question. I think I read that the desired outcome is somewhat "solid red" images only (rather than the black lines)? Some stellar ideas above, which came to me first. Lots of options. But some a little more time intensive than others. If I ever find myself getting great advice and just entrenched in that "oh no, wayyyy to complex! dont wanna!" thinking, there is always the manual way that is neither fast, nor glam, nor really impressive. * Add a new "transparent" layer over the one you have and keep it "selected"/draw on this one next > ++zoom in if you have to over your image because you need to see the edges pretty well to do next step > use Free Select tool (lasso) and draw around the outside edge of each image until you meet the point where you started > change to the Bucket Fill tool, make sure Foreground (FG) color fill, and Fill whole selection are yes-checked, mouseover the two "color" boxes to be certain you know what color this tool will fill within the area you just "lassoed", and click inside your lasso zone. ++ = see, that inside that area you lassoed, is not that foreground color, painted on your "transparent" new layer. > Repeat between the ++ above, until all zones are now filled with your FG color. > turn OFF your original layer with the lines. = You have your one color bits all on a layer with transparent background. Yah its gonna take loads more time (to me) than all above suggestions. It isn't a glamorous impressive way to get it done. But if one is a little thrown by other suggestions and still in the intimidation zone (like I was for years), doing it the long way will be a good learning experience. Painful learning experiences spent while avoiding that which seems too complex, have always been wonderful motivators for me to quit avoiding and actually put the time into searching Google and reading the Gimp manual. Truly if I had know I would still be in SL in 2021, I would have acted on learning Gimp years before I did.