[Stop looking at me.]

18 hours ago, moirakathleen said:

I'm not sure that you allowing him to find you would show anything on his side.

Except for minimap. Friends will show the same color as you on the minimap (or otherwise a different color that the default from others).

As for the OP description: @Talligurl - did you attach anything with regard to that AFK place? Mostly rhetorical question, because if this person saw any indication other than what is show on the minimap, it would have to be some kind of attachment you are they were wearing what could have created particles between you (there are some magic HUDs that will do this automatically, but must be invoked).

I wonder if that person could have been wearing some thing that does this as some kind of "friend locator" and they forgot they were wearing it, or didn't;t understand how it works, etc.

There could be hundreds of plausible explanations. But the most important one is how laughable it is that anyone thinks they are that important and paranoid over being "looked at". I do not turn off my look-at pointer and I'll alt click you in a heartbeat. And if you jump angrily into my IMs about it, I'll tell you to stop me if you can and that "ll just leave my pointer on you until you or I leave the reagin, whichever comes first. Then block you. Because Ima biotch thataway. Hahahaha!

[Bellisseria Choo-Choo Train Thread]

21 hours ago, Malayaa said:

Test rezzed the demo of the Bibian Service Train and it was cool, but the one I am really lusting after is the San Francisco Cable Car here https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SLRR-SF-Cable-Car/4929807 since I was born in the SF bay area IRL and this brings back so many memories.  Has anyone ever tried this cable car?

The main caveat with that (and some older trains) is the prim count (that one is 123) - which isn't usually a problem, though with Bellesserian rez zones I'm not sure how much LI is allotted to them. The main thing would be region crossings. Newer train will have lower LI and better-optimized scripts. Just pointing out a thing or two to think about for everyone when shopping.

5 hours ago, Chuckey Jigsaw said:

I'm a noob with this whole train thing but I'm really in for it. So I wanted to try it out and got a pretty nice tram. I've rezzed it in Red Hook and everything went relatively well since it is kinda driving on it's own. But here's the thing I didn't quite understand. At one certain point - Almost at the end of the Victorian area, my train kept flipping around and drove back the way I just came from. It was impossible to drive it further up to "north belli". Is there anything I've missed? 😅

The Bellisseria RR isn't complete yet. Switches aren't working and many of the crossing gates, etc. Most trains will just stop when it cannot find the rail guide (a transparent object that the train actually follows - highlight transparent and you can see it down the middle of the track). The one you were using may have been designed to auto-flip when it reaches an end-of-line like that as many are setup so they can run remotely or autonomously.

[Sims that spam you invite to paid group upon landing]

7 hours ago, Ceka Cianci said:

I think the best thing to do is be aware of what pop ups show up..Hit cancel on them all if they are coming in fast and trying to be overwhelming..Plus move away from the landing area where the triggers are..

I bounce all over the grid and really never have been tricked into any group.. if i get spammed right away when I get somewhere,I'll click cancel most of the time for objects and invites and look for LM's and rules only..

Then if i feel like joining a group afterwards,I'll look for it myself..

Best way to stop the spamming is to move from the landing area soon as you get there,even if you are still rezzing everything.. Hit the ground running..hehehehe

This. Develop the "knee-jerk" reaction (muscle-memory) to always click CANCEL as the default (without thinking about it) action and you'll be alright. This also doesn't really affect incoming purchases, etc., because you're usually actively waiting on those.

[new challenge]

22 hours ago, KaOrIn92 said:

Hello community,

lately i challenged myself with tattoo creation 

and to put it frankly... i'm stuck.

i use photoshop CC with 3d avatar templates

no matter what i try i can't get get nice sharp and crisp tattoo's.

they are allwas unsharp (examples are attached)

save the  files in 2048x2048p 

I would be more than grateful if someone with experiance could give me some tips

 

by the way ..... i hope i'm in the right place here for this kind of topic

For text, use OpenTyupe fonts, not TrueType, there is a big difference in the sharpness of the font edges. Use heavier fonts, use bold styling if available and if not, then create a bold with outlines of the same color.

If the text is overlaid onto some other graphical element, use screen or mixed layer overlays, this will kill any potential halos that Photoshop tends to add to small knockouts (small elements on a transparent layer.)

Unless the text on a tattoo is the primary focus of the tattoo, it is better not to use display-style fonts unless designed for "billboard-sized" projects.

2048x2048 is a good working size for your document, but it also should be set to 300 PPI, not 72 or 96 PPI

You may want to investigate Affinity Photo, it is superior to Photoshop in many ways, especially with text compositions because of its direct hooks into Affinity Designer (Illustrator alternative) and Affinity Publisher (InDesign alternative) and all of these are fully capable of doing anything the Adobe stuff can.

[An Open Letter to Patch, the Moles & the Lindens]

It's a fun idea, though I doubt there would be enough demand. Also remember that on a technical basis, the Linden Homes are designed to be starter homes and it is unlikely a new resident will jump into the mermaid genre of avatar because it is very expensive to do it correctly and there are no mermaid starter avatars as of this writing.

Sorry to be the one party-pooper here. LOL

[Making Avatars Look Good in Black Dragon! Share Your Hints and Advice!]

So I made a video to show how I did the Kodalith thing.

 

[New furniture for Victorians?]

5 minutes ago, Elora Lunasea said:

Are you talking about the C&G stuff I posted about? and @foneco Zuzu ?

The 2 pieces I purchased ARE copy. 

If you filter for "copy", you'll see plenty comes up. Looks likes some pieces have 2 versions, a less expensive transfer version and more expensive copy version.

I'm also wondering if some pieces might have been gachas at some point, hence why they aren't copy. Of course I have no idea but again, there are copy items there for anyone who is interested.

That's good to know. It sure would be helpful if Marketplace allowed merchants to create those kind of categories, huh? LOL

[my hair keep moving on my head]

4 hours ago, Matty Luminos said:

10 hours ago, QutiePops said:

its not flexi hair its one of the newer hairs but im confused why its wiggling or jiggling ontop of my head

This said, I have seen one animesh style (@Alyona Su could tell you what it is because I saw it on her) which looks incredibly realistic, and reacts to actual avatar movement. That one is really good.

It is the "Verge" from... I forget the hair creator name (I'm not a regular customer of theirs, I suppose LOL) - ANYWAY - the hair style is called Verge and it a long, braided ponytail style. Vista animations makes an Animesh version of the ponytail part only. So you can buy just the hairstyle as a typical mesh hair or you can buy both: the mesh hair and the Vista version of the ponytail. (It also comes with an AO HUD proper for the same animations, so one must remember that you are purchasing an actual "mini" AO with it, which may or may not justify the price.)

Both can be purchased at Vista Animations in-world (250 for hair, 900 for Animesh ponytail).

The hair has a built-in AO that animates your full body. It *does* work with your existing AO (it overrides your existing AO while you wear the hair) - 6 stands, one walk, one sit, etc - very simple and actually very nice animations.

Two caveats to Animesh hair: 10 Too expensive to be getting many styles and 2) Animesh can crank your complexity up a few notches.

[TMP Legacy mesh body]

6 hours ago, CassiaChiu said:

On 1/30/2020 at 9:44 AM, Alyona Su said:

"One cannot plan the future on events of the past."

'Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it' 

Ironically, both of these go together, one begets the wiseness of the other.

[There can be only one...]

10 hours ago, Tolya Ugajin said:

All well and good for those of us who have been here and know how.  A noob would not know how and would likely not be bothered to try, just move on to something else.

If you know how then your OC was rather disingenuous, was it not? Just asking, that's all.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

18 hours ago, Talligurl said:

But that cloth was added specifically to stay within the boundaries, even if just barely. Just have fun tiptoeing on the edge. Post the ones that fall over the line on Flickr.

Some people are more prudish than most and others a lot less so than most. (And this is not meant as any type of insult or social commentary other people's sensibilities.)

There is "porn" and "erotic" and "sensual" and on down the line. But the divide between each genre is foggy and fuzzy at best and each must decide for themselves. As for "bare butts" - I have at least one posted here (along with you, Talligurl) and it went just fine. Though a repost of it was flagged for "bare butt no-no" and removed (which makes me laugh). The original is still there (Now I wouldn't be surprised if one of my haterz goes through every page in this thread just so they can flag it LOL)

In general, if any image in this (or another) thread is ever removed, there is one and only one reason: Someone flagged it and the moderators agreed (and sometimes they'll just remove it to placate the complaint - I get it). BUTT the way I see it (see what I did there?  ) - if there's any kind of covering, even if so sheer it takes a double look to see it, or a deep-deep thong-ish-thingie, then it's (technically) not a bare butt. But that's just my own purview on it.

And, frankly speaking, I would think a bare butt would have a lot more lenience than, say, a bare loin or groin (a.k.a. frontal) or nipples.

//justsaying.

[When did you last see a Bellessarian home available?]

4 hours ago, Elena Core said:

So what do you think of this view?  I think I will keep it over the weekend, although I don't really know how to get down to the sea, no steps around 😂. Definitely, I'm a 'Traditional' person

With the right Four-Wheeler, you wouldn't even need a driveway! And some are even amphibious!

[SSP?]

2 hours ago, Patch Linden said:

If someone can figure out how my headless torso shot relates to Linden Homes I will be very interested in seeing how that's going to work out.  Other things have been foretold on less.  🤣

"Sock-in-trouser" theme, woot! No... wait... Hmmm... ~ponders some more~

I seem to recall some mentioned about "Beach" or "Beach house-is-ie-ish" something or other. So, maybe MAUI THEME! Yes! And remember, silence is an implied YES!!!

[best veiwer]

2 hours ago, dann87 said:

whats the best viewer to use for sl im currently using firestorm I wanted something better that is with taking photos thanks 

 

1 hour ago, Lindal Kidd said:

Niran's Black Dragon is widely recognized as having more camera tools than just about any other viewer.

https://bitbucket.org/NiranV/black-dragon-viewer/downloads/

I agree, though the interface takes getting used to, and most of the "world features" are basic as with the LL viewer. But performance is astounding and the picture-taking tools (and just the default graphics) are OMG AMAZING! I have make the conscious deliberate decision to suffer the "getting used to it" curve to make it my main everyday viewer and now it all feels very natural to me. It can for anyone else as well.

(Though you may want to add some keyboard mapping for moving around unless you're a gamer LOL)

[Username Change - premium users]

1 hour ago, punkarella said:

disheartening on how long it is taking ...

But anticipation is half the fun. Once it's here and once you use it (or not) it will become a ho-hum feature. It was the same with all previously-announced features, like FLEXI! and  WINDLIGHT! and SCULPTYS and... well, pretty much all of it.

[Making Avatars Look Good in Black Dragon! Share Your Hints and Advice!]

1 hour ago, AyelaNewLife said:

The first tip I'd add is easy; ctrl+alt+f to freeze the frame.

Almost 14 years in SL and I never knew about this one! Is it a Black Dragon feature or a standard one! OMG! The CTRL+ALT+X doesn't seem to do anything for me, but that one is mostly moot in my own workflow anyway. I've experimented with the alpha layering thing in BD and it is a definitely fix for the scenarios I've needed it for, though the compositing idea is a good one.

Thank you for these! Seriously, that "Freeze" command is like Batman Spotlight aimed right into my face from sic inches away epiphany! hahaha!

[New furniture for Victorians?]

2 hours ago, foneco Zuzu said:

Sorry, but no copy furniture is no go for me.

No-go for almost everyone I know.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

Oh my gosh! I was able to do it! I am now able to create KODALITH look 100% in-viewer with Black Dragon. This is 100% unedited except for one thing: I added some film grain for a more authentic look. (Okay, okay, then: 99.99998% unedited!)

What is kodalith?

Quote

Kodalith
A type of photographic printing paper coated with an orthochromatic emulsion which gives a high contrast print with very dense blacks when processed in Kodalith developer. It is a material normally used for graphic art work which, however, can be used to give a range of unusual effects if development is controlled. A brown or yellow appearance can result if a print is given less development time and over-exposed.

Believe it or not, this is shot against a white background.

*****

Edit to add (because I thought it would be fun) - here is the original normal "viewer-look" (a second snapshot); the above was achieved 100% with viewer settings:

 

[Those crazy neighbors...]

1 hour ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

1 hour ago, Elena Core said:

@Pussycat Catnap  @Kitten Kaos    @Rolig Loon @Alwin Alcott @Cindy Evanier @Sylvia Tamalyn   But my dear friends, nobody is going to comment on how well the background Nature texture blends with the Belli trees around? It's quite considered....

It's even photo-realistic for top quality props. 👍

You all have it wrong. Can't you see what's going on? It's obvious! They want to make a room in the attic and it gets too hot up there; they need *shade*.

[There can be only one...]

2 hours ago, animats said:

Yes. Read reviews by new users. Gamers today complain about games that can only maintain 60FPS. SL has trouble maintaining 24, let alone 30.

The viewer needs to maintain 30FPS at all times, even if that means not drawing or texturing some distant objects.

This is funny since (as I've read in science magazines) the science of human vision states that human eyes can see a maximum of 45 frames per second (which is why movie films are 24 frames, doubled-up to 48). Anything more does nothing to improve "motion perception" whatsoever. Must be some silly placebo thing: "Itz moar, so itz BETTAH!"

1 hour ago, Tolya Ugajin said:

I have a heck of an idea.  A viewer that defaults when entering a new sim to settings that will deliver 30 FPS.  I'm no techy, but surely that could be accomplished, while allowing people who would choose lag over, say, draw distance to make that determination.  That would help new users have a better initial experience.  It would also force sim owners to do their part, as people coming to sim lagged out by traffic bots and ultra-scripty crap would quickly leave.

This already exists, somewhat, though not dynamically.

Create your graphic settings for crowded places and save it as a preset. That's what I do. I have a present I call "Crowds" with drops settings significantly, and varying levels of grahics eye-candy up to the Ultra level. Then I just hover over that press icon in the top right and with one-click: graphics changed to maintain frames-per-second and mitigate lag.

[Syncing Parcel Media Script]

2 hours ago, Evah Baxton said:

You have to be the owner of the parcel.
You need to have Auto-play Media and Script Auto-play Media enabled for it to behave like in the video.
You can stop and start your media, leave the parcel, or logout and log back in and it will re-sync.  It will take 1 second to the amount of seconds you have set as the resync period (default 10 seconds).

Just so I understand... this script is placed into the media prim (in your example: into the two televisions)?

[TMP Legacy mesh body]

2 hours ago, BelindaN said:

Well I've just been over to the TMP store...…..WHAT?????????

I'm not the brightest with IT, but when I eventually discovered you needed a hud, I still couldn't make it work and I couldn't get access to anything.

HOW do they sell anything there????? Unbelievable.

Rant Over.

Their in-world shop is the most horrific shopping experience ever and should be AR'd as griefing. I only got past it when the Legacy body demo was on Marketplace, else they would have never gotten a sale from me.

2 hours ago, rasterscan said:

I have the original TMP deluxe Beta and let me tell you something it never came out of beta. Still waiting 3 years on ! Had to get a hud to get the credits to pay 5 grand back then too. They'll not be getting any more lindens off of me, ever !

Do you mean Linden Dollars? Because if the Lindens are all over you then chances are you are a naughty, naughty person.

[Making Avatars Look Good in Black Dragon! Share Your Hints and Advice!]

On 1/29/2020 at 10:27 AM, NiranV Dean said:

The settings have already been tweaked over 7 years, doesn't surprise me. They were meant to show some improvement without needing much fiddling to get something just better looking. That doesn't mean however fiddling is a bad idea, infact you can only improve it, my defaults are simply just an improvement that is not meant to impact the framerate too much. People can always just turn them further up to "improve" them past the "safe values".

For my photographic style, you've pretty much nailed it with the defaults. I can see myself playing and tweaking the settings when I'm in an experimental mood for certain. Though those who are familiar with my imagery know my general "style" and Black Dragon fits it so well out of the box! Hahaha!

Now to do some of that experimentation that's been percolating in my head for a long time. For example, I am thinking Black Dragon will allow me to actually do a Kodalith style shot in-viewer, which would make any post-production a simple-simony affair. As it is now, it's near impossible without a couple hours of work and still isn't that great-looking (because a digital version of Kodalith requires amazingly precise balance to look good!) 

"What is Kodalith?" for other readers who are curious: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/explore/glossary-of-art-terms/kodalith

EDIT: OMFG!!! I did it! In-viewer kodalith!

 

 

[body animation]

6 minutes ago, Coby Foden said:

Is that animation actually a "Shoulder shimmy"?
Something like this:

 

That's what I was referring to. Some cultures call it the milkshake. Bahaha~

[SSP?]

17 minutes ago, Fritigern Gothly said:

You are barking up the wrong tree.
Yes, it must be a hint for the next theme, but we all know that Dolly Parton's most distinguishing feature is not her voice, nor the musical genre of her choice, but her bazooms.

Will LL make homes shaped like bazooms? No, that's not LL's style.

So surely, the next theme will be IGLOOS!

Don't forget Dolly's lips. Oh, wait, Catwa has that covered, nevermind. ~Snorts~

I don't think Patch's Dolly-challenge is a hint to anything. Not everything he puts up to his Flickr is SSP or LH-related. Sometimes he just likes to do what we do and since that was a challenge game created by a Linden, it only makes sense that Patch would participate, would it not?