Pamela Galli Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 With 40 survey responses, 57.5 % yes, 42.5% no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlazarusLlong Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Pamela Galli wrote: With 40 survey responses, 57.5 % yes, 42.5% no. What is truly astonishing about this poll result is that the total aggregate of "Don't know", "Other", and "Undecided" appear to be exactly 0%!!! I blame the lack of a "Pie" option . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hinaichigo Xaris Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I like AL, its always on, not for objects or buildings but mesh avatars using materials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Goode Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I nearly always have ALS enabled. Ocassionaly I run into someone wearing an ancient facelight the messes up the whole room. Or if I am hanging out with someone who's invisprim shoes with no alpha mask are too distracting. I make and sell mesh jewelry, and incorporate materials. The stuff looks quite dull with ALS off. I've taken the fact that I have good sales, with no negative feedback about dull looking jewelry, to be an inticatror tha ALS must be pretty widely used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 With 50 responders, it is now 60%-40% Yes to No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I use ALM but I also have shadows enabled most of the time. So I see the specular maps but usually not the normal maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebejee Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 This demo outfit required AL to get the sequin effect, I didnt know such a thing existed before, the difference is just amazing, however I dont use it, havent noticed any frame rate slowdown either but its causing some issues with shoes invisiprims, need to wear alphas which I try to avoid so thats why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Oooh, now there's a reason to use AL and materials. Who doesn't like sparkly sequins?! Though the lighting on the inside of your left arm is just... wrong. Win some, lose some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 bebejee wrote: This demo outfit required AL to get the sequin effect, I didnt know such a thing existed before, the difference is just amazing, however I dont use it, havent noticed any frame rate slowdown either but its causing some issues with shoes invisiprims, need to wear alphas which I try to avoid so thats why. The trouble with the shoe invisiprims is that while your feet look fine to you, more than fifty percent of the onlookers (if this thread is at all representative of the rest of sl) think your feet are sticking through the sides of your pumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlazarusLlong Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Madelaine McMasters wrote: Who doesn't like sparkly sequins?! People with good taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebejee Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Without alphas thats how the shoes appear on my screen as well with AL on, feet sticking out of them. The sequin effect on that top is quite minimal, I took a pic of the area where it shined most due to light attachment, some of which is reflected on my left arm as pointed out by you, yellow, green, red and blue light attachemnets came with the clothes, most of the outfit looks like a glassy silver, there is nothing cheap about it as someone else tried to suggest it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebejee Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Is this look of a person with no taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlazarusLlong Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 bebejee wrote: Is this look of a person with no taste? Since you ask, no, they doubtless have taste, but it's execrable. Why is she wearing the bubble wrap from the box her shoes came in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebejee Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 LOL you're right, something went wrong with the AL, heres a more sequiny.one. And full monty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlazarusLlong Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 A difference that makes no difference is no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebejee Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Oh well atleast i got to flaunt my self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlazarusLlong Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 bebejee wrote: Oh well atleast i got to flaunt my self. Congratulations! With that attitude you should spend more time here in GD. We need contributors here who are enthusiastic without being up themselves, who have a sense of proportion, and who allow bigoted criticism to slide off them like water off a duck's back. Although maybe you would get more enjoyment out of posting your photos over in the Vanity Thread - narcissism is not considered a mental problem in SL, remember, except by those with a diminished perceived self-worth and the denizens of that thread would enjoy your "shiny" immensely there, I reckon. Marianne Little, who is THE style guru as far as I am concerned (although my opinions in matters of style and taste are not particularly prized by many, as you will have noticed) hangs out there, and I am sure that you could have a constructive discussion there with her and the others who enjoy blending the boundaries between real and virtual fashion and body image. As I always say, be proud to be yourself, and if that isn't good enough, be someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 bebejee wrote: This demo outfit required AL to get the sequin effect, I didnt know such a thing existed before, the difference is just amazing, however I dont use it, havent noticed any frame rate slowdown either but its causing some issues with shoes invisiprims, need to wear alphas which I try to avoid so thats why. I recommend making alphas... Its about the easiest thing to learn to make in a graphics program. GIMP is free. Anyone can do it. Its easier than learning how to open a box in SL... Invisiprims have been 'depricated' for years so to a lot of SL, your feet will look like weird blocks thanks to having them on. Many places put out free alphas too. The furry shop, 'Dark Spot Designs' has a whole kit full of them. I think there's still a free set at 'The Forum Cartel', and 'New Citizens Inc.' "Might" have some in one of their freebie boards because its the kind of thing I'd expect to find there. Alphas also come with most brands of mesh feet. Oftsen even with the demo... so you can get the alpha and not use the feet if that is all you want. On any shoes that are Mod, you can edit them and remove the invisiprim (replace it with the default transparency texture from the library), resize the invisprim to 0.01 on all sides and push it inside the foot, or rez the shoe in a no-script area and delete that one prim. - And if the shoe is No-Mod... well, nothing new with invisiprims SHOULD have been put out since 2010... so those shoes are probably pretty worn out by now and shoe shopping is always a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 bebejee wrote: And full monty This MIGHT just be the camera angle, but your hand size in this image looks too small by about 30% or so.. give or take. The 'bump' at the wrist makes me suspect its hand size though - that bump MIGHT be from the arm and hand not matching well (not sure here), but could also again just be camera angle and image resolution related. The SL hand and foot sliders are horrible for women... They just adjust overall scale, and not things like finger length / muscle. So no matter what size we go for, female avatars always end up looking like they have the 'manhands' of a post-puberty sex-change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoro1488304096 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I still don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Arnott Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Entirely depends on the graphics card. if things look good without one would expect it to look great in advanced, does not pan out that way tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 steph Arnott wrote: Entirely depends on the graphics card. if things look good without one would expect it to look great in advanced, does not pan out that way tho. I don't know about that, I am talking being able to see the 3D effects of bump mapping and the shine effects of specularity -- which if done correctly will add to the beauty of an object, and if done poorly, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Arnott Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Which as i said depends on which graphics card is used. " shine effects of specularity" on some cards you get almost white out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikka Luik Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Since you posted originally, I have been road testing a couple of viewers (Kokua and Alchemy) and found AL has been on approx 80% of the time (mostly because it defaulted on when they installed). Still tend to dial it down for certain situations bur definitely in use more - and also as have started to make more use of materials myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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