How to apply skin texture to a prim I created?

[Robin23 Dagostino]

I created a PRIM that is attached to my avatar and I want (need) to apply a skin texture to it. Haven't been able to. When I try to use the color picker to apply the color instead of the texture, the color picker doesn't pick up the color either. 

So is the skin a texture with the color of the skin or is it just a color?

[Luca Coeur]

A skin is a texture and has no underlying color you could possibly pickup with the color picker. If you want to put the same color as the skin on the prim, there's a setting in the developer menu: show info - color under cursor ( I guess - I'm not inworld as of now). But that would apply the same color to the whole prim whereas a natural looking skin would have a bit of structure and shading.

Maybe you could do what you want to with one of the free skin templates:

http://www.vintfalken.com/free-full-perm-female-skin-textures/

I hope that helps a bit - good luck with your project :-)

[Robin23 Dagostino]

But the strange thing is that when I select an avatar (at least the free ones that are part of the stock viewer), none of them seem to list a skin texture in the Appearance list for that avatar.

[Luca Coeur]

Funny, I just tested two random human avatars from the library and both included a skin. It's not a texture per se though - it is a special item like clothings, just intended for the skin layer of the avatar. You cannot view it as a texture and download it. If you edit a skin you'll see it is composed of three textures which are displayed en miniature above the sliders.

[LaDiVaDeVine]

I created a mesh baby. i have all the scripts to make it an animated object, however my only problem is the skin.  How do i put skin on the baby and where do i find skin texture for a prim mesh baby?

[Alwin Alcott]

6 minutes ago, LaDiVaDeVine said:

I created a mesh baby. i have all the scripts to make it an animated object, however my only problem is the skin.  How do i put skin on the baby and where do i find skin texture for a prim mesh baby?

you add it the same as a texture to any other object. Unles you have the scripts to apply it to your product.

If your object handles textures different , ..and it most likely will be,  you will have to create your own skin for your product, including mapping and all whats needed for it.

 

 

 

[Ariel Vuissent]

You make or commission one. It's a niche market; it's unlikely there's a full perm texture available, and equally unlikely it would work well on your baby.