Cassandra Visage wrote:
This probably has been asked before but I'm completely lost.
This would be my first time creating clothes in SL and I want to try and use mesh.
But there are a couple of things I need to know:
- A free software to create mesh Clothing?
- What is UV Mapping?
- Does it cost to bring the creations; in-world?
Thank-you.
Hello Cassandra,
For the free sofware, try Blender .It's the best there is being free.Note , however that it''s not for the faint hearted.Despite being free, Blender is a professional software and, as is, will ask you to invest some time in the learning process.
To describe what UV mapping is, I usually use the ball of paper example.Imagine yourself crushing a sheet of paper in your hand to make a ball.If you try to color it with a paint spray, some parts, inside the ball, won't get any paint.The best way to paint the whole ball is to do it before you crush the sheet.That's what uv mapping is doing.It unfolds your 3D model so you can , after exporting the UV template in a 2D Program like Photoshop or Gimp, create a texture for your object.
By the way Gimp is free also, and it will complement admirably Blender.
You can upload 3 kinds of things in world presently :
-Images : textures for your objects or sculpt maps used to make objects called sculpties (try to right click in world a scuplt object and select edit.Go on texture tab and watch the rainbow window to have an example of a scuplt map.
-Sounds
-Animations : .bvh files used mostly in one of the Animation overrider you're maybe using..
Everytime you upload an image , a sound or an animation it costs you 10 LS.
Linden Labs are on their way to allow to upload meshes,like the one you 'll create with Blender for example, really soon.However it is not known how much it'll cost right now
Hope I helped you a little .
Have a nice day.
Athena