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Man. Virtualsecrets closing shop really hit the illegible drama circles hard, didn't they?

Granted there's a lot of rampant stealing. But I'm willing to bet if shown a few examples of properly done AI generations you wouldn't even be able to tell who it's 'stealing' from. To that end; I guess a lot of artists are stealing from one another to learn. After all our brains are a fleshy, meaty computer that also takes visual data from images, references ect to create it's own style. Unless a user is specifically going out of it's way to copy a artist (which can also be done by hand except it takes more effort) that argument falls flat. Not to mention, there are actual models out there that are fully transparent, that have proper licensing and opt-in. Sounds like a skill issue to me. Any artist worth it's salt shouldn't have to worry about AI generated content because their work reflects their passion and dedication. If they're good, they will still receive proper admiration, and will still have a clientele commissioning them. The entire AI discussion boils down to artists seeing sharks in the water because it'll persuade some potential costumers to not commission and simply use AI. Ofcourse, why would an artist who does it for the joy and creativity of it even care someone else is using AI? Weren't they doing it for fun? That's why the entire argument falls flat. It's all about money, that's it. Artistic expression became more accessible to people. And while I agree there's plenty of *****ty practices going on (Especially in the generative image spheres) all artists are mad about is that it's not as gate kept anymore and they can't choke prices anymore.

... that are unable or don't have the time to learn the complex intricacies...

Oh man. An AI tool that makes it easier for people that are unable or don't have the time to learn the complex intricacies of 3D model texturing? This surely won't be gatekept. I can already hear the 'artist' crown fuming. Or is it secretly because it might potentially cause a loss or earning, which is the only reason artists don't like AI.

Hey! I don't often ask for help with stuff here, but here goes! I'm a complete newb when it comes to rigging a mesh model to the SL Bento skeleton. Is there anybody out here who'd be kind enough to be able to do such a task for me? It doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to work. That, or someone that is able to give me the gist of how it works, barney style... Either way, just shoot me a DM on the forums. I don't log in -that- often into the world and it's the best way to get in contact. Thanks in advance.

I honestly don't think PBR itself is the issue. There's 3 textures you need and 1 of them has 3 different channels with different types of maps. It's pretty well documented how PBR works. The issues people have with PBR has more to do with LL's horrid attempt at implementing it. That and I truly believe there's a bit too much focus on 'OH FANCY MIRROR EFFECTS'. Edit: yes I know there's also emission , but that's not always required.

Except if I bought it in a real life shop, I own it and I'm able to whatever I please with it. I entertained the idea of giving my bike a paint job to a matte black as I prefer that over shiny silver while I give it a tune-up (breaks ect.). It'd be pretty darn weird if Gazelle would basically tell me; "That bike you bought? Yeah, no touchy beyond how it is. You're not allowed to customize it.'. I often hear the argument; "I don't wanna deal with people breaking it." - which in fairness, true. Just throw in a disclaimer, it's not that hard. I'll take it a step further: No mod is more likely to encourage more copybotting.

Ohboy. AI and art in the same sentence. I'm getting some popcorn for this.

Quite frankly put: No, you don't. If you're creating using the default SL viewer using a linux distro power to you. From what I know most viewers are cross platform anyway, so you should be able to test all of them out. Not that it matters anyway; I find the notion of testing different viewers for 'representative cohesion' for your stuff laughable.

You'd not be surprised this is a thing and people have this. As a fetish thing, because of course it's a fetish.

𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝗀𝗈 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝖠𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇...

Well, what is exactly wrong with 'Legacy Material and Shine'? If you can provide screenshots and a explanation that'd be helpful so we can determine what the issue is.

When do you think this will be? 2029?

While it works.. Having to do it every time is highly annoying.