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Wondering if anyone has a reference/links for what mesh head animation API’s are out there? I know that Catwa has one. I’ve googled it and searched the Catwa website for info and found very little info (just a chat channel and names for the animations). Searched marketplace as well. Haven’t yet tried asking in world groups, which I plan to do but I am interested in any and all head maker’s API’s, so was hoping someone had a list of links where I can get them along with instructions. Thanks in advance to any who answer.

This is an old topic, but I haven't been able to find a recent answer. You have a mesh body with a classic head and you want to buy a mesh head for it. But you want your face to look exactly the same. The standard answer is: Wear the shape that came with the head. Note the slider values for the head Wear your old shape and tweak the sliders to match the saved values Now, while looking at a picture of your old face, tweak the sliders to get the new head to resemble the old head as best possible. Step 4 is frequently difficult if not impossible. Is there a better way? Is there a mesh head with sliders which match the classic head? (laughter heard in the background) How do you decide which mesh head to buy to make it easiest to match your old head?

I want to find a face animator hud / AO - or persuade someone to create one. (I’d do it myself but couldn’t script my way out of a paper bag). Why is such a thing needed? Most of us these days have mesh heads that come with a range of animations. The huds that control these tend to be a bit clunky and lack flexibility. You can’t create your own animation sequences effectively. In particular, what I want to do is take the best animations from a series of heads that I own (Catwa, Genus, Lelutka, AK) and blend these into a series of sequences for different occasions. (In truth, I’m wearing a Genus head at the moment because it goes with a skin I love but I’m using Lelutka animations with it almost exclusively. They’re much better, IMHO) I’ve already extracted the animations I need (wear the head, right click, edit, contents tab, drag and drop to a suitable folder in inventory, repeat for all the other brands of head you own). I’ve also made sequences - such as chatting; flirting; sensuous; happy; etc. I’ve tried two approaches so far, both of which work up to a point but are fundamentally flawed: 1) Put them in a Zhao AO and use notecards - They do work as face animations and you can run your standing anims using the Firestorm AO or a second AO hud. This approach is flawed because when you sit on furniture such as a seat, bed, etc they stop working. And that’s when you are likely to need them most. (Kissing someone tends to attract their close attention - in an ideal world). 2) Create ‘standing’ animation sequences using the Firestorm AO which are actually face anims. This works and is dead easy because there are no notecards to deal with. You can still have your standing animations running by also wearing a traditional AO. But this is once again flawed because they stop working when you sit. So, I want a hud that will allow me to keep them running at all times - or at least until I turn them off. This is possible, because the head animators that come with the mesh heads achieve this. I also have a head animator from Chrysanthemum which provides ‘sexy’ face expressions which continue to run while on a chair or bed. (It comes with its own anims, but doesn’t allow you to add your own. They are all a bit ‘advanced’ and wouldn’t be used for a mere cuddle). Please note that I’m not aiming to sell this or load it with animations to then give it away. This is for personal use and once loaded with the anims taken from the mesh heads it would not be transferable. It might be something which a creator could sell to people such as myself, provided the customers were willing to load up the animations they already own. It might be possible to edit the Zhao scripts to adapt them for this scenario but I don’t know where to start. Does anyone know of such an animator already available? Or does anyone know where I could find appropriate scripts to create one? Or is anyone keen on making one from scratch?

What are some good places to get a good bang for your buck hairbase for genus heads?

Whatever happened to the Genus Project? Thing is, I have been told by a number of people that the Genus Mesh Head is the best thing for new avatars as there is a version for 1L$, but on searching I can't find a valid teleport link for the mainstore. Does anyone know if they are called something else now, or have they sadly gone out of business? Can anyone point me in the right direction to get a new mesh head? Thanking you in advance if you can come back with something

Even if my skin is made for Lelutka heads, it is made for Greer, not the Simone head I am using. The skin is stunning, yet my nose tip and nostrils never looked perfect. They looked squished together, and editing the nose tip in appearance didn't help at all. But then I found the nose fix. Before to the left, after to the right. I am using Bakes on Mesh and a skin, not an applier. I have no connection to the creator. I could post this in one of the super long threads, but it would disappear there. I am just so satisfied that I had to shout it out. The nose is one of the places a skin often look a bit bad, when we try on skins with a BoM head. The creator is Izzie's and it is named BOM Nose Fix.

I am having an issue where my head is not seen to some people. On my computer I can see my head, however, I occasionally get people telling me they can't see it. Once I relog they can see it. The thing is I never know when this happens because like I said I can always see my head with no problem. So I may just be walking around headless and not know it until someone tells me. Does someone know what I can do to fix this?

Hi everyone! I have a few questions about texturing in SL, For now is about avatars. Decided to customize my avatar with my own textures (makeup, skin details, etc). Currently, I have a Genus Head/Legacy body combo. I have found templates and developers kit for my heads and bodies. However... Where do I get a lashes template? or, How that works? I see that I can add an applier texture for my lashes but I have not seen or figured out how the lashes texture is supposed to be laid out using a UV map. Also, Are most skins and most lipsticks etc in SL a photoshop manipulated image? how are people getting these extreme realistic skins? (asking cuz all i do is draw and you can guess how it felt comparing texture quality). I have searched all over for tutorials and I have not seen a lashes tutorial on how to apply that method to modern heads and appliers. As a matter of fact... most of the content for creating things in SL I have found is EXTREMELY outdated. I have been very thankful for the updated ones! I will appreciate your help!

OK, me yet again. So, I've had a few days to surf the forums, and I've been absorbing all the Avi images in the vanity threads.................. Oh wow........you girls are a really bad influence on me. I'm happy with my look, and even if I go mesh, I would like to try to keep the look, but some of these mesh faces are soooo gorgeous, that it's starting to pull at me............. I can see that there will be lots of fun playing with "the look"... I have the landmarks for CATWA and Esode, but you talk of others. Do the other sellers have in world malls? If so can somebody post the landmarks please. Is it then as easy as bu a head eg CATWA, buy a skin eg Esode, and job done??? Nothing has been that easy so far..........

We should have a section for mesh bodies and heads under "avatars". Maybe split that forum up in classic and mesh?

Hi I am having trouble with the adding on mesh heads and ive bought many meshs my problem is that everytime I try to add one on and put the alpha on to get rid of the system head my mesh head disappears idk if I am doing something wrong cause I think I am, or is it my settings? I got help from one of thecatwa contemporaries she helped me but today when I got back on it was like white rings around my eyes.....Yesterday she fixed my settings on why my head was disappearing I took it off because I didn't know how to get rid of the rings around my catwa head by my eyes. Can someone help me step by step to put on a mesh head or is there anyway I can stop the system head from popping up when I have no alpha on, cause I tried to use the "invisible avatar" mask when I used it my mesh head is gone but I'm the only person that can see it and nobody else can and everyone who helped said it was very strange and odd I really thought the sameas you can see I'm kinda new to this and the catwa head cause you have to put it on in a specific order or style however you suppose.