While doing homework for the coming #glTF workflow in #SecondLife I struggled with #channelpacking textures for manipulating how light reflects off of materials in a game engine. It’s easy in Photoshop, harder in GIMP. There used to be a plug-in … Continue reading
Here’s a simple old fashioned signpost that might be useful for someone in #SecondLife, created in #Blender. The tutorial covers inset, extrude, scaling on specific X Y or Z orientation, and other fundamentals. At the end Goon uploads his model … Continue reading
Now we’re getting somewhere. I’ve recently created objects with the standard “primitives” in Blender, so for me this is still review. It was still a struggle but eventually I produced the required lesson objects and got them uploaded into the … Continue reading
This is Goonther Blackcinder’s walkthrough for how to sign up for a free Second Life account. Personally, I recommend that you set up your account to go through the “community gateway” that most aligns with your area of interest – … Continue reading
The next video in Goon’s series covers Object Mode tools. I’m going to try to speed up for these and spend less time looking for funny Blender memes to replace the “featured image.” BUT THEY ARE SO FUNNY… Ten or … Continue reading
The next video in Goon’s tutorial series goes over viewport navigation, whether using the gizmos in the upper right corner, or keyboard shortcuts. I have struggled in the past with some of these and with some shortcuts, they just don’t … Continue reading
This is one of the best overviews of texture baking for Blender that I’ve ever seen. The baking system in Blender takes a lot of critiques for being unintuitive, hard to understand and error prone. In this article, I aim … Continue reading
I’m more of a #VintageFair or #SteamHunt person but #VirtualFashion is big business in #SecondLife
Continue readingNearly 100 trailblazing saris, including the first ever to be worn at the Met Gala, will be displayed in the UK as part of a new large-scale exhibition examining the garment’s modern reinvention. — Read on www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/jan/10/design-museum-show-saris-modern-reinvention-met-ball … Continue reading
#FantasyFaire is coming in April, I hope? Start working on your outfits! Beq’s techy blog: How to manage your FPS for events — Read on beqsother.blogspot.com/2022/04/how-to-manage-your-fps-for-events.html … Continue reading