Clothing design tutorials for clothing in Second Life...

Basic clothing can be made using any texture you find in Second Life. Unfortunately, some textures don't look that great on certain bodies. Below are a few links to some templates that will make creating your own textures for clothing a snap!

NOTE: Each of these templates are for the smallest size avatar available. To make simple clothing textures that actually fit on larger shaped avatars you will need to upload a .tga file of the particular body template you want to work with and apply it as a tattoo. Once you have the template on your avatar take several pictures from various angles around your avatar so you can properly tell how the lines end up distorting on the larger shape. This is the only way to eliminate the "Stretching" of textures in Second Life when clothing is worn by larger avatars.

512 based template- Simple, 1-Layer jpg's for uploading and applying to your avatar so you can properly align the clothing texture to your desired shape and size.


All Fashion Design Templates- Simple to use templates for all the various clothing for Second Life avatars.


CMFF Master Templates - High quality Photoshop templates by Chip Midnight, which use multiple layers for better pin-point accuracy.


Hair Template- Hair template for creating your own hair templates in Second Life.


Click here for detailed instructions on how to use these templates to create your own clothing.

Once you've made all the final changes to your clothing texture, save it as 24 bit .tga and open Second Life. At the top of Second Life click File and select Upload an image. From here you can examine your texture "BEFORE" you actually pay to upload it. Using the camera controls, examine every seam of the texture to make sure every thing is straight and lined up properly. If you need to correct something just click cancel. Otherwise, click Ok and upload it. Only when you click Ok will you be charged the upload fees, so if your texture needs changes just click cancel and save your lindens.

Using one of the templates from tutorial 101, open the lower template in your image editor. For shoes simply create your textures over the foot top and bottom areas of the template. For boots you will also need to create textures at the bottom of the legs.

NOTE!!! Take your time and make sure that the texture on the bottom of the legs lines up with the texture in the middle of the foot top area. Otherwise, any lines or other marks will not line up at all. Take a quick look back at Tutorial 102 for a no cost way of checking your clothing before you pay to upload it into Second Life.

Once you have your texture completed you can make it a transparency in Photoshop by selecting the "Magic Wand" tool and clicking any where there isn't a texture. This should select all of the empty area. If so, click Select at the top and then click Select Inverse. This should change the selection to just your textured areas. If so, click Select again then click Save Selection. This will open the Save Selection menu where you can name the selection. Name it and click Ok. Open the Layers menu and click the Channels tab at the top of the menu. You should see your selections name in the list. Click the "Eye" button next to it and your transparency should show up properly. Click the Layers tab again to return to normal editing mode, then save the file as a 32-bit .tga image. Once saved simply upload the texture to Second Life and confirm the transparency is set properly.

There are a number of colleges set up in Second Life where you can learn more about making things. While logged on to Second Life click the Search button at the bottom of the Second Life User Interface. Once the search window opens click the Events tab at the top. This should open the Event search section. In this section click the "Drag Down" box and select Education from the list. Make sure the "Mature" check box is checked and click Search. Over to the left it should pull up a list of all the classes currently being offered in Second Life. If you want to learn how to do something that isn't offered in this list please feel free to stop by Loadstorm Studios and set up an appointment for one of our private, one-on-one, training courses. Mention this website to receive 10% off the cost of our training courses.

It's easy to tell the noobs in a crowd simply by the default skin they are wearing. Skins come in an assortment of shapes and styles so if you have Photoshop and have some free time you can make your own unique skin! Below is a link to an explaination as to how to make custom avatar skins using a free set of brushes you can use to achieve a more life like skin. Who knows, perhaps you are really good with Photoshop and can make a whole new selection of skins you can sell on Second Life.

Here's the Second Life Skins link.

To get the best looking clothing in Second Life you really need to know how to use your image editor in order to achieve the best results. So since there has been so many of you requesting me for Photoshop tutorials I am making a new site for them, as well as posting a link here for some Photoshop video tutorials everyone might be interested in getting.

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There are alot of colleges now in Second Life which all provide different levels of training. Building, texturing, sculpting, scripting, animations, gestures, and clothing classes are all offered in Second Life, so seeking a college out to learn more about a particular subject is a very wise choice you can make in Second Life. While in the game you can visit the TUi Campus, ASL Colorado Tech, NCI Campus at Fishermans Cove, Mystical Mastery's Learning Center at Mystica, or even at College of Second Knowledge to get more information concerning the classes each of these locations have to offer. Attend a class today, and start learning more than just clothing design!

Ok, so you got the templates, and you feel comfortable using Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro to work with those templates... Looks like a good time for an example! ;)

Here's a link to a zip file full of some example clothing you can make for Second Life using Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. Free Second Life Clothing Example Textures provided by the Lindens from Second Life.

Take a quick look at each texture taking note of how they are laid out in the image. Keep this layout in mind when you start developing your own clothing as it will save you alot of headaches when you first start uploading your clothes into Second Life. Make sure you refer to tutorial 102 for a no cost way of checking your clothing before paying the $10L to upload them into Second Life.

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I've never used Gimp before, so I decided to try and find a good tutorial for making Second Life clothing using Gimp for those of you interested in how to do it. Unfortunately, there wasn't much out there until I stumbled upon this following site. Mermaid Diaries Clothing Tutorial
I downloaded Gimp and worked thru the tutorial fairly quickly. It covered how to use layers, how to save the file as a targa, and a few other examples of the Gimp interface so I decided to include a link to it here in my lens. Hope this helps out those looking to make clothing for Second Life using Gimp.

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