Overview
Enrich your virtual existence by mastering the techniques and tactics the experts use to create jaw-dropping SL content—everything from buildings and vehicles to clothing, landscapes, and animations. This official, exclusive guide from a team of Second Life content-creation experts was written with the full support of Linden Lab and features in-depth instructions for creating beautiful content and putting it to work in-world. It’s both a practical, step-by-step guide and a creative session with some of the most artistic and talented minds in the Second Life community. CD included.
Synopsis
Enrich your virtual existence by mastering the techniques and tactics the experts use to create jaw-dropping SL content—everything from buildings and vehicles to clothing, landscapes, and animations. This official, exclusive guide from a team of Second Life content-creation experts was written with the full support of Linden Lab and features in-depth instructions for creating beautiful content and putting it to work in-world. It’s both a practical, step-by-step guide and a creative session with some of the most artistic and talented minds in the Second Life community. CD included.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
Having mastered Second Life navigation and culture, millions of SL residents now want to create their own content. Creating Your World was written specifically for them: SL content creators at every level of experience.This book's coauthors own two of SL's largest content creation companies: They've crafted custom content for everyone from Warner Brothers to NASA. They're hugely knowledgeable -- but here, they start with the absolute basics, leaving nobody behind.
Step by step, you'll build your skills: first, working with primitives, then moving on to texturing, lighting, clothing, accessories, and more -- even realistic touches like wrinkling. The authors introduce SL scripting for everything from communication to vehicle behavior. There's detailed coverage of animation, and of land (including terraforming).
All the technical stuff's covered, from usability and debugging to performance. Plus, to bring it all together, there's a hands-on project: you construct an airplane and everyone in it. Bill Camarda, from the December 2007 Read Only