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Lets see what your Previewer can do for you
Step 1....register with imvu as a developer....here.
Top right hand side of the page you'll see the sign up section. Its very straight forward...although you must own your name to be able to sign up as a creator.
Step 2
Once your signed up you'll need to download the previewer. This is the software program you'll need to be able to upload your products to IMVU, it also allows you to "preview" what your product will look like in the 3D chat client . You'll find it on the same creator page down the right hand bottom.
Ok...Your all signed up as a Creator of IMVU...and you have your
Previewer installed...Your ready to start developing..Yayness.
Step 3.
"Previewer"...Lets see what this little baby can do.
Since I will mainly be teaching Skins and Tattoos here...
I will get you to Derive from a skin to teach you more about
what the previewer can do for you while working with Skins.
Go to IMVU's 000 Male skin here . and scroll down....yes.... you will
notice a new section visible to you...the Creator Tools . Click
on the Derived from Product link and it will open your previewer
for you.
Once your previewer is open you will see two screens ...one is your workstation....and the other is a 3- D window with a very pasty looking default man with a big head and big feet..throughout this tutorial we shall call him...Doogal ..Rofl.
Ok...so you have Mr' Big Eye' Doogal looking around in a white room...all lonely ..awww. *hold yourself back ladies he is taken by Mrs Default Girl*..although I cant say they get to meet up much...its why doogal looks so lost. ...
NICE Pants Doogal..... Chuckles..
Understanding the Tabs
We will only be working with two tabs for retexturing Skins...the Materials and the Scene Manager Tab. The others are used for more advanced developing so there is no need to cover them in this tutorial.
The Materials Tab
The materials tab is where you will replace the actual skin texture If you click on the little Mo2..and Mo7 tabs on the left hand side youll notice that the texture square changes....one is the head material....and one is the body texture...Yes you avi comes in 2 parts...
If you click onto the little square 2D image that looks sort of like a face it will open your files for you to select a new texture square. You can play with this and just put any pic you have on your comp in there...and then hit the 'Apply changes' tab up in the top left. youll notice a big change to Doogals skin.
Step 4.
The first time you open the previewer it will be set in standard mode. You will need some sections in the advanced mode....so go up to the top in your work station window and click the Edit drop down menu and select the advance mode.... this will show the extra tabs.
The Scene Manager Tab
For making skins and Tattoos the scene manager tab has to be the most useful tab and I use it well....with each skin I make. Here you can change the look to Doogal...make him appear a little more sexy.....Maybe Mrs Default Gal mite pay him a little more attention then...Rofl.....I did say maybe.
Whoa.....Doogals been eating his spinach...
Ok...see the clothing, attachments and skin Products tab...here is where you need to add Product numbers for any Product for sale in the Catalog to make Doogal Look like he has had a make over..
*NOTE*....These items you put on...will not be submitted along with your product...they are only for previewer use...only what you place into the materials section is what your product shall be.
Ok..so try these numbers in there......to get the look I did....Just don't remove the -1 as this is the basic avi body.
Muscular Bodysuit Pinstriped shorts
By AngelusMortis........add this number 1769171
and hit the add button then the apply changes.
Jonathan Head by Arachinida.....379457
Hair By Winged Zephyr....414834
Sliver eyes by Winged Zephyr...510606
This is all very important when creating skins and tattoos.....because you need to find an outfit in the cataloge....that will allow you to see your tatts on Doogal Or Mrs Default gal....Here is the 2 numbers I use to get my preview avi's nakid....giggles..YES I said Nakid.....cause if u want to see parts of your avi that are hidden by clothes...that can be very annoying.....
Male Nakid Bodysuit.........1297567
Female Nakid Bodysuit.....888631
Male Plain Muscle Top.......82827
You can also change the mood of the avi here.....and the backdrop you can change to any room to make your catalogue pics straight from the previewer.....just have a play at the things you can do .
And that finishes off The Previewer - Getting Started Tutorial....Next is to move onto learning your way around the Skins...
