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Making a University/Event T-shirt
. Great way to welcome students or guests. Promotes community. Establishes identity. Include in gift bag
Presentation Outline:
• Ways to make an in-world t-shirt• Photoshop Instructions and Resources• Uploading your design (logo) to Second Life• Making the actual t-shirt• Sizing
Heidi Trotta and Nick Noakes
Copyright Heidi Trotta, Nick Noakes, 2007. This work is the intellectual property of the authors. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes.. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the authors, however, we would be flattered if you used our materials!
Making a University/Event T-shirt
Two ways to make clothing in Second Life
1. Entirely in world using the Appearance Menu
2. Importing clothing designs using a texture upload + the Appearance Menu (use of templates)ex. Our university/event t-shirt
Making a University/Event T-shirt
Templates:Available for download from a number of sources
Photoshop files with layers ex. University/event t-shirt
Making a University/Event T-shirt
Materials Needed• Photoshop CS2 or Graphic Editing Program
From this wiki, download: http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/NMC2007_Hit_The_Ground_Running#ClothingTutorial• Photoshop file with template for shirt• Clothes Making for Educators – Background Information• Detailed instructions
Photoshop Steps• Open the template file in
Photoshop
• Open your logo in Photoshop
• Place your logo on a new layer above Design Example
• Position your logo on the shirt
• Customize with special effects
• Change color of shirt if desired
• Flatten and Compress
Making a University/Event T-shirt
You can find the template and directions to print at: http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/NMC2007_Hit_The_Ground_Running
Uploading your file to Second Life– Resize Photoshop file to 512 x 512– Save as a .tga (targa file)– Open Second Life– File > Upload Image
Making a University/Event T-shirt
Preview Image– Choose Male or Female Upper
Body– Look good? Click upload and
pay $10– Upload is a texture in your
library
Making a University/Event T-shirt
Open Inventory– Right Click on Clothing Folder– Choose New Clothes > New Shirt– New Shirt is in your clothing
folder
Making a University/Event T-shirt
– Double click on shirt icon to wear it.
The Appearance Menu– Right Click on Your Avatar– Choose Appearance
Making a University/Event T-shirt
– In Appearance Dialog, choose Shirt
Apply Your Logo(1) Click on Fabric(2) Choose your texture from your
texture file (your uploaded logo) or click and drag on top of Pick Fabric
(3) Click Select
Making a University/Event T-shirt
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Making a University/Event T-shirtFinish Up
– Save As– Give your shirt a name– Close your inventory– Enjoy!
Questions?
Contacts and Resources:
Heidi Trotta(aka Heidi TeeCee)[email protected]: www.heiditrotta.com
Nick Noakes(aka Corwin Carillon)[email protected]
You can find the template and directions to print at: http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/NMC2007_Hit_The_Ground_Running
Many thanks to Robin for permission to use her shirt template and edit her directions… Robinwood at www.robinwood.com
