Appearance 103, Edit shape, start learning
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The instructions here are for viewers of the 3.3 + class. The instruction details may not always apply to other viewers.
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Right click on your avatar. Click on an image to enlarge it
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That was easy! Be sure you remember how to save your outfit under a name you remember. Then, when you go to the steps below and change your appearance, you will be able to recover the appearance you had before you started trying to improve it.
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The instructions here are for viewers of the 3.3 + class. The instruction details may not always apply to other viewers.
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Right click on your avatar. Click on an image to enlarge it
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Avatar right click menu
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How to change outfits
Appearance 101. Outfits and avatarsThat was easy! Be sure you remember how to save your outfit under a name you remember. Then, when you go to the steps below and change your appearance, you will be able to recover the appearance you had before you started trying to improve it.
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What are aspects? Whatever you find listed in Editing Shape window. I won't write about the details here. You won't learn how to do this by reading. You learn to do things by doing them. Don't ask me how that applies to education.
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Editing your appearance is also a lesson in frustration tolerance. Or imperfection-ism. You will not get perfect results. So keep in mind the thinkerer slogan:
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If you are perfect on the first try, you have nowhere to go but down.
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Vocabulary
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Edit Clothing
Appearance 102: Hyles Infohub newcomer resources-
End of the easy stuff. Now for the hard stuff. This is hard because there are lots of things you can do. Anything you want to do, you have to learn how to do it. (One of life's inconveniences)
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Editing shape
Aspects of your avatar body
-What are aspects? Whatever you find listed in Editing Shape window. I won't write about the details here. You won't learn how to do this by reading. You learn to do things by doing them. Don't ask me how that applies to education.
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Editing your appearance is also a lesson in frustration tolerance. Or imperfection-ism. You will not get perfect results. So keep in mind the thinkerer slogan:
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If you are perfect on the first try, you have nowhere to go but down.
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Vocabulary
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"People"
- Outfit: avatar body, clothes, everything
- Avatar: (1) a body as you see it, possibly including clothing and attachments
- Avatar: (2) your identity, including name and what you see on the screen as you.
Wearables
- Object: you can wear (may look like clothing, hair, etc> )
- Skin: Texture you can wear that looks like skin
- Clothes: Things you can wear that look like clothes
Other
- Box: containing clothing. You rez it, click to open, and copy the contents to your inventory.
- Wear (v.t.): command to the system (in right-click menu) to put something on your avatar
- Attach: command to the system to link an object to a selected point on your avatar,
Distinction: Outfit, Avatar
Avatar is used with several different meanings as noted above.
Outfit is now used for clearer reference to a body as you see it, possibly including clothing and attachments
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