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AvaStar 2 RC 5 Released

2017/03/13 by Nalates Urriah

A new RC version of AvaStar 2 is out. You can get it from your products page at Machinimatrix. I am not sure what got fixed… the release notes and change logs are not up to date. The Maintenance Update function doesn’t seem to work with RC’s. The panel showed 2.0.40 when I clicked for … Read more

AvaStar Price Changes are Coming

2017/03/11 by Nalates Urriah

The Blender-AvaStar combination is still the least expensive entry point for making clothes, animations, and avatars for Second Life™. Blender is free and awesome, if difficult to learn. AvaStar has sold for US$27 for, I think, a couple of years. So, a price increase is to be expected.

At the end of March 2017, the price of AvaStar will increase from US$27 to $40 for the full version and yearly support from $14 to $20. So, if you have been on the fence about purchasing AvaStar, now would be a good time. I plan to update my support package. See: AvaStar Pricing.

Photoshop 3D: How to make textures for Second Life Avatars – #1

2017/03/06 by Nalates Urriah

There are a number of good and really bad Photoshop 3D tutorials online. I think Michael Hoffman makes one of the better sets of tutorial videos for those starting out. Clicking his name takes you to his YouTube channel. Here is his BASIC tutorial for getting started with Photoshop 3D (#1 in series) but, it isn’t specifically for Second Life users. So, I’ll add some SL specific help.

More to Know

There are some things left out that I think are important for the basic starting out tutorial. Plus, it doesn’t answer questions about using SL Classic Avatar files. I’ll try to answer those questions and jump you to the things we do in Second Life.

AvaStar Goes RC-1

2017/02/21 by Nalates Urriah

Today I see AvaStar has a release candidate out: AvaStar 2.0-RC1. This version is available to all AvaStar owners that have a current subscription. I’m unsure how that affects AvaStar 1.7 owners without a support subscription. The Plan is to have AvaStar 2.0 out in March 2017. Gaia is promoting this release a hot potato … Read more

Blender: Textures – Quick, Easy

2017/02/20 by Nalates Urriah

I watch a lot of texture making videos. I’m not so good at it. I’m still trying to ‘get it.’ I came across this one: The FAST Method for Creating Realistic Materials & Textures || Blender Tutorial I’m including the link because there are a number of handy links on the YouTube page. The CrazyBump … Read more

AvaStar 2.0 Beta 29

2017/01/22 by Nalates Urriah

Machinimatrix has a new beta release out. You can get it on your product’s page… may be. My page still shows 2.0-beta-23 as the main candidate (green new). But, we’ve been warned not to use that one… Below with a red test button is 2.0-beta-29. Seems there is a 2.0-beta-28 some think doesn’t work… I’ve … Read more