Avastar

Second Life Bits 2014-41

2014/10/06 by Nalates Urriah

AvaStar 1.2 is out and now Gaia has published an article on what they will be doing now. See: Remarks from the Creators. The interesting take away is that the tutorial videos will be getting updated now that the product has stabilized.

Remembering - Lost Eden - 2014 — Remembering – Lost Eden – 2014

Images from Second Life

This week has seen some articles on creating great images using Second Life. New World notes has: Top Four Tips for Flawless, Photoshop-Free SL Snapshots, Family Portraits: This Second Life Photographer Has a Knack for Taking Snapshots of Domestic Bliss, and How to Turn SL-Based Images Into Visual Art. There are others that have commented on the aspects of what makes great images and art.

The Internet has a ton of image composition tutorials. Google Image Composition.

AvaStar 1.2 Survival Guide

2014/10/01 by Nalates Urriah

Gaia Clary has posted in-world the following survival guide. You might miss it if you are not a member of the Blender-Avastar Group. So…

Avastar-1.2 Released

2014/10/012014/09/30 by Nalates Urriah

The AvaStar RC has finally moved out of RC status to final version. You can read the details here: Avastar-1.2 is Out. Gaia is linking to an older video that givs an overview of AvaStar 1.1. I found it surprisingly up to date with the current AvaStar release.

The information on AvaStar 1.2 says it runs on Blender 2.70 and newer.

The listed new changes are:

Optimized for better and easier workflows
Support for Fitted Mesh.
Many improvements under the hood
Updated documentation

I find it easier to use YouTube when I want to find a particular AvaStar tutorial. See: Gapa Clary.

AvaStar 1.1 To Release

2014/09/28 by Nalates Urriah

The final version of AvaStar 1.1 is to be released in 48 hours± per Gaia Clary commenting in Blender-AvaStar group (9/28 1PM SLT). That would be Tuesday 9/30… or Wednesday 10/1 depending on where on Earth she and you are located.

The RC 10 is apparently going to get promoted to a main release. So, if you are using RC10 now, you have AvaStar 1.1.

You can download RC10 now via your download page at Machinimatrix.

There is also the possibility to win L$5,000 for being the first to report a reproducible AvaStar bug in RC10. Apparently as I write this there are no bugs reported for RC10.

Second Life AvaStar L$5000 Bug Chase

2014/09/21 by Nalates Urriah

Avastar 950 Model – Image #3

Gaia Clary, of Machinimatrix and AvaStar, is offing L$5,000 to those finding bugs. The first one to report a bug in the current AvaStar version gets the prize for that bug. But, it has to be a reproducible bug and you have to properly file a bug report with Machinimatrix. The process is described in an in-world announcement (which I’ve changed a bit to make it more readable):

AvaStar Pricing to Change

2014/09/10 by Nalates Urriah

The rumor is… AvaStar pricing is going up. Gaia is having a problem supporting development and customer support. Something has to give. Development slows considerably or the price goes up. Various ideas have been voiced for how to price the tool with accompanying screams from the user base. But, that is to be expected whenever a merchant has to raise prices.

Norder Ney HeavenScent - 2014 — Norder Ney HeavenScent – 2014

Gaia Clary says she is now working on Avatar and SL products full time. She has to make her living selling these products.

Gaia does not seem to be a fan of subscription pricing. So, I expect the initial purchase price on AvaStar 2.0 to jump up, but that has not been decided. The current US$27± price is not providing Gaia a living. So, will we see $100? May be. The final price is yet to be decided.