making a t-shirt in second life

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)trottahe@shu.eduWeb: www.heiditrotta.com

Nick Noakes(aka Corwin Carillon)nick.noakes@gmail.com

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