BASIC clothing tutorial- making a shirt.

we're having issues with our site at the moment, should be fixed soon.


meanwhile, you can also acess this and other tutorials at:
www.spacethinkdream.com

they will be int he tutorials section

Neph,

You are wonderful.

Now, do you think you can tell me how to do *underwear* and *swimsuits* right? I can't seem to get that crotch area right. And a lot of undies in my inventory that other people have made have awful gaps or weird thigh intrusions on them as well.

What IS the secret???? LOL

Hi Maggie!

Unfortunately there is nos ecret to that, its trial and error. The mapping is odd through that area, and the area that covers the crotch ont he avatar is incredibly thin.
Here
is a link to a discussion about using templates ont he avatar and taking snapshots to refer to when working with the templates in photoshop- this is a great method and will probably give you the best idea of how to cut the garments.

i think there was also a thread a few weeks ago that talked specifically about the bikini area on the template...i'll see if I can find it

Awesome tutorial! Thank you! can't wait to see the PSP one.

I am useing PSP 8, it was expensive for a hobby, but not nearly as bad as Photoshop. As far as I can tell they work very similarly and both have advantages and disadvantages when compared to each other. The biggest disadvantage I can see to using PSP, so far, is that most places that offer tutorials on creating textures etc, offer them for Photoshop and these frequently dont translate well to PSP. I'd offer to put a tutorial in for it, but I honestly have too much on my plate at the moment, I will be more than happy to answer any questions in game if I know the answer ^^. I'd also like to take a sec to thank Kris Ritter for helping me figure alpha channels out =)

*edit* Oh my gosh I just read up a little. I have a, underwear alpha saved that is pretty cleaned up in the crotch area. If you like I'll post it so that you can use it in your own designs. It's for PSP though, and I have my SL downloaded templates resized to 1024 by 1024 for clearer textures so you may need to resize it to work with the origninal 512 sized ones.

hehe, this thread is an oldie, but def a goodie Thanks Neph!!!!!! This is most definately appreciated Great tips!

edited to add: Lindens, is there a way we can sticky this!!!!!!!!!!

<hunts the forums to see if this has been done yet If not, waits patiently hehe

I don't make clothing but have alot of people ask me about alpha in regards to textures and making clothing. I got tired of hunting for this link and about a month ago finally put the link on a notecard that I now hand to people.

I direct them to this thread for one of the best tutorials for clothing..and an insight into alpha textures.

Thanks for posting it. I know it has been a great help to alot of folks.

Any chance someone will port this for us limp Gimp users ???

Rock on kid!!!! No response needed, you know the dilly, love ya!!!!
Now where's my T.W.'s particle tuts?!!!!

You're awesome....

Wow Neph! I've been sitting on my tush for so long not knowing what to do first with creating clothes. All the ideas are in my head...just need to put them into the computer Thanks so much for this!! I look forward to starting my creations using your fabulous tutorial.

PS: I know you posted a while ago, but I just stumbled across this ... lol

Everyone... get Nephilized... w00t!

thank you thank you thank you

it makes me so happy that this is still found usefull and informative

one of these days i am going to get around to putting parts II and III together.

I REALLY wish i could port this for gimp and psp as has been requested, but i have an unfortunate gaping chasm in my knowledge
I'll look into getting my hands on those programs though, and see how easily these steps can translate.
A rosetta stone for clothing, of sorts.

^gives FABULOUS pics/fashion/design tips

<-waits by the computer patiently pressing refresh

omg neph you are a godsend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have been wanting to try my hand at designing & the time & effort you put into this tutorial for us designer newbs is waaaaaaaay too kind. i can't wait for you to post your shading & detail tutorials

I might take a crack at a PSP tutorial. I'm hardly a known clothing designer, but I know PSP, and have done clothing in it. I might be able to come up with something

What is wrong with me? Noone else seemed to have issues? I can even do the second step "2.) Copy/paste the template and the fabric sample into layers. " Anyone care to share how? Thanx/ BTW brand new to PS.

Any body know where i can just get a reg. T shirt fabric please help

I found this site it offers free textures..dont how good they are...

www.grsites.com

If you use photoshop, you can make a pretty realistic looking tee shirt material by adding some noise to the image.Play with the settings to suit you.

I started designing in PS 7 and had noproblems with making sheer designs....i got a new computer and installed PS 8 CS and cant make a sheer fabric to save my "ALPHA" Could ya help me out here. I've read so much I'm looking at buying eyeglasses. LOL. TY in advance for any suggestions and help with this issue im having.

Am I missing the additional parts to this tutorial? I can't seem to find Parts II and III that Neph. mentioned.

I don't think they were ever completed.

I'm a SAAAD panda.