Premade template - would you want them?

I am thinking of creating premade shading and highlight templates as well as patterns and brushes for creators to use. My question is - would you even be interested in them? If so - how much would be a good price?

Granted there are a lot of templates out there for free but these would be seamless textures/patterns (for clothes), shading and highlites that you would be able to apply to clothing that you are creating as well as instructions on how to use them.

Just to give you an idea - I created the Roman Halter once but with patterns and adjustment layers as well as intimate knowledge of alpha channels to create highlites and shadows I was able to create 52 different tops (could have been more but I had to stop somewhere).

I have no idea what a going rate would be for something like this.

However, I think it's a wonderful idea.

I think it's a great idea too. Full perm sit poses go for 1000L and I've seen some for 1500L and a particle script generator goes for 4000L. Your product would serve a similar pourpose for a content creator. If your textures are real good, then you could price it high to make it more exclusive, but less sales. I personally would pay 2000L for a good full body shade texture for male musculature.

I think it's a great idea. I've been looking for something similar.

This is a briliant product idea. I wish I had thought of it myself.

Hello All

What I would really love to see is for someone to create some basic pshop templates and for basic clothing with folds, shading, wrinkles, collars, seams etc. For Skirts, blouses, pants or a variety of things. Like what Robin has done for tshirts and Vint Valken has done for bikinis.

Photoshop had overwhelmed me for years because of a few things: the learning curve, all of the damn features, and sheer laziness, LoL(I am a gotta have it now guy) But one of the most useful things that helped me break through a few barriers was Robin Sojourners tshirt template. I started messing around with it and it opened my eyes a bit and I actually started getting it LoL (Mind you, I have had most versions of pshop since version 4 LoL)

I personally would love to create more stuff but I end up spending so much time trying to figure s!*t out LoL. And while I joke about being lazy......really, its not that. some of us have a longer learning cycle than you smart guys. After you get to working with these things you start to grasp whats really going on and its a great feeling of accomplishment.

So hook a brother up Lol.

Peace

CCTV

Awesome idea. It would help those who are struggling with designing. So go for it.

Just want to echo - great idea!

I'm just realizing that my knowledge of graphics is VERY limited, and making good clothing is way beyond my skills right now. This product would be a real boon for people like me, who know just enough to realize how much they don't know.

I'd be willing to pay a good bit for it, but I really couldn't say how much. It would depend greatly on what specific things were included.

Well I was thinking of creating layers on top of Chip Midnights template with Highlights, Shading, patters etc that would be easy to place on top of your clothing. Plus tutorials on how to change colors of your final piece without pulling your hair out. I am working on the tutorial and layers now but this will be a no-holds bar type of file that once you have it you will be able to make glossy, silken or soft shadows on any of your designs. However - it won't make the clothes for you. It would be more of a tool set that you could use to enhance your clothes making techniques. I would say that you would have to be at least an intermediate level user and understand layer modes, adjustment layers and styles.

Just an example would the file would contain:

20 fabric pattern layers - brocade, animal, plaid etc...
3 gloss highlite layers - Latex, Silk, and Satin
3 Shadow layers - Soft, velvet, and hard lighting

Several PSD pattern sets
Tutorials on how to easily change the color of your item (without using color selection and destroying the original image). A hint would be that I use adjustment layers in conjunction with layer comps and styles.

My price? I am unsure what people are willing to pay so here's a poll....

http://secondwavefashion.blogspot.com/

I checked the poll.

It's a great idea but I don't buy anything for SL in real money (except changing some to L$ for ocasional land purchases) and I suspect I'm not the only one. I see subscription & tier fees as an effective cap on my spending.

As Bryce says, I'd love something like this for AV skins - continual uploading on a trial & error basis is eating my stipend.

use the beta grid to upload and test textures, doesn't cost anything as it doesn't touch your real account stuff

so you can upload and test there all you want.

as for paying for layers that would be folds and such, i dunno...

seems to me that if I wanted to pay for something like that I would want it to be mine, not general public can buy it, cuz then suddenly everyone is creating clothing with the same wrinkle effect or shading etc, then they all look the same...

well, how about a sample for us to look at and see? no way we can give you feedback and a price without showing us what you have! slap it on the yardstick baby and let us measure it!!!

What a great tip - TYVM

I think it sounds like a great idea. The thing I'd worry about would be not having any way to protect it. It'll probably take all of a week before your PSDs are up on rapidshare or someplace similar. If you're okay with that and just counting on the honest people being honest, I'm sure a lot of people would find it invaluable.

very very welcome
now if only I could remember to do it myself, heh

spent countless lindens on uploads yet I am fully aware of the no cost of using the beta grid, grrr I so need to remember to use that

Where do I find those?

Sue -- I think its www.vintvalken.com -- just google her up -- she did hte SL bikini project.

CC

You were close, it's http://www.vintfalken.com/

Great idea I'd be very interested in a latex highlight template. Tried to do a latex texture myself, but I'm not good at creating shiny surfaces. Looked too artificial.

I always take a moment in the day to allow others to humble me. Hahahahaha

Hey Aleister

It just occured to me what might help you with your dliemna. I have seen your posts elsewhere. Check out Nyoko Body Oils in world. I remember reading that they are tintable and that people have made latex catsuits and the like. IT's only a 100L however I am not sure about the other perms.....cheers