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Dalea Kojima

Registered User

Join date: 31 Mar 2004

Posts: 27

05-26-2005 04:39

Hi!

I was wondering if it is possible to create a silver (shiny) skin?

I have seen shiny eyes, can that be replicated for the skin?

Or does anyone maybe know someone who sells silver skins?

Thanks,

Dalea

PetGirl Bergman

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Join date: 16 Feb 2005

Posts: 2,414

05-26-2005 05:04

Aha a Silver Surfer coming up???

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Namssor Daguerre

Imitates life

Join date: 18 Feb 2004

Posts: 1,423

05-26-2005 06:44

Govindira Galatea makes a few metal skins. I don't know about silver, but it probably wouldn't be too much work for her to adapt to greyish silver from her red demoness metal skin. You'd have to ask her though. Here's the URL so you can take a look at the skin.

/invalid_link.html

Reflective skin does not work the same way the eyes do. Currently it is only possible to simulate reflection on the skin with faux highlight and shaddow. The eyes are a separate mesh and the SL rendering engine treats them differently, more like the primitives, but not exactly.

If you feel strongly enough about reflective skin as a feature in SL, put it in the proposals section to be voted on. If enough people vote on it LL will respond. You have my vote

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Reitsuki Kojima

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Join date: 27 Jan 2004

Posts: 5,328

05-26-2005 10:13

From: Namssor Daguerre

Reflective skin does not work the same way the eyes do. Currently it is only possible to simulate reflection on the skin with faux highlight and shaddow. The eyes are a separate mesh and the SL rendering engine treats them differently, more like the primitives, but not exactly.

Well, also, you can attach a sphere to an eye and do all sorts of fun things with it... animated textures, shiney, light, partical emitting, whatever, and its almost impossible to tell its not a real eye

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Chosen Few

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Join date: 16 Jan 2004

Posts: 7,496

05-26-2005 10:40

Unfortunately it's not really possible to shiny skin, but the effect can be simulated fairly convincingly with a good paint job, or you can cover yourself in attachments that are shiny of you want a more robotic look. Below are 2 pretty good examples. The first is my Seven of Nine av, which shows simulated shine through texturing. The second is Hudson Stryker's metal dragon av, which is a great example of full body attachments.

LL has said they are looking into a material shader system for the future instead of the simple texture system we have now. Hopefully that will get applied to avatars as well as objects and then we'll really be in business.

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Caylord Theas

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Join date: 15 Aug 2007

Posts: 24

12-21-2007 10:02

From: Namssor Daguerre

Govindira Galatea makes a few metal skins. I don't know about silver, but it probably wouldn't be too much work for her to adapt to greyish silver from her red demoness metal skin. You'd have to ask her though. Here's the URL so you can take a look at the skin.

/invalid_link.html

Reflective skin does not work the same way the eyes do. Currently it is only possible to simulate reflection on the skin with faux highlight and shaddow. The eyes are a separate mesh and the SL rendering engine treats them differently, more like the primitives, but not exactly.

If you feel strongly enough about reflective skin as a feature in SL, put it in the proposals section to be voted on. If enough people vote on it LL will respond. You have my vote

that returns a file not found error namssor

Malia Writer

Unemployed in paradise

Join date: 20 Aug 2007

Posts: 2,026

12-21-2007 10:16

From: Chosen Few

Below are 2 pretty good examples. The first is my Seven of Nine av, which shows simulated shine through texturing. The second is Hudson Stryker's metal dragon av, which is a great example of full body attachments.

Below what?

I don't see nuttin'...

Chosen Few

Alpha Channel Slave

Join date: 16 Jan 2004

Posts: 7,496

12-21-2007 10:23

From: Caylord Theas

that returns a file not found error namssor

From: Malia Writer

Below what? I don't see nuttin'...

This is what happens when you dig up nearly 3-year-old threads, guys. Dead links, deleted attachments. You can't expect such old posts to contain current information.

If you have a new question, ask.

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Malia Writer

Unemployed in paradise

Join date: 20 Aug 2007

Posts: 2,026

12-21-2007 10:29

That explains it, it was in the New Posts list so I didn't realize I was looking at a necropost.... woops!

/me shrugs

Yabusaka Loon

Registered User

Join date: 8 Jun 2007

Posts: 15

Metalic Skin

12-21-2007 23:18

I made some metalic skins.
Not realy a silver though.

http://yabusaka.slmame.com/e78630.html
http://yabusaka.slmame.com/e78022.html

Black Metalic skin for women is for free.
(See attached image)

You can find these skins at my store
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spectre/30/81/44

Yabusaka Loon

Registered User

Join date: 8 Jun 2007

Posts: 15

New skin released

01-08-2008 18:56

I put out more silver like skin.
Its freebie for opening of my new main store.

Find these skins at:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honmoku/42/213/22

Namssor Daguerre

Imitates life

Join date: 18 Feb 2004

Posts: 1,423

01-10-2008 17:30

I did this a while back and posted in the gallery section, but forgot about this thread. Here's my rendition of a silver skin. The copper face is a layering effect. The skin could be as easily produced in all silver too. There's also a bit of environmental texture layering/matching happening here. That is why this particular skin texture looks good in this background setting. Put it in a red desert scene and... not so convincing. That's the drawback of a fixed texture bake versus interactive shaders. Notice that the reflections on the arms are running perpendicular to way they should be. That is because the texture got baked while the avatar was in a Da Vinci pose (the standard position for the avatar mannequin in an external 3D app).

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Dalea Kojima Registered User Join date: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 27	05-26-2005 04:39 Hi! I was wondering if it is possible to create a silver (shiny) skin? I have seen shiny eyes, can that be replicated for the skin? Or does anyone maybe know someone who sells silver skins? Thanks, Dalea
PetGirl Bergman Fellow Creature:-) Join date: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 2,414	05-26-2005 05:04 Aha a Silver Surfer coming up???))
Namssor Daguerre Imitates life Join date: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 1,423	05-26-2005 06:44 Govindira Galatea makes a few metal skins. I don't know about silver, but it probably wouldn't be too much work for her to adapt to greyish silver from her red demoness metal skin. You'd have to ask her though. Here's the URL so you can take a look at the skin. /invalid_link.html Reflective skin does not work the same way the eyes do. Currently it is only possible to simulate reflection on the skin with faux highlight and shaddow. The eyes are a separate mesh and the SL rendering engine treats them differently, more like the primitives, but not exactly. If you feel strongly enough about reflective skin as a feature in SL, put it in the proposals section to be voted on. If enough people vote on it LL will respond. You have my vote _____________________
Reitsuki Kojima Witchhunter Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,328	05-26-2005 10:13 From: Namssor Daguerre Reflective skin does not work the same way the eyes do. Currently it is only possible to simulate reflection on the skin with faux highlight and shaddow. The eyes are a separate mesh and the SL rendering engine treats them differently, more like the primitives, but not exactly. Well, also, you can attach a sphere to an eye and do all sorts of fun things with it... animated textures, shiney, light, partical emitting, whatever, and its almost impossible to tell its not a real eye _____________________ I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	05-26-2005 10:40 Unfortunately it's not really possible to shiny skin, but the effect can be simulated fairly convincingly with a good paint job, or you can cover yourself in attachments that are shiny of you want a more robotic look. Below are 2 pretty good examples. The first is my Seven of Nine av, which shows simulated shine through texturing. The second is Hudson Stryker's metal dragon av, which is a great example of full body attachments. LL has said they are looking into a material shader system for the future instead of the simple texture system we have now. Hopefully that will get applied to avatars as well as objects and then we'll really be in business. _____________________ . Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.
Caylord Theas Registered User Join date: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 24	12-21-2007 10:02 From: Namssor Daguerre Govindira Galatea makes a few metal skins. I don't know about silver, but it probably wouldn't be too much work for her to adapt to greyish silver from her red demoness metal skin. You'd have to ask her though. Here's the URL so you can take a look at the skin. /invalid_link.html Reflective skin does not work the same way the eyes do. Currently it is only possible to simulate reflection on the skin with faux highlight and shaddow. The eyes are a separate mesh and the SL rendering engine treats them differently, more like the primitives, but not exactly. If you feel strongly enough about reflective skin as a feature in SL, put it in the proposals section to be voted on. If enough people vote on it LL will respond. You have my vote that returns a file not found error namssor
Malia Writer Unemployed in paradise Join date: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,026	12-21-2007 10:16 From: Chosen Few Below are 2 pretty good examples. The first is my Seven of Nine av, which shows simulated shine through texturing. The second is Hudson Stryker's metal dragon av, which is a great example of full body attachments. Below what? I don't see nuttin'...
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	12-21-2007 10:23 From: Caylord Theas that returns a file not found error namssor From: Malia Writer Below what? I don't see nuttin'... This is what happens when you dig up nearly 3-year-old threads, guys. Dead links, deleted attachments. You can't expect such old posts to contain current information. If you have a new question, ask. _____________________ . Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.
Malia Writer Unemployed in paradise Join date: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,026	12-21-2007 10:29 That explains it, it was in the New Posts list so I didn't realize I was looking at a necropost.... woops! /me shrugs
Yabusaka Loon Registered User Join date: 8 Jun 2007 Posts: 15	Metalic Skin 12-21-2007 23:18 I made some metalic skins. Not realy a silver though. http://yabusaka.slmame.com/e78630.html http://yabusaka.slmame.com/e78022.html Black Metalic skin for women is for free. (See attached image) You can find these skins at my store http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spectre/30/81/44
Yabusaka Loon Registered User Join date: 8 Jun 2007 Posts: 15	New skin released 01-08-2008 18:56 I put out more silver like skin. Its freebie for opening of my new main store. Find these skins at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honmoku/42/213/22
Namssor Daguerre Imitates life Join date: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 1,423	01-10-2008 17:30 I did this a while back and posted in the gallery section, but forgot about this thread. Here's my rendition of a silver skin. The copper face is a layering effect. The skin could be as easily produced in all silver too. There's also a bit of environmental texture layering/matching happening here. That is why this particular skin texture looks good in this background setting. Put it in a red desert scene and... not so convincing. That's the drawback of a fixed texture bake versus interactive shaders. Notice that the reflections on the arms are running perpendicular to way they should be. That is because the texture got baked while the avatar was in a Da Vinci pose (the standard position for the avatar mannequin in an external 3D app).