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Materials Project in Second Life

The Materials project has reached the Beta Viewer. What is the Materials Project you ask? The Materials Project brings in specific shaders into Second Life which will make objects appear more realistic.

I wanted to show this realism in a video because I felt that was the best way to capture it. Here is the link to the video and I’m also embedding it below. http://youtu.be/LO5vVyoMHJE

To view materials-ready items in Second Life right now, you can follow these simple steps:

Install the Beta Viewer: http://secondlife.com/support/downloads
Check “Advanced Lighting Model” under Me > Preferences > Graphics
Now if you wear any materials-ready items, you should be able to see it.

Damien Fate of FATEwear has already released swim trunks for men that are materials-ready. I am not sure which other designers have released materials-ready items as well. I have asked my friends on plurk about it, if you know of any, please let me know in the comments, I would love to check them out.

This is definitely a feature I’m enthusiastic and excited about. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on more materials ready items to play with!

I also wanted to share some other informative posts about the Materials Project which I think you guys will find useful:

Materials Beta Viewer Launches – announcement from Linden Lab
Interview with Damien Fate regarding the Materials Project – via New World Notes
Materials processing reaches beta – overview and more – via Inara Pey
Second Life Materials Goes Beta – via Nalates Urriah
A materials-ready dress for ladies + Creating Normal Maps in Photoshop – via Tillie Arantho (Tillie has not put the dress up for sale as of yet)

Also, this is my first post for Avatar Blogger Month. I’m not sure if I’ll make all 30 posts but I will definitely give it a try. I hope you guys are participating too! Have a great weekend! <3 » For more of my tutorials, check out my tutorials page.

Credits:
Skin: Fruk – Jeremy skin shade 6 Black by Chucky Hollak
Eyes: Poetic Colors classic gen4 – snow light – small bright by Lano Ling
Hair: *Dura-Boy*33(Dark Brown)resize by Chiaki Xue
*Towel: FATEwear Towel – Nicholas – (M) (Neck) by Damien Fate (Free for subscribers)
*Swim Trunks: FATEwear Trunks – Spitz – (M) (Wet) by Damien Fate (Materials-ready item)
*Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel

No More Gridlines in Beta Viewer

Beta Viewer – 4000×2142 So I did this post really quickly as you can see since I’m not even wearing my dress properly. (I’m just going to be over here crying in the corner). I realized after I took the quick snaps that I am wearing the corset under the skirt and well, let’s just […] Continue reading →

Bacon Bits and Grandpa’s Radio

I dragged the boy alt over to the Mens Department yesterday to pick up some more clothing because he desperately needs them. There’s a great selection this month, lots of meshy goodness and not just all clothing! Click over to Seraphim to check out the whole selection. Once I got him all clothed, I figured […] Continue reading →

Male Fashion – Ganymedes Costagravas

Today’s male fashion post is about one of my most favorite ginger haired men on the grid. I first noticed Mr. Ganymedes Costagravas a while back on flickr. I always thought he had tremendous artistic ability and incredible building skills. Last year I was fortunate enough to have a chance to take a pic of […] Continue reading →

Male Fashion – Oscar Page

I remember the first time I met Mr. Page I was at the Zaara store. I was just standing there minding my own business when he immed me out of the blue and stated that Zaara has asked for ME to stop loitering in her store. I was like “EXCUSE ME!??!!!” LOL It seems every […] Continue reading →

Spicy Underpants

At times I feel very privileged to have such wonderful friends, even if I feel I don’t deserve them. I’m quite anti-social and a hermit so not the most engaging friend at times. But I still appreciate the few that have stuck around and learned to deal with my mood swings and encourage me to […] Continue reading →

Male Fashion – Raul Crimson

Mr. Raul Crimson has such a warm personality, when he talks to you it feels as if he’s giving you a big teddy bear hug. I’ve been following Mr. Crimson on flickr and his blog for a while now. I always found him to be incredibly good looking, sweet, good looking, caring, good looking, talented, […] Continue reading →

Tutorial – Kirstens Viewer Shadows

Even though I am still quite sick and I sound very tired and sleepy in the video, I still decided to go ahead and do it since a lot of you have been waiting for it. Turning on shadows in Kirstens Viewer is actually very simple and straightforward so I hope I don’t disappoint you […] Continue reading →

Existence

“The essence of existence is the magic of being needed and helping others in their time of need.” Please give generously, your assistance is needed. Severe flooding in Pakistan How to help Pakistan’s Flood Victims Project Donate – For SL residents that want to help! Thank you. ♥ Credits: *Skin: !Imabee: Roots – Serene – […] Continue reading →

I missed you…

So what can be said about my summer vacation? Returning to the country where I was born, have my earliest memories from and where my roots lie, was a very surreal experience. Especially since I hadn’t been there in almost two decades. I feel like I’ve learned and aged a lot. After spending time in […] Continue reading →

Berry’s Favorite Things – Sofia

For this week’s installment of Berry’s Favorite Things I’d like to bring you….Sofia. Glam Affair’s new skin in dark that I’m not planning to take off anytime soon. As soon as I tried the demo, I just went wow and bought my favorite makeup. Now I’m regretting it and wish I actually bought the fatpack…perhaps […] Continue reading →

Exile

This is Exile’s latest skin, Chloe. Chloe is available in 5 skin tones, the one I’m wearing is the darkest. Chloe is soft and beautiful and I’m so happy to have another gorgeous dark skin to add to my ever growing dark skin collection. I think when I return from my vacation I want to […] Continue reading →

Persephone

“After the lord of the dark world below carried her away she was never again the gay young creature who had played in the flowery meadow without a thought of care or trouble. She did indeed rise from the dead every spring, but she brought with her the memory of where she had come from; […] Continue reading →

Poetic Colors

It’s time for another installment of Berry’s Favorite Things because my favorite eyes on the whole grid are on sale, 50% off, making all the eyes L$100 each. I’m wearing Poetic Color‘s latest release, the star eyes, named after the planets. These are definitely my most favorite and I just couldn’t resist and went and […] Continue reading →

Ispachi

Ispachi is a brand that is new to me, but they have been around for about 2 years. They carry a wide selection in clothing, jewels, eyes, shapes and these gorgeous skins for both men and women. On my male shape I am wearing their newest skin release called Trey in the lightest and darkest […] Continue reading →