Video Tutorials

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The following's a list of Second Life video tutorials. This isn't meant to be a complete compilation, but if it is here, you at least know that somebody found it useful. Torley Linden started this page with the intention of providing an easy-access resource for SL vidtuts.

Please add what you've found useful —

"May we watch over the shoulders of our enlightened educators with smiles as plentiful as water!"

Video Tutorials in the Knowledge Base

You can also see these on Torley's YouTube page, including:

Second Life Tip of the Week

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An ongoing series which aims to communicate useful, fun info quickly & memorably!

  1. How to turn off the typing animation and sound
  2. How to move your camera further and better
  3. A yummy mix of user interface tricks
  4. How to use beacons and highlights
  5. 3 useful "Show" options in the Tools menu
  6. More inventory management tips
  7. A deeper taste of the pie menu
  8. How to deal with some common annoyances
  9. How to create and join a group
  10. How to use the new Search
  11. Welcome to WindLight!
  12. How to easily boost viewer performance
  13. How to show your stuff in our new Search

Learn more about SLTotW on the Official Linden Blog.

More!

You can also download most of these vidtuts (feel free to link to those URLs to stream them inworld)!

Video Tutorials on external websites


This vidtuts are in French and are made by Teruki Shan

Content creation

  • n00b Be Gone series - By Natural Selection Studios.
    • Camera Tutorial - "how to interact with objects, different forms of camera controls, and a few ‘unknown’ tricks"
    • Building Tutorial - "basic building inside Second Life - as well as continuing camera controls learned in the first episode"
  • Assorted resources and links - Includes guides to filming machinima and telling a story, some video tutorials, and movies of inworld adventures. By Thinkerer Melville.

Sculpted Prims

There are several good video tutorials for making sculpted prims. Google, and search YouTube. Here are some for Wings 3D (an external 3D modeler good for sculpties in Second Life).

Machinima

Introductory guides

Feature demos

These aren't intentionally educational, but highlight specific aspects of Second Life.

Misc.