Hair

Feature Design Document

Hair is a Body Part. It cannot be taken off, but can be replaced by a different hair body part. Many people choose to wear Attachment hair that covers or enhances the normal hair.

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User Guides

To use this you'll need Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop.

This is a basic hair guide that should help you get started.

You should know a little about Photoshop first but if you don't you can find Videos on this subject on [1] under Second Life Tutorial Hair"

This guide has 3 colors and starts with the Dark color first then the next one and then a highlights at the end.

Step 1. New File

Start by opening a new file

-New

-Name

-(new file name)

Set to : 128x128 or 512x512

Step 2. Color Area (fill)

Pick you DARK color first. Like Dark Brown.

Go to the new box and fill the area by hitting (ALT+DEL) to fill the new box with your color.

Step 3. Brush

Get a Brush that is Soft like #35

Step 4. Brush Color

Pick a color for your brush. (yellow or Mustard Yellow)

(hold down the SHIFT key at the same time to draw a strait line).

Paint 1/3 down from the top of the box. Use the mouse and swipe the color from Left to Right and holding the SHIFT KEY.

Change Brush size to Soft like #17 (change Color to Bright Yellow)

Paint at the lower 1/3 of the box from Left to Right.

Step 5. Noise Filter

-Menu

-Filter

-Noise

-Add Noise

Distiribution (15.0%)

[x] Gaussian

[x] Monochromatic

Step 6. Blur Filter

-Menu

-Filter

-Blur

-Motion Blur

90º

700 Pixels

Step 7. More Blur

-Menu

-Filter

-Blur

-Gaussian Blur

.08 or .09

Step 8. Hightlights

Now you need a new Layer on put on TOP.

The menu on the right that has your layers in it.

Step 9. Highlight Brush

Get New Color for brush (white or yellow)

Brush Soft #17 on top 13 left to right and then Soft Brush #35 bottom 1/3.

-Note:

You may change any brush size you want to and you don' have to stay to the 1/3 from the top or bottom.

Step 10. Adjustments

The menu on the right.

You should see it say [normal]

Change that to [overlay]

You can change the brightness of the highlight now as its a layer..

SAVE your work.

-Save Web ready as .JPG

-Save one as .PSD or .PDD