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Official Video Tutorials

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Video tutorials by Torley Linden which teach Second Life in a fun & fast fashion! Whether you're a newcomer or experienced Resident, you'll benefit from this enjoyable mix of topics. Like this? Share it with your friends & family! "VIRTUAL EDUCATION, REAL RESULTS."

Click on a title to watch it, and you can also download these tips for FREE — the "DOWNLOAD" links are higher-quality, and can also be used for streaming in Second Life!

1. DOWNLOAD How to turn off the typing animation and sound
2. DOWNLOAD How to move your camera further and better
3. DOWNLOAD A yummy mix of user interface tricks
4. DOWNLOAD How to use beacons and highlights
5. DOWNLOAD 3 useful "Show" options in the Tools menu
6. DOWNLOAD More inventory management tips
7. DOWNLOAD A deeper taste of the pie menu
8. DOWNLOAD How to deal with some common annoyances
9. DOWNLOAD How to create and join a group
10. DOWNLOAD How to use the new Search
11. DOWNLOAD Welcome to WindLight!
12. DOWNLOAD How to easily boost viewer performance
13. DOWNLOAD How to show your stuff in our new Search
14. DOWNLOAD How to set multiple permissions easier
15. DOWNLOAD How to get texture info
16. DOWNLOAD How to make a gift box… happy holidays!
17. DOWNLOAD How to run multiple viewers at the same time!
18. DOWNLOAD How to report a bug
19. DOWNLOAD Text chat macros
20. DOWNLOAD QUICK-Searching the Issue Tracker
21. DOWNLOAD Sound sliders explained
22. DOWNLOAD Editing and uploading sounds
23. [**** DOWNLOAD] [****]

More!

These are older vidtuts which preceded the TotW. As such, some references may be noticeably out-of-date, but most of the fundamentals are still relevant today.

• DOWNLOAD How to use gestures
• DOWNLOAD How to manage your inventory
• DOWNLOAD How to use HUDs
• DOWNLOAD How to change your appearance
• DOWNLOAD How to open and sell boxes
• DOWNLOAD How to use the building grid
• DOWNLOAD How to fill in your profile
• DOWNLOAD How to create and send a notecard
• DOWNLOAD How to use Undo
• DOWNLOAD How to make a flag that waves in wind
• DOWNLOAD How to to make tiny prims
• DOWNLOAD Assorted Tips & Tricks - A yummy stew including a hearty helping of FollowCam!
• DOWNLOAD Advanced Snapshot Magic - Take better pictures!
• DOWNLOAD How to send a postcard

^ You can also see these in the Knowledge Base.

Resident-created Video Tutorials

Assorted topics

• Vidéos tutos en Français - By Teruki Shan, in French. Retrouvez toutes mes vidéos tutos sur mon site internet, ou dans la liste suivante:
  • S'inscrire à Second Life
  • Se connecter à Second Life
  • Orientation Island - Move - Mouvements
  • Orientation Island - Appearance - Apparence
  • Orientation Island - Communicate - Communication
  • Orientation Island - Search - Rechercher
  • Fonctionalitées de l'Interface de Second Life
  • Modifier et Sauvegarder son Apparence
  • Ouvrir et Porter le Contenu d'une Boite
  • Création d'Objet - Créer un Objet
  • Créer un Objet Simple : Une Chaise

• Tutorial video in Italiano sul blog Tumitu - Come si creano Oggetti complessi in Secondlife. A breve ne inseriremo altri.

• Tutorials & Tools - By Vlad Bjornson. These cover topics like Vlad's "Top 10 Building Tips" and sculpted prims.

• Twenty Tutorials - By Benja Kepler. A wide range of subjects, including: how to leave Orientation Island, making furniture, sculpted prims, and scripting.

• How to get started in Second Life - By Mkyschnitzel Campbell, in German and English. general, 34-minute introduction to Second Life. Topics: avatars, communication, Search, interaction, and some locations to show the wide range of possible inworld activities.

• Phoenixa's tutorial, How I Dance In Secondlife - By Phoenixa Sol in English. Arranging animations in fast and easy to use HUDs, combining animations, gestures to approximate the look of real life dancing within Secondlife.com

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"

• Building in Second Life series - By Ian Monstre.
  • Building a Clock - How to make a timepiece that really works, in 7 parts.
  • Open/Close Door - "how to create a door that opens and closes when touched"
  • Create a Fluttering flag - Flag vidtuts are a great way to show flexiprims in action.

• Building and scripting series - By Seeter Sullivan.
  • How to build a chair
  • How to create an interactive sign
  • How to embed texture onto an object
  • How to embed a notecard onto an object
  • How to link an object to a webpage
  • How to create links within a notecard
  • How to create a dropbox
  • How to create a teleport link

• How to animate your creations - How to animate your creations with linked prim animation using Puppeteer by Todd Borst.

• How to build a bridge - By Noire Mirabeau — a relatively vintage example of an SL vidtut.

• Assorted resources and links - By Thinkerer Melville. Includes guides to filming machinima and telling a story, some video tutorials, and movies of inworld adventures.

• Using snapshot freeze to take precise pictures - By Bella March. By doing this, you can achieve better action shots without re-shooting multiple times.

External software

• Using Photoshop's "Liquify" tool - By Vint Falken. This can help you smooth out and enhance avatar snapshots dramatically.

• Wings 3D sculpted prim vidtuts - Learn how to use an external modeler good for exporting sculpties to Second Life.

Machinima

• Top 10 Machinima Tips - By Eric Linden.
• How to make a movie in Second Life - By Alt-Zoom Studios.
• Making Machinima in Second Life on Mac OS X - By Aenea Nori. Although specifically discussing the technical aspects of creating Machinima in Mac OS X, the concepts are applicable to Windows users as well.
• Vidder Maker Workshop -- The Six Gates - By Thinkerer Melville.
• How to use the Alt-Zoom Camera - moo Money guides us through using this tool to film movies.
• Another Alt-Zoom camera tutorial - Alt-Zoom camera tutorial by Nimrod.

Using specific products

• tFinder quickstart - By Cid Vilas. Learn how to use tFinder, the texture search engine.

• How To Turn a JEVN Vendor into a Hippo Vendor Part 1
• How To Turn a JEVN Vendor into a Hippo Vendor Part 2 - By Rose Evans. Learn how to take a JEVN Vendor, such as a P10 or P20 model (though for the demo I use a 6 panel for speed. :D ), and make it into a Hippo Vendor. As I (Rose) say, if you are converting from JEVN to Hippo you got to build it anyway you might as well use what ya got already set up. :D Best viewed full screen!

• En Garde - Strategic fencing. Advance, retreat, parry, lunge!
• Frootcake - A deliciously spiteful game for 3-5 players

Feature demos

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

• WindLight teaser (slow & relaxing version) - By Torley Linden.
• WindLight atmospheric rendering - By Torley Linden.
• Sculpted prims - By Qarl Linden.
• Flexible prims - By Torley Linden.

Related resources

• How to convert YouTube videos for playing in Second Life - Step-by-step tutorial for when you want to show a fave clip inworld.
• YouTube search results for Second Life Video Tutorials - The list is growing!
• SL Frustration: Video Tutorials, please? - Sometimes when I ask myself "Why am I doing this?" while filming, I (Torley) read this post and am reminded of how confused I was when I started. It's insightful.
• How to convert YouTube videos for playing in Second Life - An answer to a question that many ask.
• teachtube.com - Because K-12 institutions routinely block YouTube, it can be difficult to show great educational examples of Second Life, as well as those wonderful tutorials by Torley and others. However, TeacherTube.com as a purely educational alternative. The list is small.