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Official Video Tutorials
Friendly greetings! You can learn Second Life in a fun and fast fashion! The enthusiastic Torley is your host, taking you on a tour through tips, tricks, and techniques that'll increase your confidence and make you smile. :) Whether you're a newcomer or longtime Resident, your inworld experience will benefit from this video tutorial series.
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"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 be used for streaming in Second Life! You can also subscribe to our podcast and visit us in the iTunes Store.
Second Life Tip of the Week
Click play to watch the newest tip: <videoflash>dCpzZWH_mas</videoflash>
- DOWNLOAD
How to turn off the typing animation and sound - DOWNLOAD How to move your camera further and better
- DOWNLOAD A yummy mix of user interface tricks
- DOWNLOAD How to use beacons and highlights
- DOWNLOAD 3 useful "Show" options in the Tools menu
- DOWNLOAD More inventory management tips
- DOWNLOAD A deeper taste of the pie menu
- DOWNLOAD How to deal with some common annoyances
- DOWNLOAD How to create and join a group
- DOWNLOAD How to use the new Search
- DOWNLOAD Welcome to WindLight!
- DOWNLOAD How to easily boost viewer performance
- DOWNLOAD How to show your stuff in our new Search
- DOWNLOAD How to set multiple permissions easier
- DOWNLOAD How to get texture info
- DOWNLOAD How to make a gift box… happy holidays!
- DOWNLOAD How to run multiple viewers at the same time!
- DOWNLOAD How to report a bug
- DOWNLOAD Text chat macros
- DOWNLOAD QUICK-Searching the Issue Tracker
- DOWNLOAD Sound sliders explained
- DOWNLOAD Editing and uploading sounds
- DOWNLOAD Using SLURLs for easy travel
- DOWNLOAD Navigating in small spaces
- DOWNLOAD All about the Mini-Map
- DOWNLOAD Advanced attachment adjustment
- DOWNLOAD Making transparent textures
- DOWNLOAD Particle editing magic!
- DOWNLOAD Using the Second Life Wiki
QUICKTIPS
A fresh series providing the info you want + need in 2 minutes or less! For example:
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Volume I
- DOWNLOAD What is a prim?
- DOWNLOAD What does "rez" mean?
- DOWNLOAD Using your mouse's scroll wheel
- DOWNLOAD Toggling Property Lines
- DOWNLOAD Organizing windows & menus
- DOWNLOAD Chat bar shortcuts
- DOWNLOAD Linking prims
- DOWNLOAD Opening edit tools
- DOWNLOAD Wearing attachments
- DOWNLOAD Editing attachments
- DOWNLOAD Opening the debug menus
- DOWNLOAD Advanced movement controls
- DOWNLOAD Zoom In & Out
Volume II
- DOWNLOAD Advanced Mouselook options
- DOWNLOAD Changing your group title
- DOWNLOAD Setting objects to group
- DOWNLOAD Clearing nametag clutter
- DOWNLOAD Deleting duplicate landmarks
- DOWNLOAD Emptying your Trash
- DOWNLOAD Fun with 2 Inventory windows
- DOWNLOAD Getting your system info
- DOWNLOAD Notecard attachments
- DOWNLOAD Starting Conference IMs
- DOWNLOAD The trouble with Linden trees
Volume III
- DOWNLOAD Adding & divorcing a Partner
- DOWNLOAD Building materials explained
- DOWNLOAD Changing the time of day
- DOWNLOAD Changing your login location
- DOWNLOAD Chat bubbles
- DOWNLOAD Cheesy red tracking beacon
- DOWNLOAD Driving a vehicle
- DOWNLOAD Finding stuff buried in the ground
- DOWNLOAD Finding your chat logs
- DOWNLOAD Freezing stuff for snapshots
- DOWNLOAD Friends permissions
- DOWNLOAD Hiding online friend notifications
- DOWNLOAD Hiding the Search panel in the menu bar
- DOWNLOAD Hover tips
- DOWNLOAD How high can you fly?
- DOWNLOAD Increasing font size for better readability
- DOWNLOAD Muting jerks & objects
- DOWNLOAD Stretching prim sides & textures
- DOWNLOAD Turning off object selection glow
- DOWNLOAD What are particles?
- DOWNLOAD What is a sandbox?
- DOWNLOAD World Map
Volume IV
- DOWNLOAD Avatar mouse steering
- DOWNLOAD Copy Selection
- DOWNLOAD Focus
- DOWNLOAD Fun with floating text
- DOWNLOAD Hiding groups you belong to
- DOWNLOAD Hiding objects temporarily
- DOWNLOAD How old is an object?
- DOWNLOAD Planar texture mapping
- DOWNLOAD Reference ruler & grid
- DOWNLOAD Retrieving lost attachments
- DOWNLOAD Saving objects back to your inventory
- DOWNLOAD Shift-drag to copy objects
- DOWNLOAD Teleport location history
- DOWNLOAD You can't remove body parts!
PARCEL MEDIA
How to play movies & webpages on your land, and special interactive features too!
VOICE CHAT
Learn how to setup, customize, and use the power of your voice to communicate!
- DOWNLOAD Getting started
- DOWNLOAD Etiquette
- DOWNLOAD Who's speaking?
- DOWNLOAD Improving your hearing
- DOWNLOAD Private calls
- DOWNLOAD Speech gestures
- DOWNLOAD Disabling it for yourself & on land
More!
These are older vidtuts, so 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 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. Ten scripting tutorials, plus making furniture, sculpted prims, and Orientation/Help Island basics.
- 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. Expanded page with links and SLurls now available here Phoenixa Sol 16:35, 4 April 2008 (PDT)
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 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.