Video Tutorials

The following's a list of Second Life tutorials. This isn't meant to be a complete compilation, but specifically lists tutorials I've personally viewed and have found helpful. I (Torley Linden) started this with the intention of providing an easy-access resource for SL vidtuts, because currently (2007-02-27), they're scarce and hard-to-find.

Please add what you've found useful; all I request is that you keep the presentation consistent so this page serves future generations well, and I'll be revisiting to learn from your knowledge —

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

Content Creation

• Video Tutorials in the Knowledge Base - Current ones made by Torley (which you can also see on my YouTube page) include:

• How to create and send a notecard
• How to use Undo
• How to make a flag that waves in wind
• How to to make tiny prims
• Advanced Snapshot Magic - Take better pictures!
• Assorted Tips & Tricks - A yummy stew including a hearty helping of FollowCam!

• Natural Selection Studios' n00b Be Gone series

• 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"

• Ian Monstre's Building in Second Life series

• 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.

• Seeter Sullivan's building and scripting series

• 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 build a bridge - By Noire Mirabeau, in a relatively vintage example of an SL vidtut.

Machinima

• How to use the Alt-Zoom Camera - moo Money guides us through using this tool to film movies.

Introductory guides to get you started

• The Grid Review's Basic Machinima Tutorial
• Alt-Zoom Classroom: How to make a movie in Second Life

Misc.

• YouTube search results for Second Life Video Tutorials - The list is small and growing!
• SL Frustration: Video Tutorials, please? - Sometimes when I ask myself "Why am I doing this?" while filming, I read this post and am reminded of how confused I was when I started. It's insightful.
• secondlife.com Community: Media - Showcase of finished, Resident-made machinima.