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18/06/2014 20:58:47

JudyJohnson
JudyJohnson
Posts: 44 		Hello!
I was experimenting with custom textures for the girl character, and thought I knew what I was doing - apparently not!
This is what my texture looked like... I was just trying something simple.

But when I tried to put it on the skirt of the girl, it didn't work...and now my girl (purple shirt) is stuck on this anytime I try to put a skirt on her...

Can someone help me understand what I'm doing wrong? I'm following the tutorial over custom textures. Thanks in advance!
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19/06/2014 01:05:18

ziggy72Muvizu mogulExperimental user
ziggy72
Posts: 1988 		Okay, I'll do this Fazz style, since it works quite well


When you want to alter the skirt in any way, DO NOT start with the Character's Decals :



Start by going to the character's Legs, then Skirt, then the Texture box (currently black), like this :



Click Import to select your skirt texture, which is just a picture of any type you like :



Voila! One skirt
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19/06/2014 10:15:17

fazz68
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Posts: 763 		ziggy72 wrote:
Okay, I'll do this Fazz style, since it works quite well


oh yes a picture paints a thousand words
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19/06/2014 13:09:07

JudyJohnson
JudyJohnson
Posts: 44 		Wonderful; the pictures are indeed helpful, ziggy!
Another few questions; how would one go about, say, shortening or lengthening the skirt? Or doing something other than just that plan simple solid skirt? Say I wanted to do something crazy, like a sort of Indian-style fringe on the bottom of the skirt?
Also, a similar question. For the pants, do I paint a custom texture and then go in through the decal tab and apply that? Is that how you would make the pants, say, capris?

Thanks in advance!
edited by JudyJohnson on 19/06/2014
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19/06/2014 18:54:02

ziggy72Muvizu mogulExperimental user
ziggy72
Posts: 1988 		Glad to be of service Big Grin The skirt length is actually pretty easy to do - just delete the bottom part of the texture and save it as a PNG file (which preserves the transparency, unlike JPG files). When you apply it, the bit you deleted will be transparent and so you have your shorter skirt (or ragged, or slanted, or whatever). (edit - you can't actually make the skirt any longer, only shorter).


The pants, on the other hand, is something you would paint on using the character's custom template, as you started to do at the beginning, and apply using the Custom Texture box for the character. Everything on the character's body and face is 'paintable' on the template EXCEPT the skirt, which has it's own, erm, thing. The newer characters (Heroine, Beefy, Sinister and Rosie) have much more detailed (and therefore a bit more complicated) decal options, so steer clear of them just now until you get used to working with the standard characters. Oh, and remember to set the pants/top/etc to None in the Character's properties before you start applying custom decals, or you won't see them under the default ones. Hope all this helps
edited by ziggy72 on 19/06/2014
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