Learn how to use Gimp2 to create Second Life T Shirts

1. Gimp Tutorial by Norma Underwood Using Robin Woods’ Avatar Templates

3. Hi! I’m the icon for Gimp! Look for me and double click on me to open up the program. This is what Gimp looks like when it’s opening

5. http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/SL-Tuts/SLTutSet.html More complex clothing would require that you download the more complicated avatar templates as shown here

6. This is from a class I took that showed how to use the more complex patterns

7. This is what the file looks like when opened with Gimp Robin has created layers that are specific to just making a T-shirt Robin has done all the work and hidden the avatar layer

8. Let’s Take a Closer Look at the Layers You can add more highlight for darker colors You can add whatever design you choose You can adjust to any color You are given the basic white shirt

9. All you need to do is create a design and choose a color! Use the Bling tutorial to create text based designs

10. To show the color, make sure the eyeball is showing on that layer Make sure the eyeball is not showing for the website layer Then go to the Colors menu and choose Hue-Saturation

11. Adjust the sliders for Hue, Lightness, and Saturation until you get the shirt color you want As discussed in the Bling class, Hue is the color, Saturation is how much

12. This is from my clip art collection. Right click and copy as usual. Find a piece of digital art you want to use. You can use your own art or find a piece of clip art on the internet.

14. Once the clip art is a pasted layer you can position it wherever you want on the shirt

22. Click on the Shirt tab and take off whatever shirt you have and choose Create New Shirt Click on your avatar and choose Appearance

23. Choose the uploaded file for your shirt and save with a new name Voila! You now have a new shirt!