Blender Tutorials for Second Life & Opensim

Blender is a powerful open source 3D software which you can download for free. It is lightweight package and available for Windows, Mac and Linux with 64bits support. Many professional artist use Blender for 3D creation include Modeling, Texturing, Animation, Shading and Rendering. You can visit Blender.org for more technical information.

Blender comes first choice in my mind when I start create content in Second Life since 2007. It’s very powerful and support by many Second Life and Opensim user. If you are serious about create 3d content in virtual world you should give it a try :)

Basic Blender Command

Blender Camera Control

Blender Selection Command

Move, Rotate, Scale & Delete Tools

Proportional Edit

Sculpt Tool

How to find Blender scripts folder on Windows, Mac and Linux

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How to use Blender create Second Life’s Sculpted Prim

Install Blender Primstar Sculptie Script

Create your first Sculptie prim

Shape your prim with Blender Sculpt Mode

Modify Sculpted Prim with Blender Edit Mode

Save Sculpted Texture from Blender to Second Life

Upload and Test Sculptie in Second Life

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Blender 3D&2D Texture Paint with Sculpty

Setup New Texture Image on Sculpty

Working in Texture Paint Mode

Preview Texture on Second Life Sculpty

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Vertex Paint with Sculpted Prim

Prepare Your Mesh for Vertex Paint

Paint your Sculptie Mesh with Vertex Paint

Create Image for Texture Baking

Setup Material Option and Bake Texture

Upload and Preview Texture in Second Life