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Creating for Virtual Worlds: Sculpties

A Sculpted Prim (or sculpty) is a prim which has its shape determined by an array of x, y, z coordinates stored in an image file. These are usually referred to as a Sculpt Texture or Sculpt Map. Sculpties can be used to create more complex objects and shapes for virtual worlds including Second Life and Opensim.

The following resources will assist you in finding out more about Sculpted Prims and how you can create them:

• General Resources and Information
• Tools for Sculpty Creation
• Sculpty Tutorials and Resources
• Videos on Sculpty Creation

General Resources and Information

• Sculpted Prims - 3d Modeling Glossary: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Modeling_Glossary
• Second Life Wiki - Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Software_Guide
• Second Life Wiki - Sculpted Prims: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims
• Second Life Wiki - Sculpted Prims - FAQ: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims:_FAQ
• Second Life Wiki: Sculpted Prims: Technical Explanation: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims:_Technical_Explanation
• Second Life Wikia - Sculpted Prims: http://secondlife.wikia.com/wiki/Sculpted_prim
• Wikipedia - Sculpted Prims: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpted_prim

Tools for Sculpty Creation

The following tools can be used for sculpty creation:

Free Tools:

• Blacksmith3D: http://www.blacksmith3d.com/index.htm
• Blender: http://www.blender.org/
• PloppSL: http://www.secondplopp.com/
• Jass (Just A Sculptie Studio) - Based on Blender 2.49: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2009/05/17/jass/
• SculptyPaint: http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/
• Tatara: http://kanae.net/secondlife/tatara.html
• Wings3D: http://www.wings3d.com/

Commercial Tools

• 3D Coat: http://www.3dcoat.com/
• 3DStudio Max: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=13567410&siteID=123112
• AC3D: http://www.inivis.com/secondlife.html
• Amorphium: http://www.eitechnologygroup.com/products/amorphium
• Archipelis: http://www.archipelis.com/second_life.php
• Cinema4D: http://www.maxon.net/
• Hexagon 2.5: http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/hexagon/-/?
• Lightwave3D: http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/
• Maya: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=13577897&siteID=123112
• Modo 401: http://www.luxology.com/modo/
• Moment of Inspiration: http://moi3d.com/
• Mudbox: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=13565063&siteID=123112
• Rhinoceros: http://www.rhino3d.com/
• Rokuru: http://kanae.net/secondlife/
• Softimage: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=13571168&siteID=123112
• TrueSpace: http://www.caligari.com/
• ZBrush 3: http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/features/01_UI/

Second Life Specific Tools

• AvPainter: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=158462
• SculptCrafter v5.1: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1412301
• Sculpty Generator: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=550892
  
• Sculpty Maker: http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/
• Sculpt Master by KOH v 2.0: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=453689
• Sculpt Studio v6.0: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=278458

Sculpty Tutorials and Resources

The following tutorials and resources will assist you in learning how to make sculpties for Second Life or Opensim.

General

• Mermaid Diaries - Day 258: Sculpted Prims Tutorial Part 1: http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/06/sculpted-prims-sculpties-second-life.html

3D Studio Max

• Creating Sculpties From Arbitrary Meshes in 3ds Max 9 (Chip Midnight): http://home.comcast.net/~pixelforgeltd/Tutorial.htm

AC3D Information and Tutorials

• Sculpted Prims: Modeling a Pear with AC3D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RC5aJuWks
• Sculpted Prims from Existing 3D Models: http://www.independentdeveloper.com/archive/2007/09/27/sculpted_prims_from_existing_3

Blender

• A Crash Course in Making Second Life Sculpties With Blender (Amanda Levitsky): http://amandalevitsky.googlepages.com/sculptiecrashcourse
• Blender Wiki: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual
• How to make a sculpted hard hat in blender for use in Second Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7SYABmd4A&feature=related
• How to Make Sculpted Prims with Blender (Amanda Levitsky): http://amandalevitsky.googlepages.com/sculptedprims
  
• Masterprim Tutorials: How to use Blender create Second Life's Sculpted Prims
  • Tutorial 1 : Install Blender Sculptie Script: http://www.masterprim.com/how-to-use-blender-create-second-life-sculpted-prim/install-blender-sculptie-script.php
  • Tutorial 2 : Create your first Sculptie prim: http://www.masterprim.com/how-to-use-blender-create-second-life-sculpted-prim/create-your-first-sculptie-prim.php
  • Tutorial 3 : Shape your prim with Blender Sculpt Mode: http://www.masterprim.com/how-to-use-blender-create-second-life-sculpted-prim/shape-your-prim-with-blender-sculpt-mode.php
  • Tutorial 4 : Modify Sculpted Prim with Blender Edit Mode: http://www.masterprim.com/how-to-use-blender-create-second-life-sculpted-prim/modify-sculpted-prim-with-blender-edit-mode.php
  • Tutorial 5 : Save Sculpted Texture from Blender to Second Life: http://www.masterprim.com/how-to-use-blender-create-second-life-sculpted-prim/save-sculpted-texture-from-blender-to-second-life.php
  • Tutorial 6 : Upload and Test Sculptie Prim in Second Life: http://www.masterprim.com/how-to-use-blender-create-second-life-sculpted-prim/upload-and-test-sculptie-prim-in-second-life.php
• Sculpt Blender Tutorials
  • Introduction: http://robynhuffaker.com/sculptblend/tutorials/tut_level1_installation.html
  • Blender Basics: http://robynhuffaker.com/sculptblend/tutorials/tut_level1_blenderbasics.html
  • Start Sculpting: http://robynhuffaker.com/sculptblend/tutorials/tut_level1_startsculpting.html

Maya

• Maya Sculpt-Map Modeling Tutorial (by Talila Liu): http://webpages.charter.net/talilal/Balloon%20Tutorial/

PloppSL

• Tutorial - Create Sculpted Prims with PloppSL: http://www.shiny-life.com/2007/10/06/tutorial-create-sculpted-prims-with-ploppsl/

Rhino

• Designing in Rhino for Second Life: http://starling.us/rhino/index.xml

Rokuro

• How to make sculpted prim by TATARA: http://yuzurujewell.blogspot.com/2009/01/tutorial-r07-make-stairs.html
• Mermaid Diaries - Day 272: Sculpted Prims Tutorial Part 3 (ROKURO): http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/06/day-272-day-265-sculpted-prims-tutorial.html
• Mermaid Diaries - Day 279: Sculpted Prims Tutorial Part 4 (Texture): http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/06/day-279-sculpted-prims-tutorial-part-4.html
  
• Sculpted Prims – Free Software for Second Life: http://slconceptual.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/sculpted-prims-free-software-for-second-life/
• Mermaid Diaries - Day 272: Sculpted Prims Tutorial Part 3 (ROKURO)

Wings3D

• Mermaid Diaries - Day 258: Sculpted Prims Tutorial Part 1: http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/06/sculpted-prims-sculpties-second-life.html
• Mermaid Diaries - Day 265: Sculpted Prims Tutorial Part 2 (Wings 3D): http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/06/day-265-sculpted-prims-tutorial-part-2.html

Videos on Sculpty Creation

The videos listed below provide tutorials and tips on how to create sculpties in various software tools.

General

• Introduction to Sculpted Prims: http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/

3Ds Max

• Sculpty Prim Tutorial [ 3D Studio Max ] Sculpted Prim [ Pt. 1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfw9kdEbqGU
• Sculpty Prim Tutorial [ 3D Studio Max ] Sculpted Prim [ Pt. 2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSIa171LyTk

Blender

• Sculpties: Starting Out Series: A collection of tutorials intended for the Blender newbie learning to create Second Life sculpties (Blender 2.48a)
  • Second Life Sculpties - Blender 3d - Installing Blender and Scripts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIrw-TgyZfk
  • Second Life Sculpties - Blender 3d - Basic Commands and Interface: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbVfGMupPT8
  • Second Life Sculpties - Blender 3d -Edit Mode Basics & Modifier Intro - Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAtSaIOgPaI
  • Second Life Sculpties - Blender 3d -Edit Mode Basics & Modifier Intro - Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kN1vldnQvc
  • Second Life Sculpties - Blender 3d -Rendering, Lighting, And Materials Intro - Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8THZ8YG-s
  • Second Life Sculpties - Blender 3d -Rendering, Lighting, And Materials Intro- Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJZ28vYVwhE
• Blender 3d - Texturing a Single Sculptie with Multiple Materials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwg_be_J9I
• Making sculpted chair for Second Life: http://chris.superuser.com.au/making-sculpted-chair-for-secondlife
  

Blender Tutorials from Machinimatrix

• The blender Installation guide: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/07/12/the-blender-installation-guide/
• The blender basic customization guide: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2009/12/07/the-blender-basic-customization-guide/
• The blender primer: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/08/24/the-blender-primer/
• Creating sculpted Prims with Blender: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/05/12/blender-sculptie-creation/#more-11
• Creating Surface textures for sculpties with blender: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/05/12/blender-surface-textures/#more-12
• Texturizing sculpties with multiple images: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/09/01/texturizing-with-multiple-images/
• Precise sculpted prims: “Level Of Detail”: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/06/04/precision_sculpties_lod/#more-14
• Precise Sculpted Prims: “The Arch Example”: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/06/16/the-arch-example/#more-17
• The blender node editor (Part 1: Introduction): http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/07/09/blender-node-editor-intro/#more-145
• Sculpted Prims for the blender purist: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/07/14/sculpted-prims-for-the-blender-purist/
• From NURBS to Sculptie: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2008/08/10/from-nurbs-to-sculptie/
• Modelling with Outlines: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2010/01/06/modelling-with-outlines/
• Primstars: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2009/12/20/the-primstar/
• I-Beams (LOD invariant construction): http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2009/09/07/892/
• 2 in 1 (multiple objects with one single sculpty): http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2009/08/14/2-in-1-multiple-objects-with-one-single-sculpty/
• From plane to cube with no effort: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2009/09/23/from-plane-to-cube-with-no-effort/

Cinema 4D

• C4D SL sculpties: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjNyu8n2NzA
• C4D sculpties Option 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD_-L0ZC5l0

Maya

• Maya 2008 Making Sculpties for Second Life Tutorial Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIH8aJvK4eo
• Maya 2008 Making Sculpties for Second Life Tutorial Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91my2v6K0Y

Sculpty Geneator

• Mango's Sculptie Generator SL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOpEdHu8no8

Sculpty Maker

• Tutorial - Using Sculpty Maker: http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/

Sculptypaint

• Tip of the Week - Sculpted prims made simple (Torley Linden): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEAM1GCzk74

ZBrush3

• Shiny Life - Creating Sculpted Prims with ZBrush 3 (2 Parts): http://www.shiny-life.com/2008/02/12/video-creating-sculpted-prims-with-zbrush-3/
• Shiny Life - Using zBrush Primitives for Sculpted Prims: http://www.shiny-life.com/2008/05/19/using-zbrush-primitives-for-sculpted-prims/