{"id":7543,"date":"2021-02-09T17:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avastar.machinimatrix.org\/280\/?page_id=7543"},"modified":"2021-11-23T19:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:33:28","slug":"first-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/reference\/get-started\/first-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"First Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><image src=\"\/avastar\/292\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/approve_logo_wip.png\" style=\"width:120px;vertical-align:middle;margin-left:0px;margin-right:10px;\"><\/image> First Steps with Avastar<\/h2>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed important\"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">The most important reference pages - Read More...<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n    <h2>The Avastar Panel locations<\/h2>\n              <div class='mama-subpage tolightblue'>\n          <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/intro\/\">\n              Intro              <\/a><\/h3>\n          <div class=\"row-fluid\">\n            <div class=\"rhcol span8\">\n              Content: Create a Basic mesh character Import a Mesh to your online world. The first Video (above): Create a Character. Use the Shape sliders. Use the Collada Exporter. The second video (further down): Use the SL Importer for Upload What does Avastar provide? Avastar basically supports the creation ...              <div class=\"h-readmore\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/intro\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"rhcol span4\">\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class='mama-subpage tolightblue'>\n          <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/adjust\/\">\n              Adjust              <\/a><\/h3>\n          <div class=\"row-fluid\">\n            <div class=\"rhcol span8\">\n              Adjust the Character Shape After you got your Avastar character you might want to change its shape, or maybe you prefer to work with a Male character instead of the default female Avastar? This is where the Appearance Sliders Section comes into play:...              <div class=\"h-readmore\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/adjust\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"rhcol span4\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-345.png\" alt=\"Post Image\" \/>            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class='mama-subpage tolightblue'>\n          <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/n-panel\/\">\n              N-Panel              <\/a><\/h3>\n          <div class=\"row-fluid\">\n            <div class=\"rhcol span8\">\n              Properties Sidebar The N-Panel contains most of Avatar&#8217;s various tools. This section is further subdevided in Subsections:...              <div class=\"h-readmore\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/n-panel\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"rhcol span4\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/map-properties-150x150.png\" alt=\"Post Image\" \/>            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class='mama-subpage tolightblue'>\n          <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/properties\/\">\n              Properties              <\/a><\/h3>\n          <div class=\"row-fluid\">\n            <div class=\"rhcol span8\">\n              where appropriate we have added Avastar features into various Sections within the Blender Properties Editor.\u00a0 The documentation for those additions is further subdivided into subsections:...              <div class=\"h-readmore\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/properties\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"rhcol span4\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/map_render_properties-150x150.png\" alt=\"Post Image\" \/>            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class='mama-subpage tolightblue'>\n          <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/io\/\">\n              Import\/Export              <\/a><\/h3>\n          <div class=\"row-fluid\">\n            <div class=\"rhcol span8\">\n              Import\/Export This is Blender&#8217;s menu for importing and exporting various types of data including meshes, armatures and animations. Avastar adds an Exporter for Collada and a couple of importers for SL Shapes, SL BVH Animations and SL Rigs....              <div class=\"h-readmore\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/help\/io\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"rhcol span4\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Image-642-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Image-642-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Image-642-440x440.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jumpstart to Avastar 2.92\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7etiEEoU-sI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">About this Document - Read More...<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'>This guide is focused on creating content for Second Life, but it also works for other online worlds like OpenSim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We expect that you have basic knowledge about Blender!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Content:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a Basic mesh character<\/li>\n<li>Import a Mesh to your online world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The first Video (above):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a Character.<\/li>\n<li>Use the Shape sliders.<\/li>\n<li>Use the Collada Exporter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span6\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Important:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please read carefully. Things might look much simpler than they are. Small mistakes can have large impact!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span6\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The second video (below):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the SL Importer for Upload<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What does Avastar provide?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">Avastar basically supports the creation of animatable Models (Avatars&amp;attachments) and the creation of animations. therefore the tool adds various functions and <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">user interface elements<\/span> to Blender.<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">The full functionality of Avastar can be a bit overwhelming on first sight. You should be prepared to spend some time and patience to get it all working nicely for your projects.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What does this Document provide?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">This document is a quick start into Avastar. You should get comfortable with the tool within a very short time. In this section you will learn how to <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>prepare Avastar<\/em><\/span> for your work on attachments, custom characters and custom animations.<\/div>\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">However this article only scratches the surface of Avastar&#8217;s feature set, so there is a lot more to detect and we invite you to make your own experiences as well.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/reference\/get-started\/first-steps\/before-you-start\/\" class=\"symple-button default green   \" target=\"_self\" title=\"Visit Site\" style=\"border-radius:3px\" rel=\"\"><span class=\"symple-button-inner\" style=\"border-radius:3px\">Next &#8212; Preparation<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Steps with Avastar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7865,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43571,"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7543\/revisions\/43571"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/293\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}