Templar Creations

  • Transparently Obvious

    Montague: Carruthers, look at this. Observe it closely. Carruthers: There appears to be nothing there, Montague. Montague: So it would appear, my dear Carruthers, but appearances can be deceptive… I briefly looked at transparency in the third of my Texture tutorials, but it’s a subject which deserves a more in-depth look, because in spite of…

  • Tutorial 3: More Options

    One underused area of the texture dialog is the ‘Bumpiness’ dropdown. This adds ‘depth’ details to your texture. The effect on an existing texture is often subtle, but can be useful to add a touch of additional realism. Here’s an example. The box on the right has the Darkness bumpmap applied to it: However, you…

  • Tutorial 2: Repeat, Offset

    In the previous tutorial I gave you a guide to getting textures on to your prims. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to change the appearance of the applied textures. Let’s start with the simplest, but most frequently-used options — the Repeat options. These allow you to set how many times the texture will…

  • Playing in the sand(box)

    If you check the back of the Templar Creations main store, you will see a new doorway: Yes, there is a now a sandbox for you to play in. It’s only a small one, and has a prim limit of about 200, so don’t go too mad. You will also find some ‘How-To’ posters at…

  • Japanese House and Textures, Set 2

    Our Japanese House textures seem quite popular, so I’ve released a second set of them, along with a small prefab which shows off what can be done. You’ll find the house and the textures at the main store, of course, and also on the XstreetSL pages (see the links in the sidebar). Here’s a quick…

  • Tutorial 1: Applying Textures

    As textures are Templar Creation’s main product, it seems appropriate to have some tutorials about using them. This is the first in a series which will start with the basics, and eventually progress on to advanced uses of textures

  • The launch of the Templar Creations website

    In case you’ve stumbled across this website by accident, Templar Creations is a Second Life business, mainly supplying textures and prefabs for Second Life residents. If you don’t know what Second Life is, click here to learn more, and you can find a bit more about Templar Creations on the About page. This site will…