{"id":5549,"date":"2015-12-08T22:46:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2015-12-08T22:53:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:53:29","slug":"second-life-special-of-marvellous-designer-training-is-on-the-right-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5549","title":{"rendered":"Second Life Special Offer Of Marvelous Designer Training Is On The Right Track"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in June 2012 I blogged about Blender version 2.64 having Second Life related options<\/a>. I also mentioned that there were opportunities for the Second Life and 3D creation communities to cross promote their wares :<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often wondered why Adobe aren\u2019t advertising on the Second Life forums, after all Photoshop is a popular tool for Second Life creators. Then there\u2019s Autodesk Maya which can be used to make Mesh.<\/em><\/p>\n

Blender and Gimp are open source tools that can be used for Second Life content creation, how about some adverts for them in the forum in exchange for links to Second Life from their sites, or Linden Lab talk to the guys at Blender Cookie<\/a> about linking to some of their training materials, some of their content is free to use and some require a subscription fee. Linden Lab could even enquire if they could sell training subscriptions on behalf of Blender Cookie and bundle it with a new premium plus membership package for Second Life, which would be aimed at content creators.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I returned to this area in March 2014 when I blogged about missed opportunities for cross promotion between Second Life and Adobe<\/a> :<\/p>\n

However with Adobe charging a monthly fee, and with Linden Lab charging a monthly fee and taking into account that Adobe have products that are very suitable for Second Life content creation, I feel there\u2019s a massive cross promotion opportunity here. A new premium membership plan could be introduced that includes a subscription to Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, obviously this would be more expensive than the current Second Life Premium plan but with sensible negotiation between Linden Lab and Adobe, it would work out roughly the same or cheaper, than subscribing to both, on the Second Life end you\u2019d lose some of the current premium perks to compensate for this.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whereas this still hasn’t happened, we are seeing a step in the right direction with Linden Lab’s blog informing us of an offer; 50% Off Marvelous Designer Online Training from CG Elves – Limited Time!<\/a><\/p>\n

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The blog post informs us :<\/p>\n

Marvelous Designer<\/a> is an advanced tool for creating 3D mesh clothes, and for a limited time, Second Life creators can save 50% on an online training course from CG Elves<\/a> that will teach you how to use this software.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Links like this make perfect sense. However, as Inara Pey points out<\/a>, this might not be seen as an ideal fit for the Second Life community :<\/p>\n

As noted, this is something of a curious offer for the Lab to roll out, and I\u2019m not overly convinced at to how well it might be received or taken up. Is this also some vague pointer that Marvellous Designer is a tool set that will be supported by \u201cProject Sansar\u201d? Your guess is as good as mine.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inara’s post also points out the thorny issue of costs. Marvelous Designer isn’t exactly in the bargain basement, although if you’re serious about 3D Design, it’s certainly not in the upper reaches of the price range for \u00a0content creations tools :<\/p>\n