So you’ve spent all this time creating a great product, have a catalog preview image that entices people to click … and they land on a plain white page with – maybe – a larger picture on it? Give yourself a real chance to sell more. Design a catalog page that can be used for all your products and show off your work to its best...
Archive for February, 2009
In life or on IMVU, we all want to look our best and – hopefully – create a look that’s unique. One of the coolest things to develop is skins, because they help create that one-of-a-kind look. You will ~absolutely~ need a graphic editor that has layer capabilities (Photoshop, GIMP, PaintShop Pro) and if you want life to be easier,...
categories: IMVU Developer Tutorials
Install Brushes This step won’t help you if you don’t have a copy of Photoshop CS or higher. If you do, download and install the Hair Brushes set. If you don’t have a copy of Photoshop CS or CS2, this tutorial will still work for you – you’re just going to have to find a brush that’s similar. New Canvas We’re...
categories: IMVU Developer Tutorials
One of the best things to start out with when deciding to become an IMVU developer is eyes. Why? They’re fairly straight-forward, don’t require messing with opacity maps, and only cost 250 credits submission fee. All-around, a pretty good deal to play around with. This tutorial will help you create a pair of eyes from scratch. The ones that...
categories: IMVU Developer Tutorials
One of the most common questions I get asked on my IMVU page is how I create my avatars to look so clear and crisp. Well, it’s not difficult – but you can’t use the snapshot tool in IMVU to do it. Very quickly, here’s the process I use on my own IMVU avatars. Important Note: Any time that you use the screenshot tool in IMVU,...
categories: IMVU Home Page Tutorials
If there’s one homepage modification I’m asked the most often “how to” do … it’s “How do I make the scrollbars different colors?” It’s an easy enough thing to do. Just keep in mind that colored scrollbars only work in Internet Explorer, not Firefox or any other web browser. If you use Firefox, you’ll...
categories: IMVU Home Page Tutorials
A fantastic catalogue preview is required not just to get noticed and have more sales, but to become a Pro Dev. But let’s face it, starting out you just want to get a lot of quality products up and not have to come up with preview templates. No worries, you can grab yours from this page for free. How does it work? Find the template(s) you want...
categories: IMVU Freebies
