NEW! How to Create Your Character

[CelticGrace]

Step one:
Go to your "User CP" and find "Edit Avatar"

Step two: click on "Living avatars"

Step three: If you do not have any items or would like something new, click "Purchase" If you just want to edit out, click "Edit Avatar".

Step four: once you purchased your avatar click "edit avatar" and then create it the way you want it. What you need to do is click the item you want first (if you are using a background click this first) then click "Add item", you shall see it in the box like so.

Step five: once you have body and clothing items all in, and have dragged everything where you want it to appear, click "Save Avatar".

*Extra* If you are wanting to crop your stuff, click "Crop Tool" now note that this will only let you crop a very small bit.
You can change the size of the crop tool, but it will still always be a square. To change the size, hold the Shift key as you left-click on a corner of the crop box.

You are done!

(Tutorial was created by Melly Monster. Please do not copy to other websites without her permission. Thank you.)

[mizangelwolf]

WHERE are the helmets now?

[CelticGrace]

There's a folder called Outerwear, Etc. Within that folder is another called Helmets, Hats and Scarves.

[bill16652]

How do I shrink my avatar back down? Wont let me do anything and cant get the crop tool to disengage. Also where is the excpensive armor? Cant find a lot of it or what I had.eems like it is not the old stuff for the most part but new stuff

[Melly Monster]

The crop toll only alows you so much space, now what you did I have no idea... :eek:

[Gregged]

The size of the cropping box can be easily changed by holding down the shift key while dragging one of the corners of the box. It will always stay square in shape though.

[CelticGrace]

If you had a limited edition uber-expensive armor item, talk to Ravenscape about it. If it wasn't a limited edition, lemme know what it was and I'll see if I can find it in the many folders that we now have LOL

[Melly Monster]

The size of the cropping box can be easily changed by holding down the shift key while dragging one of the corners of the box. It will always stay square in shape though.


Yeah, erm, that doesn't work lol.

[Gregged]

Yeah, erm, that doesn't work lol.

Does for me! ;)

[bill16652]

Did something right but crop box is still there, cant get rid of it. One item I am looking for is my eagle, the sword of David,, dont even remember now all of it. I really liked my character the way it was. WEill the ultra expensive stuff come back as am saving to buy the items if available.

[CelticGrace]

I've seen the eagle in somebody's character, so I know it's still around but I don't know exactly where it is right off the top of my head. If you had an uber-expensive limited edition item, talk to Raven about it. She didn't want to put those out while everything was free.

[Melly Monster]

To get rid of it make sure your crop box is under your item preview "I hope this won't confuse you" Here is a screen shot from my living avatar area on the forum I run...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Xx_Melissa_xX/Melly/LA%20tut/crop.png

Now click on "Remove Item" and that should remove the crop.

[FriendsFellowship]

Did something right but crop box is still there, cant get rid of it. One item I am looking for is my eagle, the sword of David,, dont even remember now all of it. I really liked my character the way it was. WEill the ultra expensive stuff come back as am saving to buy the items if available.

If you select the crop box you should be able to hit 'remove item' and it will go away.

All items are free or 1 blessing right now.

If you had some of the expensive items that are not included in the current inventory, contact someone on staff and they will help you get those items back.

[Gregged]

This is on a tight zoom by changing the size of the crop box by Shift-dragging a corner of the crop box :)

[CelticGrace]

Interesting... everytime I try to do that, it just drags my background around...

[Gregged]

It's a bit fiddly sometimes if you don't get right on the corner. It may be better if you first remove the background , resize the crop box, then re-add the background again :)

[Melly Monster]

It's a bit fiddly sometimes if you don't get right on the corner. It may be better if you first remove the background , resize the crop box, then re-add the background again :)


Oh now I got it, that does work, thanks :D

Renee, ya should add that into the tut somewhere ;) :D

[CelticGrace]

That worked :D It also helped that I was ACTUALLY pushing the Shift button this time instead of the Ctrl button ^_^

[Gregged]

:thumbsup: Glad ya both got it working :hug: :)

[Melly Monster]

That worked :D It also helped that I was ACTUALLY pushing the Shift button this time instead of the Ctrl button ^_^

LOL good I don't feel so stupid now lol :D I was pushing the CTRL as well... I blame my keyboard, new keyboard and all :sorry:

[Gregged]

Yeah... they didn't really design keyboards very well, did they... I often find they've put the keys in the wrong place ;)

[CelticGrace]

Heh, well at least you had the excuse of a new keyboard :P I just wasn't paying attention to what I was doing ^_^

And yes, I added that bit to the tutorial :) Thanks for the reminder :D

Now I'm off to attempt to make a new character LOL I'm used to this one so it was easy to set up... now I'm going for something blue :P

[LovebirdsFlying]

The size of the cropping box can be easily changed by holding down the shift key while dragging one of the corners of the box. It will always stay square in shape though.


Thanks! I was wondering how to get it to work, and I missed it in the OP. :doh:

PS. I love your widdle slippers.... :D

[MsDahl]

I posted this in the WD area...I keep getting an error message when I go to edit my avatar. It says that I'm not logged in under Avatar Canvas. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

I see that the thanks icon has been turned off...lol

[christianmomof3]

hmm, so do i have to remove my entire character bit by bit to put in a background and then put all the pieces back?

[ciaradawn]

hmm, so do i have to remove my entire character bit by bit to put in a background and then put all the pieces back?
I was wondering kindof the same thing. I want to move my character. Is there a way I can tie all the layers together so that I don't have to remove each item and them put them back and move every single one of them to the correct spot every time?

I noticed I can only select either the last item I added of the second to last. I can't select the background or the body if I have added other items.

[blueanjel]

I posted this in the WD area...I keep getting an error message when I go to edit my avatar. It says that I'm not logged in under Avatar Canvas. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

I see that the thanks icon has been turned off...lol

when you log in you need to check the remember me box to stay logged in for the avatars :thumbsup:

[blueanjel]

hmm, so do i have to remove my entire character bit by bit to put in a background and then put all the pieces back?
you can add the background and then use the layer down button to put it under the character, keep clicking on it until the background is in the bottom position...

[deana1003]

Does for me! ;)

doesn't for me either, ???? Can't figure out how to make it fill the whole box. done the shift Crop thing, any suggestions

[FriendsFellowship]

doesn't for me either, ???? Can't figure out how to make it fill the whole box. done the shift Crop thing, any suggestions

In my character I used one of the Living Avatar backgrounds. The old CF backgrounds are too small and will not fit the box unless you crop it really tight.

[deana1003]

I figured it out, Thanks

[day2day]

I love that we can add more than one character to our avatar.:)

[SweetBella]

sorry ...but this new way of getting your character up and dressed is ridulous!

[MrsFreshdew]

hmm, so do i have to remove my entire character bit by bit to put in a background and then put all the pieces back?

I was wondering kindof the same thing. I want to move my character. Is there a way I can tie all the layers together so that I don't have to remove each item and them put them back and move every single one of them to the correct spot every time?

I noticed I can only select either the last item I added of the second to last. I can't select the background or the body if I have added other items.

To my relief after some fiddling around, was that you can use the items list to press the item/background or what you want to change out and then press remove. So there is no need to remove layer by layer to scroll down to what you intend to change. :tutu:

[Lisa0315]

Subscribing

[Nadiine]

you can add the background and then use the layer down button to put it under the character, keep clicking on it until the background is in the bottom position...
Ok blueanjel... how did you get your avatar box that smaller size?
I don't want mine so huge for my character box, it pixelizes my bg too much. (resorted to a regular avatar till I have time to figure this out) -

If I can make the box itself smaller, it won't pixelize (probly).

help? (how do you use that crop tool?)

[mizangelwolf]

*Miz awaits the answers too!*

[LovebirdsFlying]

Since there was no car of the size I needed anywhere in the armory, I copied my avatar pic to disc as a .gif,
then used Paint.Net to add the car behind us. Saving it again as a .gif had the effect of flattening it all to one
layer, and shrinking the avatar to the size shown. I then edited my CF avatar and put my doctored picture in
as a personalized avatar uploaded from my disc. I hope this doesn't violate any copyrights.

PS: There is some weird problem with word wrap going on with this page. I manually entered line breaks to
keep the words from scrolling off the page.

[kaykay537]

subscribing....

[ciaradawn]

To my relief after some fiddling around, was that you can use the items list to press the item/background or what you want to change out and then press remove. So there is no need to remove layer by layer to scroll down to what you intend to change. :tutu:

ok good to know...


but that still doesn't answer my question... does anyone know? do you have to move EACH PIECE at a time if you want to move your character on the background? I find that totally annoying that I have to move the body, and then the mouth and then the eyes and then the eyebrows and then the shirt and then the pants and then the shoes... wow I'm exhausted just talking about it...

[LovebirdsFlying]

ok good to know...


but that still doesn't answer my question... does anyone know? do you
have to move EACH PIECE at a time if you want to move your character
on the background? I find that totally annoying that I have to move the
body, and then the mouth and then the eyes and then the eyebrows and
then the shirt and then the pants and then the shoes... wow I'm
exhausted just talking about it...


Yes, unfortunately, I've found it necessary to move every individual
piece. :( Sorry. I hope I'm wrong, and it isn't really necessary. Does
anyone know a trick I don't?

[Gregged]

Nope... No tricks unfortunately... Remember that the CF characters were designed for a completely different system.... which is why the Living Avatar characters have body with face (eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows etc), hair etc all as one image. With the CF characters, many images go to make up the face, hair etc. So, the "trick" I suppose is to get a "Chibi" character.

[LovebirdsFlying]

Mike just saw the car I drew in and complimented me on being able to make
things from scratch. Then he wisecracked, "If I bought the steel wool, could
you knit a car?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... uh-oh, um, pardon me, please...
(runs to end of hallway to be excused.....)

[BeautifulWorshipper]

Well done guys. :thumbsup: I think cfcs are MUCH better now. Not so restricted...:)

[Lisa0315]

Yeah, I am really loving my new one.

[christianmomof3]

can we shrink the chibi characters?

[Lisa0315]

I love, love, love that we can include our whole family.

Pray that my husband will be saved in real life. I couldn't NOT include him.

Lisa

[Edelweiss4Life]

I'm getting a first look,going to attempt a charachter.

[Edelweiss4Life]

But we lose our avatar. I get it.

[LadyMarion52]

I am so lost can't find my image I bought can't find anything. Where do I outfit my image again? Can you send me a URL or something? Sorry I find this so confusing and hard to navigate. Sorry..........Lady Marion

[GrinningDwarf]

If you had a limited edition uber-expensive armor item, talk to Ravenscape about it. If it wasn't a limited edition, lemme know what it was and I'll see if I can find it in the many folders that we now have LOL

I can't find the background that I used. It was a photo of a dome tent in the woods.

Thanks.

[sparassidae]

The dome tent is definitely there (both of them actually). I know cause I bought it again too :)

I also wish to know if we can resize the chibi characters, and exactly WHAT is the crop tool used for? I can resize it now, but then what? It just sits there........

[ciaradawn]

well I do like the unlimited possibilities. it'll be fun to play around with.

[Lisa0315]

I have a question. Why can't we use the same items more than once? My kids should have my eyes, but I had to settle for different ones for them.

My daughter should be as dark as I am also.

[LovebirdsFlying]

I have a question. Why can't we use the same items more than once? My kids should have my eyes, but I had to settle for different ones for them.

My daughter should be as dark as I am also.

I had the same problem since Mike and I wear very similar glasses. I found others for him in the picture, but they don't show.

[lily00]

thank you very much for the sticky! I found out how to solve my background problem as well. Thank you Celtic! :hug:

[Lisa0315]

thank you very much for the sticky! I found out how to solve my background problem as well. Thank you Celtic! :hug:

Hey Lily,
Where did you get the Helmet of Salvation?

Lisa

[christianmomof3]

I also wish to know if we can resize the chibi characters, and exactly WHAT is the crop tool used for? I can resize it now, but then what? It just sits there........[/quote]
I found out how to resize the chibi characters. You hold shift and left click and drag on the mouse. I tried to resize the other characters though and could not do it.

Where are the glasses?

[lily00]

it was free. :blush: Under helmets, hats, etc, in outward apparel.

[lily00]

I'm looking for the sandals of peace and breastplate of righteousness before the costs are added back on! ^_^

[ravenscape]

I'm looking for the sandals of peace and breastplate of righteousness before the costs are added back on! ^_^
None of those items were supposed to be available. The helmet of salvation somehow got turned back on but it was accidental. If you bought that item, it has disappeared from your inventory in the last hour or so.

I'm sorry about that folks, but those items will not be for sale during the 0 blessings bonanza. For people who owned them before (and we have records to check regarding who those people are), they can contact me by PM and we'll work it out so you get your items back without having to pay a million blessings all over again.

Once again, I'm sorry we can't let you guys have those items for free. There are members who've paid anywhere from 100,000 blessings to 7,000,000 blessings for the limited edition and one-of-a-kind items. It wouldn't be fair to them.

Thanks,

Raven

[flaglady]

Thanks everyone - got my little lady back and then some! Now she has room to breeeeeathe!

[Briseis]

How do you get the crop box to actually crop. I cant make it change sizes, but how do I let it know Im done and its time to crop?

[CelticGrace]

It won't actually show up as cropped until you hit save.

[FriendsFellowship]

How do you get the crop box to actually crop. I cant make it change sizes, but how do I let it know Im done and its time to crop?

You can change the size by pressing shift and dragging a corner of the crop box.

It will crop your character when you hit the save button.

[Briseis]

Oh my goodness this is confusing. Why arent the backgrounds just reshaped to fit? Why are the characters square now anyway?

[FriendsFellowship]

Oh my goodness this is confusing. Why arent the backgrounds just reshaped to fit? Why are the characters square now anyway?

Good question. The CF backgrounds are too small to cover the box.

Many people are using the backgrounds that came with the 'living avatar' program. That's where my background came from.

[Briseis]

Arent those the only backgrounds there are?

[FriendsFellowship]

Arent those the only backgrounds there are?

If you are talking about these:

http://christianforums.com/living_avatars/index.php?action=displayitems&groupid=7

Yes, currently that's all there are.

[Briseis]

Whoa. I went into CF character and there is another folder in there called Backgrounds and I didnt realize that it wasnt the same folder that I saw before I went into CF characters. Much better.

[Briseis]

There really should be a way to link all the character items together to move. Once I put my background I wanna move my character but I have to do it one item at a time. But even thats not working. I can only grab the shoes.

[FriendsFellowship]

http://christianforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=99993&d=1176777386

[Briseis]

i give up on backgrounds. I really dont like how we place each item ourselves. My characters face looks demented.

[FriendsFellowship]

There really should be a way to link all the character items together to move. Once I put my background I wanna move my character but I have to do it one item at a time. But even thats not working. I can only grab the shoes.

Sometimes I have found it easier to click on the item I wish to move from the inventory list below, then delete the item, then add it back in again. It seems that once you add it in, it is easier to grab.

[FriendsFellowship]

i give up on backgrounds. I really dont like how we place each item ourselves. My characters face looks demented.

Why? Add the background then use the 'layer down' key to send it behind your character. You may need to press this button several times to send it all the way to the back.

[thereselittleflower]

Sometimes I have found it easier to click on the item I wish to move from the inventory list below, then delete the item, then add it back in again. It seems that once you add it in, it is easier to grab.
It's easier to grab because it is on the top layer. whatever is on the top layer is what is grabbed.


I am having the problem that my crop box will not go away, and it icannot be resized, and so all I get is what is in my crop box and that right now is a blank area.

[FriendsFellowship]

It's easier to grab because it is on the top layer. whatever is on the top layer is what is grabbed.


I am having the problem that my crop box will not go away, and it icannot be resized, and so all I get is what is in my crop box and that right now is a blank area.

I have to ask this, did you hold the shift key down and try to grab a corner of the crop box?

[thereselittleflower]

Now I moved it over my character . . . . I can't get a normal image to appear

[FriendsFellowship]

Now I moved it over my character . . . . I can't get a normal image to appear

Once the crop box is selected, you should be able to make it disappear by pressing the 'remove item' button

[thereselittleflower]

Once the crop box is selected, you should be able to make it disappear by pressing the 'remove item' button

I finally figured out I have to treat it like an item to remove it. But I could never resize it . . . :(



Also, there was a fairly expensive item I had before the change, and it is nowhere to be found . . does anyone know how is the right person to ask where it is?

[flaglady]

There's a great thread (http://christianforums.com/showthread.php?t=7230198) in announcements that somebody has put together and according to that, the people to ask are ravenscape and LibertyChic.

[CelticGrace]

That's correct... the uber-expensive, rare items are not available to the general membership while everything is free. If you were the owner of one of these items before the upgrade, contact Raven or LC... I think they have a list of exactly who had these items, so they'll be able to get it for you.

[GBTWC]

testing 1,2.......How come I cant get my shirt to fit ?

and can we have an avatar and a character?

[ravenscape]

testing 1,2.......How come I cant get my shirt to fit ?

and can we have an avatar and a character?

Not sure what your problem with the shirt is, but you can nudge an item pixel-by-pixel once you get it close to the location you want.

Right now, we can't have both avatars and characters. Some people are choosing to place either their avatars or their characters in their signatures so they can have both images displayed.

[FriendsFellowship]

testing 1,2.......How come I cant get my shirt to fit ?


Don't know! :D


and can we have an avatar and a character?

No, we have one or the other!

[FriendsFellowship]

Not sure what your problem with the shirt is, but you can nudge an item pixel-by-pixel once you get it close to the location you want.


Just a handy hint, I've been using FireFox's page zoom feature to blow up the pages when I am creating my character or purchasing items.

Enlarging the page has been very helpful. :thumbsup:

[ravenscape]

Just a handy hint, I've been using FireFox's page zoom feature to blow up the pages when I am creating my character or purchasing items.

Enlarging the page has been very helpful. :thumbsup:

I change my screen resolution down to 800x600 when I'm working on pages that use the teensy-tinesy preview images. That works fairly well, too.

[CelticGrace]

Just a handy hint, I've been using FireFox's page zoom feature to blow up the pages when I am creating my character or purchasing items.

Enlarging the page has been very helpful. :thumbsup:

Well... ya learn something new every day apparently LOL I've been using FireFox for ages and I so didn't know there was a zoom feature!

[FriendsFellowship]

Well... ya learn something new every day apparently LOL I've been using FireFox for ages and I so didn't know there was a zoom feature!

The zoom feature is new, it's available in FF beta5.

[CalaLily]

how do I put the background?...should I do that first and then the character?

[ravenscape]

You don't have to do it first, but it's easier that way. You can select and equip a background later, and then use the "layer down" button to move it downward until it's behind everything else.

[AniGequoti]

I read somewhere that there's an unknown limit on the items you can purchase for your avatar character, but you're not allowed to return any item. Is it true that the living avatar feature will be replaced by something else?

[ravenscape]

I read somewhere that there's an unknown limit on the items you can purchase for your avatar character, but you're not allowed to return any item. Is it true that the living avatar feature will be replaced by something else?
It's possible, but not certain. There are apparently some database problems that are causing some of the trouble with the Living Avatars, and resolving them could make a big difference once the tech guys can get to it. Right now there's no way to return items, or to give them away to other members. Some people have run into problems due to having a LOT of armor items, but it's not clear whether there's a magic number that will cause things to cluge up.

[AniGequoti]

Thanks Raven.

[yaqovzadeek]

Step one:
Go to your "User CP" and find "Edit Avatar"

Step two: click on "Living avatars"

Step three: If you do not have any items or would like something new, click "Purchase" If you just want to edit out, click "Edit Avatar".

Step four: once you purchased your avatar click "edit avatar" and then create it the way you want it. What you need to do is click the item you want first (if you are using a background click this first) then click "Add item", you shall see it in the box like so.

Step five: once you have body and clothing items all in, and have dragged everything where you want it to appear, click "Save Avatar".

*Extra* If you are wanting to crop your stuff, click "Crop Tool" now note that this will only let you crop a very small bit.
You can change the size of the crop tool, but it will still always be a square. To change the size, hold the Shift key as you left-click on a corner of the crop box.

You are done!

(Tutorial was created by Melly Monster. Please do not copy to other websites without her permission. Thank you.)
Thanks for all that, i managed to create a character again however when i put a background it covers the character.I replaced the background by another but that one too covers the character.Can you help?
Thanks
Peace
Yaqovzadeek
aka James the just

[ravenscape]

There are some buttons on the equip page that lets you lower and raise the "layers" of the picture. After you add the background, keep clicking the "lower layer" button until it's behind everything else.

[christianmomof3]

hmm. mine was not showing up and now it is

[ravenscape]

I see it... You have 2 CFCs and 3 Chibis in your avatar. Looks how did you stretch/shrink them?

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Raven,
i really wish someone would have mentioned that there were only a certain amt of items u could purchase before it slows it down so much that its impossile to make a character! those of us who owned over 500 items have lost everything! i cant make a character, iu cant giveaway the excess of items, i cant sell them back. now ive lost over 100,00 blessings worth of stuff AND cant have a character. IF informed beforehand i could have atleast sold back some items before the changeover. I would hope there will at the very least be a refund of blessings for myself and the many others in my same position

[ravenscape]

Raven,
i really wish someone would have mentioned that there were only a certain amt of items u could purchase before it slows it down so much that its impossile to make a character! those of us who owned over 500 items have lost everything! i cant make a character, iu cant giveaway the excess of items, i cant sell them back. now ive lost over 100,00 blessings worth of stuff AND cant have a character. IF informed beforehand i could have atleast sold back some items before the changeover. I would hope there will at the very least be a refund of blessings for myself and the many others in my same position
Nexialys has told me that we should be able to get Living Avatar to work better without the database problems we're having now, which cause things to slow and freeze. If we can't get LA to work, then we'll have to look at other doll application options.

LA has some nice features that people are enjoying - the ability to have more than one character in the space, the ability to equip more than 3 special items, and the new backgrounds and Chibi characters, too.

I know it's hard to be patient, but I think we'll be able to resolve most if not all of the issues. Any issues we can't resolve, we'll definitely reimburse the blessings fully - not the 1/3 back from the old system.

I can add your name to the list of people who want their Living Avatars reset to zero items so they can start over, if you like. I'm not sure how long that takes, though or when it will happen.

[christianmomof3]

I see it... You have 2 CFCs and 3 Chibis in your avatar. Looks how did you stretch/shrink them?
To shrink and stretch them you hold down the shift key and use the mouse - i think you left click.
I probably got too much stuff too - I did not know there was a limit or problem with doing that. :sigh:

[ravenscape]

To shrink and stretch them you hold down the shift key and use the mouse - i think you left click.
I probably got too much stuff too - I did not know there was a limit or problem with doing that. :sigh:

Thanks for the info on shrink and stretch! Cool!

No one knew in advance, or we would definitely have discouraged people from restocking everything right away. The problem didn't manifest until we had so many people using the system. It didn't show up in testing at all. There doesn't seem to be a hard and fast limit. I've stocked more stuff than some of the people having problems, just to see what was going on. Still haven't purchased everything I had, though!

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

YES YES YES!
if it is possible i would rather reset my items to zero and start over. it is so frustrating not being able to make my character, i would rather have less items and lose stuff but be able to play with my character..thanks..let me know...

[mizangelwolf]

It is still fun but takes SO long to 'save' the avatars!

[ravenscape]

It is still fun but takes SO long to 'save' the avatars!
It's going to get better! The Living Avatar application is in need of an overhaul!

[kaykay537]

It is still fun but takes SO long to 'save' the avatars!
I had probs with the click and "drag" feature tonight! Whew! It kept dragging the wrong item. I finally had to abandon that way entirely and just click on left and right which took a long time.

I found out that I can't "drag" stuff when I am in zoom mode. That's what caused the problem apparently.

[LovePrecious]

Is there any way of creating folders for all of our items, so that we don't have to sort thru each and every one of them each time we're wanting to change our character?

P.S. Thank you for all your hard work!!!

[Lisa0315]

Is there any way of creating folders for all of our items, so that we don't have to sort thru each and every one of them each time we're wanting to change our character?

P.S. Thank you for all your hard work!!!

That is a WONDERFUL idea!

[mizangelwolf]

I think the items are sorted all together now as they should be. Mine are anyhow.

[ravenscape]

Folders for the items we've purchased is one of the enhancements to Living Avatar that I hope we can have, and I've requested it. I don't know when/if it will be done, yet.

[LovePrecious]

Folders for the items we've purchased is one of the enhancements to Living Avatar that I hope we can have, and I've requested it. I don't know when/if it will be done, yet.


Yay!!! Thank you, Raven!!!

[Picklepie]

I'm hoping this is the right place to ask about my 'Chibi' character.

I've purchased several different hair styles for her. When I try to employ
the hairstyles, they show up on a white box that can't be worked into
my backgrounds.

Help!

[ravenscape]

Can you let me know which hairstyles you're having trouble with?

[Picklepie]

Can you let me know which hairstyles you're having trouble with?

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/genpb/brown.gif
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/genpb/blonde_pony.gif

and

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/genpb/red_black.gif

(Even the hair on this one, w/o the face, I can't get to work)

[ravenscape]

Thanks. We can fix this, but I'm not sure how long it will take for the fixed images to be uploaded into Living Avatars. I have a number of fixes/additions that are waiting for upload. The tech guys have their hands full!

[Picklepie]

Thanks. We can fix this, but I'm not sure how long it will take for the fixed images to be uploaded into Living Avatars. I have a number of fixes/additions that are waiting for upload. The tech guys have their hands full!
Thank you so much... I love the idea of Living Avatars, and look forward to
all the options!

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Raven,
i was able to make my avatar though it was a bit slow..take me off the list to reset the items unless they plan on doing it within 24 hours..and i will just hope and wait for any coding changes or upgrades and hope i can manage.

[ravenscape]

Yay! Glad you got through the process! I don't think there's any way it will be done within 24 hours, so I'll take you off the list.

[Melly Monster]

I'm hoping this is the right place to ask about my 'Chibi' character.

I've purchased several different hair styles for her. When I try to employ
the hairstyles, they show up on a white box that can't be worked into
my backgrounds.

Help!

Its because whomever made them, failed to make them in transparent backgrounds.

[ravenscape]

Its because whomever made them, failed to make them in transparent backgrounds.
Yup, and I have no idea who made them. They came with the installation of Living Avatar, I think.

[Melly Monster]

Yup, and I have no idea who made them. They came with the installation of Living Avatar, I think.
They did, well some were prolly installed from the living avatar website :)

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Raven,
any news on coding the ability to sell back items? my living avatar program is super super super slow to load still due to having too many items. Its really horrendous trying to change my character.

[Nadiine]

Raven,
any news on coding the ability to sell back items? my living avatar program is super super super slow to load still due to having too many items. Its really horrendous trying to change my character.
Viper told me this morning to use Firefox for changing your avatar - it's faster?

[Nadiine]

Its because whomever made them, failed to make them in transparent backgrounds.
:doh:
Um that's just about as basic as it gets lol
:doh::o

[LibertyChic]

Raven,
any news on coding the ability to sell back items? my living avatar program is super super super slow to load still due to having too many items. Its really horrendous trying to change my character.
I think the new coder starts today, however I'm willing to bet his priority will be to get the reporting system up and running first. I've introduced myself (and raven) and hopefully we can figure out how to handle these dern characters soon. :)

[sk8Joyful]

Would someone please write that :confused: so it can be understood *easily & quickly*. Thanks! :hug:


Step one:
Go to your "User CP" and find "Edit Avatar"

Step two: click on "Living avatars"

Step three: If you do not have any items or would like something new,
click "Purchase" If you just want to edit out, click "Edit Avatar".

Step four: once you purchased your avatar click "edit avatar"
and then create it the way you want it.
What you need to do is click the item you want first
(if you are using a background click this first)
then click "Add item", you shall see it in the box like so.

Step five: once you have body and clothing items all in,
and have dragged everything where you want it to appear, click "Save Avatar".

*Extra* If you are wanting to crop your stuff, click "Crop Tool"
now note that this will only let you crop a very small bit.
You can change the size of the crop tool, but it will still always be a square.
To change the size, hold the Shift key as you left-click on a corner of the crop box.

You are done!

(Tutorial was created by Melly Monster. Please do not copy to other websites without her permission. Thank you.)

[heavensworthit]

So..does this mean that everything that we had before is gone?

[ravenscape]

Would someone please write that :confused: so it can be understood *easily & quickly*. Thanks! :hug:

Can you tell us what parts you are stuck on? I'm not sure what part(s) of the instructions aren't clear.

[ravenscape]

So..does this mean that everything that we had before is gone?
Yes, but most of the items are free right now, so that you can restock your inventory. However, I recommend waiting to get items that you won't use a lot or right away. There are database problems that occur when people equip items when they have purchased a whole lot (more than 250 or 500? somewhere around there).

[Picklepie]

Hoping this is the place to ask my question...

I'm wondering how other posters have created various sized characters
in one avatar? I'd love to do the same.

[Henaynei]

I spent a lot of support $ on speciality stuff - mostly Messianic and Jewish - but now that I can't find my listing I have no idea what - I specifically bought stuff that was special edition or not in high demand because I knew they would not often be offered .... how do I get my listing back? I had TONS of stuff that I had to use, to bless and to trade.... arrrgggg....

I have searched for what I can remember and it appeares to be all gone....

[ravenscape]

Henaynei, I'm not sure if you can get your listing back. I'd contact professormom to ask, but I have no idea if they can access the old data or not. Right now everything, including the seasonal items are available for no blessings so people can restock. For the extremely high cost one-to-ten-of-a-kind items, we're restoring those to people on request and have to work out the logistics with each person.

[Henaynei]

where are the bibles and stuff like that?? I didn't see them in "religious" category

[ravenscape]

Check the Library Category. All the Bibles in Swords and shields were moved to that category in Living Avatars.

[Picklepie]

Hoping this is the place to ask my question...

I'm wondering how other posters have created various sized characters
in one avatar? I'd love to do the same.

bumping this up :)

[Henaynei]

Check the Library Category. All the Bibles in Swords and shields were moved to that category in Living Avatars. I found that but there is still one I can't find.... a brown book with a gold Star of David on the conver.....

[Henaynei]

Henaynei, I'm not sure if you can get your listing back. I'd contact professormom to ask, but I have no idea if they can access the old data or not. Right now everything, including the seasonal items are available for no blessings so people can restock. For the extremely high cost one-to-ten-of-a-kind items, we're restoring those to people on request and have to work out the logistics with each person.thanks, I'll try.... thing is I don't know what most things were called in the system (often something different that what I would have called them) and ..... oh, well..... I'll try your suggestion.... should I wait until the data situation is more settled or should I ask now before things get more lost??

[Henaynei]

bumping this up :)I don't know if this is what you mean .... in the Body folder there are bodies for male and female adults and children - I'm guessing the children are smaller than the adult avatars....

[ravenscape]

Henaynei, I think you're talking about The Complete Artscroll Siddur, but I'm not sure.

It looks like this...

http://christianforums.com/living_avatars/packs/CF_Dollies/special_items/the_library/siddur2.gif

There's no reason to wait that I know of. Just send me a PM about the item and we can work out the details.

[ravenscape]

bumping this up :)

I haven't tried it, but I've been told it's possible to shrink or enlarge an item by selecting/adding it on the edit page, and then resizing it the same way you'd resize something in other applications (grab with mouse and stretch/shorten.

[Henaynei]

Henaynei, I think you're talking about The Complete Artscroll Siddur, but I'm not sure.

It looks like this...

http://christianforums.com/living_avatars/packs/CF_Dollies/special_items/the_library/siddur2.gif

There's no reason to wait that I know of. Just send me a PM about the item and we can work out the details. yes - that is the icon - in the library the graphic does not show up like it does here - it is just a graphic mishmash ..... but wait - when I actually load it to the avatar it is bigger and easy to discern.... thanks!

[sk8Joyful]

Can you tell us what parts you are stuck on?
I'm not sure what part(s) of the instructions aren't clear.

Hi Ravenscape :wave:

This 1st. part doesn't "directly" tie-in with these above Instructions; but

INdirectly it does, as now I can't DELETE our *present avatar*, in order to "create a New CF-character".

The added 3 snafus ^_^ :
Three weeks ago, via an obscure Global-notice, "Photobucket" Users were told to
"Make new accounts"; a notice I never knew about.

Unable to access the account for the past 4-days, they e-mailed today issuing a New account.
However, the former "Photobucket"-account, had our *present avatar* stored in it;
but they have not yet TRANSFERRED that over; so I have no access to it.

I have no clue :blush: how to set-UP the new Account,
as a different person set-up the original first account.
~

more pertinent questions:
1. The many, many "items" I clicked on, to Add to the new wardrobe :),
..........last week, WHERE are they stored? I can't see them anywhere.

2. I can't get this new CF-body created.

I can tell you this: Learning... to ICEskate :clap: (by comparison) is ALOT easier :thumbsup:,

than this blankety-blank computer-schtuff :confused: any day.

3. Is the *Ice-arena* Uploaded :clap: yet?; and if so, WHERE can this be found, please.

THANK you! Ravenscape :hug: Annie

[ravenscape]

1. The items you purchase are all stored in the "Equip Items" page.

2. To equip an item, go to the "Equip Items" link. Then click "Add Item". Then position it where you want it. Start with a background, and then build up from there. If you equip something out of order you can use the Layer down/up buttons to get the item in the right position in the layers.

3. The Ice arena is not uploaded yet. I don't think we'll be getting any additions/improvements to the Living Avatars until we have the Pets installed, but I could be wrong.

[sk8Joyful]

1. The items you purchase are all stored in the "Equip Items" page.

2. To equip an item, go to the "Equip Items" link. Then click "Add Item".


Can I do that, without DELETE our *present Avatar* first?

[ravenscape]

If you want to save your current avatar to your hard drive before creating a Living Avatar then do this:

Put your mouse over your avatar and click the right mouse button. Then click the "Save Picture As..." menu item. Then pick a folder and enter a file name. Save the file. Then, you can reload that avatar at any time if you want to replace the Living Avatar.

[sk8Joyful]

If you want to save your current avatar to your hard drive before creating a Living Avatar then do this:
Put your mouse over your avatar and click the right mouse button. Then click the "Save Picture As..." menu item.

Then pick a folder and enter a file name. Save the file. Then,
you can reload that avatar at any time if you want to replace the Living Avatar.

Fortunately, I know how to SAVE :) Images; yet how do I "pick a folder"? :)

[sk8Joyful]

Another question:

This "Melly Monster" (who wrote the text I quoted) has under her name
"Stupidity is an ugly disease." -
HOW, pray tell, is that supposed to encourage :thumbsup: us (beginning to learn
computer-usage), by Inviting... us to ask... questions...

How about Melly Monster comes, to answer this :) herself.

[ravenscape]

Fortunately, I know how to SAVE :) Images; yet how do I "pick a folder"? :)
When I click save picture as, I get a dialog box which is pointed to "My Pictures". I have several subfolders under "My Pictures", and I can click one of them to have the file saved in that subfolder. I can also click the "create new folder" icon (a folder with a little starburst) at the top of the dialog box, and make a new folder for the item.

[sk8Joyful]

When I click save picture as, I get a dialog box which is pointed to "My Pictures".

I have several subfolders under "My Pictures", and
I can click one of them to have the file saved in that subfolder.
I can also click the "create new folder" icon (a folder with a little starburst)
at the top of the dialog box, and make a new folder for the item.

Hi Ravenscape :)
re "My Pictures" : right now, I have no less than 57 :D pictures cluttering up the desk-top like a jungle ^_^,
because I don't know how to get any of them into... a "Folder".

Does, what you wrote, hold true for ALL computers? - We are using Vista, Mozilla Firefox.

When I click on "Save picture as...", there is another box that Opens on the left, and on its top it has my Name, and
in there is an icon for a section, with a gold-Star. ~ Is that what you meant when you said:
"create new folder" icon (a folder with a little starburst) at the top of the dialog box, and make a new folder for the item."

Forgive me Ravenscape, I am lost... :blush: - and aside that, I am really afraid
to start messing-around, with anything other than what is on the screen,
because what happens if I BREAK the computer :eek:, or at the very least,
get these pictures so lost that I will never ^_^ be able to find them again, LOL

And every time I have tried to take a "class" on Computer-usage, they merely managed to get me more confused :doh:

(I use 'computers' in the medical-profession daily;
but a Life-support system is alot different, than what we are using here. They have certain functions;
that are much easier to understand; prolly because everything is programmed for certain functions -
All I know is that I "teach" people those machines & applications & uses, easily & quickly).

Thank you! for caring to help :hug: me, Annie

[Melly Monster]

Another question:

This "Melly Monster" (who wrote the text I quoted) has under her name
"Stupidity is an ugly disease." -
HOW, pray tell, is that supposed to encourage :thumbsup: us (beginning to learn
computer-usage), by Inviting... us to ask... questions...

How about Melly Monster comes, to answer this :) herself.

Well my user title has nothing to do with asking computer questions, not everyone has been taught, my user title has nothing to do with this what so ever... Now what are you wanting answer? I'm quit exhausted and don't feel like reading this entire thread.

[Melly Monster]

Hi Ravenscape :wave:

This 1st. part doesn't "directly" tie-in with these above Instructions; but

INdirectly it does, as now I can't DELETE our *present avatar*, in order to "create a New CF-character".

The added 3 snafus ^_^ :
Three weeks ago, via an obscure Global-notice, "Photobucket" Users were told to
"Make new accounts"; a notice I never knew about.

Unable to access the account for the past 4-days, they e-mailed today issuing a New account.
However, the former "Photobucket"-account, had our *present avatar* stored in it;
but they have not yet TRANSFERRED that over; so I have no access to it.

I have no clue :blush: how to set-UP the new Account,
as a different person set-up the original first account.
~

more pertinent questions:
1. The many, many "items" I clicked on, to Add to the new wardrobe :),
..........last week, WHERE are they stored? I can't see them anywhere.

2. I can't get this new CF-body created.

I can tell you this: Learning... to ICEskate :clap: (by comparison) is ALOT easier :thumbsup:,

than this blankety-blank computer-schtuff :confused: any day.

3. Is the *Ice-arena* Uploaded :clap: yet?; and if so, WHERE can this be found, please.

THANK you! Ravenscape :hug: Annie

I'm not raven but I'll answer what I can...

Photobucket, go to http://photobucket.com click "Join now" (I have about 4 accounts so it is possible to have more then one) Now just follow the directions. "Username" Make up a name you want to login with "password" "Confirm password" (make sure that ur username isn't taken, it will tell you) click the "Next Step" and fill in the personal information it asks for. Ur done...


1. The many, many "items" I clicked on, to Add to the new wardrobe :),
..........last week, WHERE are they stored? I can't see them anywhere.
Go to User CP, click "Edit Avatar" click "Living avatar" now go to "Edit Avatar" and Now you should beable to see everything...

I don't know about the skating arena, and what do you mean CF buddy?

[sk8Joyful]

I'm not raven but I'll answer what I can...

Photobucket, go to http://photobucket.com click "Join now"
(I have about 4 accounts so it is possible to have more then one)
Now just follow the directions. "Username" Make up a name you want to login with "password"
"Confirm password" (make sure that ur username isn't taken, it will tell you)
click the "Next Step" and fill in the personal information it asks for. Ur done...

Hi
Yes, THANK you :) the above part I already know.

What I haven't yet learned, is HOW to make a Folder, that
then get's TRANSFERRED over, to "Photobucket", with the pictures in it.

[LibertyChic]

I don't think you can transfer an entire folder to photobucket, per se, but you can upload multiple pictures at one time. Where it shows you to upload the pictures (upper right corner of the screen on your pb account), there should be a link to "add more pictures" below the three browse buttons. Clicking on this will give you more browse buttons. Each one allows you to upload one picture.

[sk8Joyful]

:)

[SingingElk]

I like these new avatars much better than the old ones. I don't have to put a figure on it to display it. This picture is pretty enough by itself. Thank you for setting it up this way.

[Light So Shine]

Will somebody please help, to make my character look better?

[katholikos]

Can you import your own background?

[mswift]

There are some huge Avatars on this site.