#'417 This must be Thursday

I never could get the hang of Thursdays - Douglas Adams

I absolutely LOVE these new pants from DE Designs, which come in 6 textures and are available either separately or in a hud operated fat pack.  These are a really quality mesh build with lots of little detailing and great textures.  I love each of them but  I immediately wanted to wear the camo texture (black and tan camo are also available) and build my outfit round them.  They are compatible with Maitreya, Slink and all three Belleza bodies, as well as fitmesh for classic avvie.

My shoes are from Essenz at My Attic, with a choice of 12 colours for just 95L, too good to miss - they are compatible with Maitreya and Slink high feet.  My poses (other than the nails close-up) are from Label Motion, also for My Attic.  For the picture left of the collage below, I used Animare just to tweak the position of my head slightly so it wasn't devoured by my jacket. 

My Attic at the Deck finishes on 31st - still time to pick up the many goodies available, if you hurry.

Credits:

Body

Maitreya Lara

PXL Aeryn SK ~ Makeup 02 MEB C2

Elikatira   Lena, reds hud 

 IKON Triumph
Mandala Steking Ears Season 5

Cosmetics

Mon Cheri Falsies Eyelashes

 Encore Maitreya Nail Appliers - Set 16

Clothing

Lapointe & Bastchild Swear "Urban" - Biker Jacket 

Lapointe & Bastchild  Swear "Urban" AddOn Hoodie 
DE Designs Amelia Pants, Maitreya

Essenz Alabama - available at My Attic Sept 

Accessories

Lapointe & Bastchild  S'wear - C (W) "Celtic"  Dog tag v3

Poses

Label Motion - My Attic - available at My Attic Sept
Eternal Dream - Look at My Hands

Animare Hud 

Info

There are often more photos of blogged items on my flickr account here.

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Berry's Helpful Tools Meme

Tools, Gadgets and Mugshots

I am a real geek when it comes to gadgets and tools in all lives, so this meme is right up my street.  I am showing a screenshot of my setup when blogging – I don’t leave these huds on normally, instead they are replaced by texture change huds if my current outfit has them.  

Anyway, on to my tools:

1. PoseAnywhere – I think I found out about this from a Strawberry Singh youtube tutorial, and it is one of the best things ever.  From what I have read on other blogs, I use it quite differently to most people in that I have a HUD for every pose maker that I use, plus other “special” huds, for example headshots, foot shots, jewellery shots etc.  I tend to remember poses by the maker so find this works best for me.  I have a folder full of huds, but really well organized (I can’t say that about any other folders in my inventory!) so there is rarely an issue finding anything
2. AnyPose Expression –. This was one of the first huds I was recommended when I first started blogging, and I couldn’t blog without it.  I particularly enjoy making ZsaZsa cross-eyed when things aren't going right with a blog, and it is all her fault - which of course it always is!
3. Animare Pose & Animation System I am quite new to this, but have already found it invaluable for moving hands that are getting eaten by outfits or hair..
4. CTS Wardrobe - This is truly one of the best L$699 I have spent.  Again I appear to use it differently to most as I never actually have the hud on, use rlv, or use the inworld wardrobe. I do it all from my wardrobe web page, which is open constantly.  My mugshot – er, I mean screenshot - of my current Wardrobe page is below. I initially started putting outfits in it, but somewhere along the way it turned into a place to catalogue my backdrops, hair, eyes and skins – and I can't imagine how I would blog without it.  I am constantly flipping over to it when putting together a blog post, to help me find the right eyes, hair, skin etc.  This shot is from this morning when I had been adding some eyes and some skins I picked up yesterday in the League sale. I have 3367 items in my Wardrobe at the moment, and add new stuff as it comes in.

5. PhotoTools - I use this all the time to play with windlights, change settings quickly.
6. My UI - I use Firestorm, and have my buttons organised according to how I use them, on the left and right - I rarely use the bottom buttons so should really get rid of them to save screen space

You will find Berry's original meme and instructions here.  I am off to learn more about MystiTool as mentioned by Berry, and see if it is another gadget I will enjoy playing with :).