Sunday, 23 March 2014

ADV Demoness Skins - Elyssian, Veyra, Abyss & Torya





I will go in to details of this release, but first I think its best to give you the highlights.


Violet Studios Demoness ADV is everything you have come to expect from us, with the detailing and quality of our skins.

Whats new on the Demoness ADV Skins?

The Elyssian and Veyra Skins have been expanded to 22 Skin Colours with a choice of 20 high quality make ups to choose from.
Abyss has been expanded to 15 colours and each skin has 15 choices of high quality make up.

Elyssian, Veyra & Abyss all have our new 2014 Face designs.

There are now Extras model skins available which can transform your look (see below).
Finally, the long awaited  and extremely smart "Mesh Applier System" has arrived which is designed to apply the body textures to mesh items. At the moment we support Phat Azz, Sking "Butts"  and Violet Studios Polymorph products (due for launch in April May). More product support will be added over time and possibly sooner than you can imagine.

In addition - if you see below, VSXM, our Wings and our Hooves have all been updated to use the 15 new colours.

Best thing to do is take a look in store - in total there are nearly 1000 new skin products available.

I do know that customers who have bought skins in the past would like to get the update to the mesh applier system too. Sadly I cant do this as a free update however there are now full skin boards in store covering
Currently Elyssian, Veyra and Abyss are covered by the Update Centre. I have decided considering Scythe was last seen in store back in 2011, not to cover the Scythe or older Demoness skins.
 They do cost 300L$ each but will give you the capability to utilise mesh products without having to update. The ADV Update Centre is located on the upper floor, just above where the Female Hooves are on the lower level.
The one bonus item though is Torya, considering it is a vastly simpler skin (although not in design), I have provided that as a free update for customer - simply wear your updater.

What more detailed info... then read on.



Since 2009, Violet Studios have been creating Innovative and delicious skins, constantly bringing new features and styles, often breaking new ground over what skins are capable of. For example, in 2009 we were the first company on the grid to offer support to multiple models of breasts implants and in 2010 we were the first to offer a full multi make up complete “realistic” demoness muscle skin.
ADV is our Advanced Series skins system. With over two years of preparation and over 8 months of assembly work, we are very proud to release this innovation in skins.

2014 Faces & Make Ups
One of the largest changes to the skins themselves is the reworking of our faces. 
On the Make Up side, we have pushed the boat out. With a standard choice of 20 make ups for Elyssian and Veyra, and 15 for Abyss, you get the old familiar styles but with an all new, highly polished look.

ADV Skins
As with all previous Violet Studios Skins you get our usual selection of features skins wise taking multiple styles either as full skins over tattoo layer overlays. See the skin board for the exact contents.
You also get our full skin or Tattoo Layer “Blanker” skin system, which is designed for use with Tattoo Layer make up such as our own Evolution Make ups. These Blankers are available with or without Eyebrows, and include multiple styles of Tattoo Layer eyebrows which are also tintable on the Elyssian / Veyra Skins (not for Abyss).

ADV Extras Skins 
These new skins are designed as Extras that can either be used stand alone with the addition of tattoo layer make up, or if you own a full like for like skins (prebuilt with make ups) you can use the Tattoo layer bodies to overlay those. In addition, for Elyssian and Veyra you can use these new bodies with older skins.
In addition, Extras skins do give up the ability to quickly build and deploy who new ranges of skins, so if you would like to see something specific, send us a notecard!

Breast Implants 
One of our classic innovations, today our Breast Applier system is one of the most advanced on Second Life. Built as an easy to use HUD (no messy multiple applier to clutter up your inventory), we support multiple brands of implants including our own vString Line (All Models), Ecorp (Overfilled, Anime and Naturals), Icon Bra Busters, Lolas (Tango, Mirage, Natural and Push ups). Although no longer officially supported, for those legacy skins, we do still offer Implant Nation Universal Appliers, but for our newer skins, be aware, we don’t support them.
You also get multiple versions of the breast appliers covering Natural or Oiled.
In Addition, on the ADV release, we now have unique Lolas Tangos / vString Evo & Revolution appliers for each skin - so Veyra and Elyssians appliers for the chest plate designs are different!

Mesh Applier System 
Bringing a whole new dimension to Violet Studios is our new Mesh applier system. With each skin you get 2 appliers – a Body applier, and a Face applier.
These extremely innovative appliers are a proactive system, rather than being a reactive system.  Rather than having hundreds of appliers for individual product lines, the Mesh Applier system just has the two appliers, and through innovate use of scripting which can be installed in to products, these applier can cover literately hundreds of products, as long as we have built a script for the said product.
At this moment, the appliers are designed to work with Violet Studios Polymorph product lines, Phat Azz, and Sking lower body “butt” mesh items (sadly not for full bodies).
More information on the Mesh applier can be found on the Mesh boards, however if you have a product that you would love to be able to use with your Violet Studios Skin, as long as it is Mod and is set up in a predictable way, we can take a look at it, and deploy a script update which you can then install in the product and it is then ADV compatible. Contact Hemi Violet if you have an item you want to have made ADV compatible.

VSXM - 2014 Texture Pack Update - nearly 60 new texture packs.

As VSXM is more of an Adult product, I wont go in to the full details of this update here.

Suffice to say, with the Arrival of the ADV Skins in the Human and Demon Studio, there was a need for the new Skin colours to be moved over however in addition these are probably our most advanced and realistic textures to date.

You can read the full article by Clicking here to go to the Adult Blog

Demon Studio - Wings and Hooves Update

As you may have seen above, we have recently released the ADV Demoness skins, and as part of that update, we created 15 all new colours for our customers.

It goes without saying that I like to keep all my products up to date especially when I releasing new skins, so as a result of that, all 10 new Elyssian and 5 new Abyss colours are now available on both our wings and hooves.

On the wings though, there was a phantom bug that had been irritating me for a very long time and for love nor money I couldnt trace it back... in fact I couldnt even get it to happen but I have seen customers enduring the bug, and I knew it was there.
As part of this update to the ADV skin colours, I decided once and for all to hammer down this bug, find out what it was and why it was happening.
And after 2 hours of looking like a rabbit hopping all over the place, I finally managed to find the specific series of buttons to mash on the hud to get the bug to happen.

Needless to say, once found it wasnt a hard job to repair it so if you were one of the many who had issues with the wings not closing on landing even though the wings were set to auto - its now fixed on the Mark 9 Wing release.

As always these updates are free (and remember, many of our wings are nearly 5 YEARS old now so... its been 5 years of development and updates all given free).
On the Wings, simply wear the wings hud and you will be sent the update. This update applies to ALL wings - even the Cyber wings which needed the script updates for the Auto folding issues.
On the Hooves, look in the original sales folder and you will find the Updater box - wear it and a new copy of your hooves will be sent! These updates are available for Male and Female current model hooves.

Enjoy!

Nosferatu Studio - Female Skins move to ADV specifications

As with the massive ADV skin project I have been working on at Violet Studios, I am pleased to announce that our Nosferatu Female Vampire skins have now moved to the Mesh Applier System.

At the core of the ADV system is the capability to use our new Mesh Applier system which is designed to work with multiple brands of Mesh attachments such as Sking's Butt's and Phat Azz, as well as our in house and yet to be released "Polymorph" studio products.

These are available in store now - if there is enough interest I will provide an update centre for the Nosferatu skins so you can upgrade to the new Mesh appliers.

LTX Skins move to ADV Design System

A few weeks back I was proud to release the all new Verotic ADV Skin system in to store.

With many new options available and extremely innovative options, at the core of the ADV system was the capability to use our new Mesh Applier system which is designed to work with multiple brands of Mesh attachments such as Sking's Butt's and Phat Azz, as well as our in house and yet to be released "Polymorph" studio products.

I am pleased to say that the LTX Skins have now moved to being ADV Specification, with the Mesh Applier system ready to use.
As the LTX skins are far simpler than our other skins, I decided to release these as a FREE update.
If you look in your sales folder, find the updater and Wear it, you will receive the ADV specification version of your LTX skin.

Hemi

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Verotic ADV - The New Skins Generation


I will go in to details of this release, but first I think its best to give you the highlights.

Verotic ADV is everything you have come to expect from us, with the detailing and quality of our skins.

Whats new on Verotic ADV?
Each skin now has 30 make ups, many of them all new.
Gia, Ava and Ori all have our new 2014 Face designs.
We are proud to introduce the new Dyta 07 and 08 Skins.
There are now Extras model skins available which can transform your look (see below).
Finally, the long awaited  and extremely smart "Mesh Applier System" has arrived which is designed to apply the body textures to mesh items. At the moment we support Phat Azz, Sking "Butts"  and Violet Studios Polymorph products (due for launch in April May). More product support will be added over time and possibly sooner than you can imagine.

Best thing to do is take a look in store - in total there are over 1200 new skin products available.

I do know that customers who have bought skins in the past would like to get the update to the mesh applier system too. Sadly I cant do this as a free update however there are now full skin boards in store covering ALL Verotic Skins from the past 4 years (Ava, Ori, Gia and the classic Celeste Skin, in all format).
They do cost 300L$ each but will give you the capability to utilise mesh products without having to update. They are located at the far end of the store on the upper level (almost directly above the teleport rez in area).

What more detailed info... then read on.




Since 2009, Violet Studios have been creating Innovative and delicious skins, constantly bringing new features and styles, often breaking new ground over what skins are capable of. For example, in 2009 we were the first company on the grid to offer support to multiple models of breasts implants and in 2010 we were the first to offer a full multi make up complete “realistic” muscle skin.
ADV is our Advanced Series skins system. With over two years of preparation and over 8 months of assembly work, we are very proud to release this innovation in skins.

2014 Faces & Make Ups
One of the largest changes to the skins themselves is the reworking of our faces. Painstakingly  tested to give a lush and beautifully toned face, Ava Gia and Ori all feature unique and delightful face designs which are all new.
On the Make Up side, we have pushed the boat out. With a standard choice of 30 make ups now, you get the old familiar styles but with an all new, highly polished look. For those feeling nostalgic though, the new “Retro” pack features your favourites from the classic 2012 make up line.

ADV Skins
As with all previous Verotic Skins you get our usual selection of features skins wise taking up to 8 different styles either as full skins over tattoo layer overlays. See the skin board for the exact styles.
You also get our full skin or Tattoo Layer “Blanker” skin system, which is designed for use with Tattoo Layer make up such as our own Evolution Make ups. These Blankers are available with or without Eyebrows, and include multiple styles of Tattoo Layer eyebrows which are also tintable.

ADV Extras Skins 
These new skins are designed as Extras that can either be used stand alone with the addition of tattoo layer make up, or if you own a full like for like skins (prebuilt with make ups) you can use the Tattoo layer bodies to overlay those. In addition, for Ava, Gia and Ori, you can use these new bodies with older skins.
In addition, Extras skins do give up the ability to quickly build and deploy who new ranges of skins, so if you would like to see something specific, send us a notecard!

Breast Implants 
One of our classic innovations, today our Breast Applier system is one of the most advanced on Second Life. Built as an easy to use HUD (no messy multiple applier to clutter up your inventory), we support multiple brands of implants including our own vString Line (All Models), Ecorp (Overfilled, Anime and Naturals), Icon Bra Busters, Lolas (Tango, Mirage, Natural and Push ups). Although no longer officially supported, for those legacy skins, we do still offer Implant Nation Universal Appliers, but for our newer skins, be aware, we don’t support them.
You also get multiple versions of the breast appliers covering Natural, Freckled and oiled versions of both of those. Ori has 8 appliers – the above options and with tan lines.
In Addition, on the ADV release, we now have unique Lolas Tangos / vString Evo & Revolution appliers for the Extras and Muscle skins meaning the textures on the chest plate are carried over.

Mesh Applier System 
Bringing a whole new dimension to Verotic is our new Mesh applier system. With each skin you get 2 appliers – a Body applier, and a Face applier.
These extremely innovative appliers are a proactive system, rather than being a reactive system.  Rather than having hundreds of appliers for individual product lines, the Mesh Applier system just has the two appliers, and through innovate use of scripting which can be installed in to products, these applier can cover literately hundreds of products, as long as we have built a script for the said product.
At this moment, the appliers are designed to work with Violet Studios Polymorph product lines, Phat Azz, and Sking lower body “butt” mesh items (sadly not for full bodies).
More information on the Mesh applier can be found on the Mesh boards, however if you have a product that you would love to be able to use with your Verotic Skin, as long as it is Mod and is set up in a predictable way, we can take a look at it, and deploy a script update which you can then install in the product and it is then ADV compatible. Contact Hemi Violet if you have an item you want to have made Verotic ADV compatible.

Monday, 24 February 2014

vString Revolution Fitted Mesh Implants

I am very pleased to announce the surprise arrival of two new sets of vString Breasts.

The vString Revolutions are fitted Mesh implants, designed to work with the avatar appearance system (editing your shape file) and also work with avatar Physics too.

As these are more of an adult product though, there is a full review in our Adult Blog which you can get to by clicking here

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Fitted Mesh - See the World as it "Officially" is

Fitted Mesh is here - which is a good thing, however it seem that a large percentage of people on SL are currently stuck using the most popular viewer on the grid, Firestorm.
I wont got in to the details, but I will give the facts.
Firestorm does not support Fitted Mesh at this time and after struggling to find when they will, it seems users will have to wait until near enough the middle of March to be able to view this officially released functionality.

Fitted Mesh was released on the 10th Feb by Linden Lab and builders like myself are creating items in fitted mesh. If you are using Firestorm, you will not see these fitted mesh items as they are supposed to be seen - in fact you will just see a mess on your screen.

To that end, in order to help customers see what is currently going on in SL, I have compiled a list of Third Party Viewers that are capable of viewing Fitted Mesh.

The Official Linden Lab Viewer
As you would expect, the official viewer is quite happy handling fitted mesh. It doesnt have all the extras and features you find on a Third Party Viewer, but it does work. Downloads are obviously on the official Second Life Website.

Singularity (for those that like classic SL viewing)
Viewer 1 today is considered to be old hat, and sooo 2008. However it may surprise you to know there is still a Viewer 1 Third Party Viewer out there, and its good enough to actually be my personal Primary Viewer of choice. Its fast (running circles around viewer 3), stable, has all the classic Edit appearance systems (faster building), and features virtually all current SL functionality and features, as well as loads of handy tools and gadgets. And it featured Fitted Mesh support even before the official release.
If you like uncluttered, clean viewing, which offers excellent FPS rates and 98% of the tools you are used to, this is the viewer you want.
http://www.singularityviewer.org/

Kokua
Kokua will be better known from some years back as Imprudence however Kokua is based on Viewer 3 specs. While not stuffed to the max with tools and features, Kokua is more advanced than the SL viewer, and offers fitted Mesh support. I have Kokua installed on my system and its not bad, if a little basic.
http://blog.kokuaviewer.org/


From here, as mentioned Firestorm will eventually get Fitted Mesh support but it wont be for some time.
Of the other viewers out there, Both Exodus and Catznip seem to be defunct projects at the moment with no movement on those since autumn last year. That may change and if it does I will list them, however at this time neither support fitted mesh.

All of these Viewer above are officially listed in the Linden Lab Third Party Viewer Directory.
It would be wise to use that list - using any other viewer is a risk not really worth taking.

Hemi

Saturday, 12 October 2013

Footwear Update (Multiple Studios)

As you may have noticed I have for a long time I have been working towards improvements in the way scripted Violet Studios products affect users, particularly in the volume of scripting used in products.
This has been ongoing now since 2010 when Linden Labs introduced ... ever so quietly... their script limits on to the grid.

Part of the improvements being made have already been seen in various areas such as vString, VSX and Beholder of late with the introduction of our in house build Unlimited 3 system for texture, colour etc.

Continuing with this theme, we have been working on the planned updates to our Footwear across multiple stores which have now been upgraded to Unlimited 3.
Whats the benefits? The products themselves havent changed really - they are pretty much the same as they were before, however rather than using the older Unlimited 2 system to do the "business" they now work on Unlimited 3 which offers a simpler, cleaner and easier to use HUD system, and better - they use just 1 script in each product which overall costs a great deal less.

Whats been affected?
In the Demon Studio, Koras 3 and Urban Demon 2 Boots have now been updated to Version 3.
In the LTX store, the "Prey" line of boots and Extras have all been updated.
In the Verotic Clothing store, the Prey Leather Boots and the Style Heels have all been updated.

All of these products come with the updating system so all you need to do to grab a fresh copy - wear the updater and save yourself some scripting cost... okay, alot of scripting costs.

Expect more soon on this project.

Hemi

Thursday, 3 October 2013

VSXM - 9 New products in store

I would go in to detail, but as usual, I wont due to the fact this blog is PG.
Full details can be found in the Violet Studios Adult Products Blog.