The classes I could offer to start with are:
- World Texture Editor
- Prop-Editor including textures
- Landscaping
- Stairs for beginners if needed (straight ones, round I have never done so far)

The classes I would be interested taking myself:
- Lighting
- Shadows

I reached out to Siren about her offer of this class and getting it set up.

We will keep you informed when/where to sign up.

As an addition I have made the 2nd step to creating the small round island in the middle of a sea with sunset.

http://trikkiworld.com/portraye...ons/2_basic_lighting.htm
http://trikkiworld.com/portraye...ighting_1 lesson_two.mp3

More to follow.

Will have to wait a bit for next instalment, as I have been told by the one and only deco god I am shit at lighting, obviously he want's the job as what I do is Quote Shit.

I was just trying to help people with some info that they could take their time to digest as a simple beginning of a very basic layout to learn the basics of lighting and the construction points of making it easier to use.

I have never in all the time I have been in utherverse put down anyone's work or creations , as I know that the best way to help people improve is to offer advice encouragement and help where you can, my motto is ill never look at you abilities, and diminish them but encourage to improve the enjoyment that have from decorating.

Obviously I am doing it all wrong and I am way way out of tune with the capabilities of the superior.
https://forums.uthervers...orators.aspx#post1623877

Here is Lesson 3
This one takes a lot longer to make, as it has a construction of simple building and its light area.

http://trikkiworld.com/portraye.../3a_b_basic_lighting.htm
http://trikkiworld.com/portraye...g_1_lesson_three_a_b.mp3

Ill Leave the next addition for a while as the last one took a good time to type, and annotate correctly for text to speech.


When its built and you have saved a layout, play with the R G B settings, using the link from Rapid tables in frst session, to get a better feel for colours, and Z scales of Signs for intensity.

My input.

If any classes merge and move forward any member to teach those said classes needs to be vetted and that does include and should include viable vetting. One must remember if UV / RLC decide to to this - they are ultimately responsible for said vetting of those people. That is a huge undertaking.

I see your point Rose, As with the LD programme, anything that takes vetting, requires administration, anything that requires Administration requires rays to be vetted.
In all honesty, I do think that vetting is just going to deter people from helping others and giving people a start into what every they do. Some decorate for fun and never want to sell but just enjoy creating on what ever level of ability.
Once vetting starts, it will just become another business, create a user ability level of information provided out of good will, as long as advice or info is free its either good or bad the recipient has to decide, if its not good try another, as learning by mistakes is the way of humans.
I realise that qualified information is always a good thing and less confusing for any beginner, but Utherverse does provide from the Social centre the very beginning basics of Decorating, so that is qualified.
You can't Vet the Net, 90% of information on the net is just opinion and a collation or distortion of others input, so some of what people say is 50/50 through divergence.
Referral is always a better lead towards information, as others that read free information, will probably direct the enquiring to good information to save them having to produce information all again.
Shame Dustys Super Zaby list is never going to have the involvement it once did, but there is enough to help anyone with the will to research

As with all learning, people take in information in different ways, if you have a trade skill and learn from many peoples advice, you will then have a divergence of creation and formulate your own style by picking information from the sources of information, and have your own ways of doing things. Ability and Style is an output from the information you trust through development of your own abilities.


Edit: I really do get your point about vetting, but decorating and information of technical aspects does not create style,
Just as WG some are verified some are not, people take their chances, and what suits one may not suit another, its not set in stone as to what is good or bad by the recipients, it is ultimately down to choices, but yes slightly different as to be sure if in the case of WG if you are actually with a woman or man, regardless of orientation, as with Decorators its down to what is created or ripped off.
If people like what they receive and happy with what they pay, is there any harm done , its a tricky scenario.

I have the feeling that there is a misunderstanding here. This initiative started by Sweetpea is not intended to be a training program for future business decorators nor to compete with current licensed decorators/business.
It is a capacity building initiative for new members and those who never learned the basics of deco to help them fix little problems or add new things to their Zabys/properties themselves. E.g. last night I had a case of a member who has returned to UV/RLC after years of absence and found his places in a big PB mess (watermarks everywhere). He understandably was very desperate about this. So we went to one of his places and I explained to him step by step how to fix this himself. Nothing big at all, but very efficient.
Prop Editor and WTE are part of everyone's software client and everyone has the right to use them in their places, that is part of the fun of the game. Just many don't know to properly use them and many of these members don't know about this forum either as well as all the know how they can find here.

Totally Agree Marta, Perhaps SG should move this thread to the VWW And Zaby Forum, then Its just a thread of information for people that can take it or leave it, rather that it being tagged to Utherverse academy, if that is still functioning

I was not a fan of the LD programme, not only its price but also the way it functioned.

I witnessed some very creative decorators and technically very capable, but for an example and i am not putting anyone down that takes on this kind of work it is very difficult and time consuming.

So you want to put a motor cycle together , or mechanical sex apparatus. and use it in a template world texture it and build your thing.

It has the required amount of props lined up and is technical correct. you pass
I have seen people fail on the ground of building a club that has steps that float in the air, it was a fail as not technically correct, but if built as a stairway to the pearly gates a pass.

Who deemed what is fantasy and reality and correct incorrect because of style and creating a fantasy or a true to life re-creation.
The judging of what was pass and fail was down to how the people judging it received it, not on technical ability. Did they like the style or not played to major influence on pass or fail, if they could construct a room with a fish tank etc, that was good enough.

But just following the remit did not make a lot that passed a capable universal Decorator with all technical abilities, but it did not stop them producing other creations, they were not so converse with, and up selling via the title of LD.

There is so many years of information out in the forums now, with regard to clothing deco etc,

Why the need to make it official, and tag if the info works or it does not, I can tell how to drive a car, it does not make you Lewis Hamilton!

Personally I think the LD programme, is a negative aspect to creation, if you have a genuine enthusiasm to be a decorator, you will research and improve from dedication to the thing you enjoy making, and LD badge does what ,, it can mislead the Buyer into thinking everything is functional, technically correct so they part with rays more easily.

DO you remember the NON licenced decorator showroom emporium, where to be truth full, some of the non LD work was far superior to the ones that had the badge !

Or to put in simple terms having a WG badge does not make you a better fuck than one with out. but it creates that impression, and can be as misleading as it can positive.

Its all comes back to what it did before another money maker and a separation of LD and Non LD opinions. Where bad information by someone that lashed a few props together and knew the judge can say, well I am licenced your not so, I am right your wrong buy off me..

It Created a Bullshit of needless drama and contention, but Utherverse loved the incoming Rays.
So ask in forums and the knowledge base will Grow, as its already massive compared to what it used to be, and there are so many with the ability then to improve on what they do, that provides a more competitive and better quality creation, so Utherverse will have many more diverse quality creations for its User/Member base and world

I was never a fan of The Academy as it as I saw it was just another string of marketing Utherverse with little content and commitment for more up selling to justify its purpose.

And how many languages would a exam have to be in to make it un biased!