Fix for SL alpha glitches!!!

 


It happened to all of us... The perfect expression, perfect angle, the light hits beautifully on your avatar.... And the gorgeous bangs hide your lashes!!!! Not cause they're behind it, but because of the alpha surrounding the hair, glitching on cam like only SL can do!!! 

Now I don't claim to own the best tip or even a tip that might work every single time... But I did use this technique to fix hair glitches fairly easily and even switch only one foot's position out of two (before they could be positioned separately) (...or before I knew they could??) and it does the trick pretty well so I want to share it with you!!! 


This will seem too easy, but you need to plan ahead a little... So when you go to take your wonderful shot and notice this nasty alpha glitch, still take it! And then Re-Take, without hair!


How can this help, you say? Well you can use the bald version as a corrective layer to your photo! put one above the other and erase slightly until you get the desired effect! Smaller brush, different opacities, play with the bald layer in a dark only mode... You can adjust and play with this trick in so many ways! (But the eraser is the fastest, easiest on my opinion ;) 




I hope this helped you a little, or inspired new ideas! You can share your favorite tips to take care of the SL alpha glitches as well. The more the better! 


And always have so much fun! 
<3





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