Friendly greetings! It’s me, Torley (who?). You’ve asked and I’m answering! Following the launch of Viewer 2.1, I’m teaching you how to use features both big and small so you can get the most out of the new Viewer. Of particular attention is “Multiple-items on a clothing layer with multi-wearables“. Let me show you!

Yes, that’s right, you can stack up to 5 (five!) items on a clothing layer in 2.1. This largely reduces the need for workarounds like attaching prim tattoos or that other awkward one where a creator sells a “jacket, shirt, and undershirt” version of a clothing item. My gosh that was awkward, but it’s fading into the past.

Some of these tips will be expanded upon in future posts (and embedded with text articles on the wiki help pages) and in some cases, my videos present bugs/shortcomings we’re aware of and going to continue building on. ITERATE. In any case, I wanted to let you know that these are up right now, so check them out:

OMG NEW 2.1 STUFF!

• Giving inventory with the Share button – Mis-drag often? Tired of flipping tabs? This is better.
• Multiple items on a clothing layer with multi-wearables – As featured above.
• The sidebar Appearance Editor – Connects some things that were spread apart.
• Undo for accidental outfit changes – A little, good thing to know.
• I previously covered a lot of the everyday usability tweaks in “Nifty user interface tweaks in Viewer 2.1 Alpha” (so some stuff has changed since then, but it’s essentially still true). Stuff that makes you go “Aha! Wish I knew that earlier…” is my vanguard.

Not entirely new, but I see this stuff asked about a lot…

Mysteries solved! Practical how-tos! And a couple classics updated for 2.1.

• Eyedropper tool to match textures and colors – Never used this? Worth a try to save time.
• Moving objects like furniture – For beginners, like if you’ve moved into a Linden Home!
• Saving textures to your hard drive – I see this often on the forums.
• Uploading textures – Same deal here. Remember, Viewer 2.1 removed the inventory’s own top menus, so use the gear and + icons at the bottom.
• What “unknown creator” really means – I don’t know when we’re changing this to make more human sense, but at least you can have some insight into what’s going on.

I’m delighted we have embedded videos back on the blog. Yoz Linden and I tested this amidst referencing Scott Pilgrim, which added to the excitement.

*ahem* What often makes great material for a video tutorial is stuff that’s much easier to show than tell (removing layers of abstraction). As always, I gratefully accept comments here, and I also started a discussion thread for vidtut requests awhile back.

What’s your fave 2.1 feature that isn’t getting enough attention and should be better explained?