{"id":5502,"date":"2021-12-27T14:54:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:56:18","slug":"imvu-studio-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"IMVU Studio Toolkit &#8211; Installing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0545918eece\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0545918eece\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/#new-project-start\" >New Project Start<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/#blender-42-lts-installation\" >Blender 4.2 LTS Installation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-EyY5_Jbg4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <b>IMVU Studio Toolkit<\/b> is a suite of tools that can be used to make custom content for IMVU using, at minimum, Blender 2.93 LTS or newer versions (<i>currently 4.(x)<\/i>). Different tools allow for the creation of <i>Rooms<\/i>, <i>Furniture<\/i>, <i>Accessories<\/i> (Attachments), <i>Clothing<\/i> and <i>Poses<\/i> (Animation). The information below walks through the basics of using the tool to make different types of content for IMVU in Blender and IMVU Studio (for publishing).<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000000;\"><p><b>Download<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/create.imvu.com\/articles\/studio\/toolkit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IMVU Studio Toolkit<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/releases\/3-6\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blender 3.63 LTS or newer<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ffcc00; color: #000000;\"><p><strong>Important<\/strong>: using newer versions of Blender may subject projects to issues with backwards compatibility where newer files won&#8217;t open in older versions of the application, e.g. a project saved in Blender 3.0 may be subject to data loss or corruption when opened in Blender 2.93 etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #9d2600; color: #ffffff;\"><p><b>Critical<\/b>: <b>DO NOT EXTRACT<\/b> the contents of <strong>IMVU-Studio-Toolkit-Blender<\/strong><em>[version]<\/em><strong>LTS-<\/strong><i>[n]<\/i><strong>.zip<\/strong>, the Toolkit file, it needs to be installed into Blender intact and complete. This might mean enabling File name extensions to ensure a *.zip is being selected and installed instead of an extracted folder. For <b>Windows 10<\/b> and <b>Windows 11<\/b> this option can be found in the <b>View<\/b> [i] tab of <b>File Explorer<\/b>, in the <b>Show\/hide<\/b> column click the <b>File name extensions<\/b> checkbox [ii] to enable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/windows-file-name-extensions.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/windows-file-name-extensions.jpg\" alt=\"Start from a 'clean' file\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Enable <b>File name extensions<\/b> to ensure a ZIP file is being installed.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: the Toolkit for IMVU provides an array of functionality to aid in making custom products for IMVU in Blender, so keep the following in mind;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"new-project-start\"><\/span>New Project Start<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>To use the IMVU Studio Toolkit effectively make sure to start each project from a &#8216;clean&#8217; scene, i.e. File [1] \u00bb New \u00bb General [2], as this allows to the various helpers to load into Blender correctly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/studio-toolkit-new.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/studio-toolkit-new.jpg\" alt=\"Start from a 'clean' file\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Always start a Toolkit project from a clean file to ensure the starter components load correctly.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"blender-42-lts-installation\"><\/span>Blender 4.2 LTS Installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The way Addons are installed to Blender 4.2 LTS (and going forward) has changed slightly as they&#8217;re now considered a &#8216;legacy&#8217; feature. To install, access <strong>Blender Preferences<\/strong> as normal &#8211; <strong><em>Edit \u00bb Preferences<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; and in the <strong>Add-ons<\/strong> subsection make sure to click the <strong>Add-ons Settings<\/strong> [3] &#8216;more options&#8217; button upper-right of the window. From the menu, select <strong>Install from Disk&#8230;<\/strong> [4]. This opens a <strong>Blender File View<\/strong> instance where the ZIP file can be located, selected and installed as normal &#8211; click the <strong>Install Addon<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000; width:98.5%; padding: 1.0em;\"><strong>Important<\/strong>: as with all versions of Blender and the Toolkit, <strong>DO NOT EXTRACT<\/strong>, the ZIP file MUST remain INTACT.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/install-toolkit-blender-4-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/install-toolkit-blender-4-2.jpg\" alt=\"Installing Addon\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Installing IMVU Toolkit for Blender has changed slightly for 4.2 LTS; in Addons, be sure to click the <strong>Add-ons Settings<\/strong> button [3] and select <strong>Install from Disk&#8230;<\/strong> [4] from the available options.<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 98.5%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CucYm3PP3fs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<p><i>Installing the IMVU Toolkit for Blender differs slightly for Blender 4.2 LTS and newer.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n&#8211; n\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[575,622,200,195,194,738,835,337,630],"class_list":["post-5502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-accessory","tag-animation","tag-avatar-poses","tag-furniture","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-installation","tag-poses"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5502"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9201,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions\/9201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}