• Transparency – Options

    When making materials with transparency you have three Mode options: Composite Blend, Additive Blend, or Alpha Test. Alpha Test When you first add an…

  • Transparency – Opacity Masking

    Adding clarity to your shinny transparent materials! When making materials with shininess that are also transparent and use either Composite…

  • Creator Quick Start

    What is an IMVU Creator? Creators are the talented digital artists behind every product in the IMVU Shop catalog. What…

  • Names and Naming

    Naming in IMVU: What’s Allowed and Where When creating products in IMVU, it’s important to understand what kinds of names…

  • IMVU Product Types

    What are Product Types? Everything that you make for IMVU becomes a product in the IMVU shop. There are 5…

  • Morph Animation

    What is Morph Animation? IMVU supports two kinds of mesh animation systems: skeletal animation, where the mesh or meshes are…

  • Using IMVU Studio Toolkit for 3ds Max

    Staring Toolkit Studio Toolkit for 3ds Max is accessed through the main menu bar. When installed an ‘IMVU’ menu item…

  • Material Tags

    In Studio, there are various toggles that materials can have from being double sided to being self-illuminating. For an easier…

  • Transparency – Priority

    When making transparent materials with either Composite or Additive Blend modes, there can sometimes be unexpected results when the camera…

  • Artificial Rim Modifier

    Make it look like light is wrapping around the edges of your products with Artificial Rim Modifier (ARM). Here is…