links

Good stuff on the web

paint.net (for windows only)
gimp gnu image manipulation program
adobe photoshop - commercial product $$$ (unless you have it already, or need something special, use gimp!)

blender - professional animation tool, but not easy to get started with - wiki manual
collada wiki standard format for exchange of graphic elements
collada plugin for blender
bullet physics
avimator - easiest animator to use - beginner's guide
wings3d - modeler (I think that only the "development release" 0.98.36 works with the Second Life plugin)
poser - commercial product $$$ (unless you have it already, or need something special, use avimator!)
pixie 3d modeling

There is a good list of resources at the SL Machinima wiki

For windows, get cygwin, and then you can write bash scripts, and we can edit them with the editor emacs or vi.
These come already installed with standard Mac OSX distributions, in any terminal window, and also in linux.
To run more complex scripts that run directly on your computer (rather than in Second Life), we use python2.4, with the pygame extension. And Hector sometimes uses ocaml (this language runs the quizzes). These languages are all free.

Looking Glass 3d - Wonderland (freely distributed, gnu license, implemented in java)
getting started

EdBoost Second Life Experiment blog

Comments welcome! Email: Hector.Something@gmail.com

00-default the default script in gory detail
program structure quiz: online, quiz1.pdf quiz1a.pdf quiz1b.pdf quiz1c.pdf
01-colors colors as vectors, using llListen and if-then-else for changing color on command!
02-movingCube positions as vectors, adding vectors, and changing position on command
color, position vector quiz: online
03-moreListening an exploder with sound and smoke; and an object that senses, comes, and follows you
04-talkBack a script that repeats what you say, and rezzes exploders
05-parrot "adding" strings, says the name and key id of anyone or anything she hears
06-loop for-loops in examples: (1) counting (2) perfect staircases (3) dancing (4) bombs in different positions
loop quiz pdf
07-racing using llGetPos,llSetPos and vector addition to change position
08-emoticons particle generators, and practice tinkering with a huge script
09-pet (1) sensing, coming, and following (2) random barks (3) repeating what you say (4) random bodily functions (5) bringing your slippers (6) reproducing
10-racer a "global positioning system" and while-loops for fast movements

11-physics rezzing physical objects "bonk", finding your mass, and impulses for jumps
11a-physics hovering physical objects and pushing them
11b-physics once more: hovering physical objects and pushing them
11c-physics circular orbits, elliptical orbits, and other paths
12-wordGames choosing random numbers for sums, and for Spanish color quiz -- see this script
13-machinima making a film in SL. See the cool examples we made with our scripts here