[ARCHIVED] Touch of Magic Tool Teaching

[frail heath]

This is a place for anyone who is willing to teach how to use the Touch of Magic Tool to share that knowledge!

[safe pasture]

@steep aspen 🥳

[frail heath]

Touch of Magic Tool Teaching

[steep aspen]

YAYYY! Im so excited. This will probably be my fav channel 😝

[mint bough]

Omgoodness yes! I am so lost when it comes to this tool. But some stuff I've seen in videos!!!

[earnest mica]

Yay!! I'm excited to learn more. So far, I've learned that you can use solid shapes to cover up the black bow on the Minnie ears to create a solid color.

[muted lotus]

@worn ferry you belong here haha

I will definitely be residing here haha! Desperate to get better at making dresses!

[worthy salmon]

https://youtu.be/XLtgFD3-Evo

https://youtu.be/mInw9x2mHTE

[worn ferry]

Oh haha, didn't even know this existed xD

Thank you ^^ For all those who would like it; a tutorial + my Lion King dress Create-Along -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp8PhoxQZI&t=67s

[tawdry trout]

So glad I found this channel I'm having such trouble with design

[fiery shadow]

Are you dutch or from any kind of country around it?(Belguim or Germany)

[earnest mica]

Noticed that you all are using YouTube, that's smart lol. I just set one up to upload my video, I'll remove the Google Drive link I posted earlier. https://youtu.be/P9GugG1qj4Y

[robust swift]

Can anyone provide tips on creating gradients? I've been using the little gradient squares, making them large and meshing to the garment, angling them this way and that, but I can't figure out how to make them seamless. There's always a tiny little line between swatches or an overlap. And the layers are proving to be an absolute pain to arrange. I'm used to Adobe and Procreate and finding this to be the least efficient design tool ever 😅
I'm on PC if that makes any difference.

[robust swift]

The overlap lines in question:

[worn ferry]

I am dutch yes 🙂

[worn ferry]

This is just a thing you need to live with, as a I mention in my tutorial they bug the hell out of me as well, but you just gotta choose whether the small gap or overlap is more offensive at this current time :<

[fiery shadow]

Anywhere from near Rotterdam? You got the R

[worn ferry]

I know! People have thought I was russian because of my R before, but no, I am from all the way up north in Groningen 🙂

[fiery shadow]

Cuz once you are from the city's with the rolling R you can never get rid of em

I heard the Rolling R the "Nou" "Zo" and the lovely european "Dutch" Accent😆

[fiery shadow]

My Jack Skellington dress is full with those overlaps

Hope it will get fixed once

[worn ferry]

It's not so baaaddd! The typical dutch accent is so horribad I refuse to be associated with that :p

The R's yes, I can't seem to undo them in whichever language I speak haha

[fiery shadow]

Don't worry i have it too🤣

[soft terrace]

Design a dress with me! This is how I make dresses based off of an inspo pic. Since I've already done Drizella based on a different dress, this is going to be a pink dress for Anastasia.

Using the Cottage Dress as a base, I start by picking a background color. Even though the dress I'm admiring is brighter, it's got a darker feel to it and adding lighter, brighter shades of pink and magenta to the dark background will allow us to get that feel too.

Starting with the ruffle, I choose a gradient square from the bottom of the shapes menu and select a brighter pink. Then I position it at the bottom of the hem and select the globe. This makes the decal conform to the dress and changes shaping as well. This tool can be tricky because the back has a seam and a tendency to slant. This is the same motif just swapped to the back. You can control this in a couple of ways

The first way is to adjust your angle using the button with the circled arrows. The second is to use smaller pieces as you go around, if you are aiming for a waist band or stripe. One of the weirder things about this tool is that when you've adjusted your angle and you want to duplicate your piece, it shows you a weird placement. It's just a visual glitch, select a different layer and the newly created layer with your second motif will match your first one.

See? it's fine now and you can position it how you wanted.

Every time I want another piece, I will hit the mirror button, select the top layer and move it where I want it, until I creat the peplum I'm going for.

The is the outline of the shape I want. I kind of want this to look like a chiffon overlay to the darker dress, so I will be overlaying more of the ombre squares around the peplum and the bodice.

Following this general guide, I placed these solid squares over them. Then I deleted the lines since I don't know if I'll be able to keep them. Then I continue placing pink squares over the bodice

[soft terrace]

Using hte light color and the ombre square I can create different effects like this now looks like the sleeve has a light pink overlay. If I were to pick a darker purple, it would look like the fabric had a sheen. Now that I've finished adding the reverse ombre where I wanted it, I'm going back in with my lines to neaten up my peplum overlay thing.

[soft terrace]

As I bring this trim up around the neckline, it begins to distort, so I have to switch the global button off.

Here's the finished front and back. I try not to stress about having everything perfectly even because the moment your avatar starts moving, the dress will distort. I hope you enjoyed learning how I approach making a dress as a person that sews.

Here's the finished dress with her posing and you can see how the lines distorted.

[old hatch]

I'm loving the create-a-longs here (sorry @worn ferry apparently your video is blocked for me 😟) I thought I'd do a labelled picture of the UI since I didn't see anything like it here, I'm no graphic designer or artist but I thought it might help someone with the basics?
If I missed anything please let me know

[worn ferry]

Oh no! No idea why it would be blocked 😮 The only copyright is Disney stuff itself 😮

[old hatch]

Something about Universal Music Group, or UMG?

[worn ferry]

It's the Wreck it Ralph tune :p Thus just Disney itself, randomly blocking countries? 😮

[soft terrace]

The weird thing about that Reflect Button is that it doesn't create a new copy of the motif the way the mirror button does. The back position is sometimes odd.

The Global Button isn't a perspective based on the camera, it's applying the motif as if the garment were unwrapped as a flat recolor. This is why straight lines have a tendency to distort, why there's a center back seam, and why the buttons on the cottage dress might not get color when a motif is positioned over their area. (it's a different piece when the mesh is unwrapped)

[stray matrix]

trick i learned today is using the same motif in different tones in order to create a "shadow" effect for a design ^.^

[mint bough]

This was my first real attempt with the touch of magic tool. I really like it

[plucky drift]

I have no affiliation with this creator (MintyPlush) but her custom design work is amazing.

https://youtu.be/RAdjDxDZcW4

https://youtube.com/c/MintyPlush

Edit - the YouTube channel creator is @cobalt yoke and the designer she interviewed in the touch of magic design video is @normal bison

Thank you so much to @cobalt yoke and @normal bison !!

[muted lotus]

TYSM for this, I used it to make this jumper and can’t wait to keep using it! 💕

[plucky drift]

That looks amazing!!!

[muted lotus]

Ahhhhh TYSM hun!

[mint bough]

I love this tutorial! I used it to make this Halloween dress

[soft terrace]

@cobalt yoke thought you'd like to see this

[plucky drift]

Oh she’s here! Yay!!

[soft terrace]

We've been working on figuring out how drop rates and friendship levels/roles work together. Minty's good people.

[cobalt yoke]

oOMG! That is so cool! @muted lotus @plucky drift I’m so happy you guys are hanging out here and thank you for the shoutout! For more inspiration look up @normal bison she posts her designs in this discord!

[plucky drift]

I love your channel @cobalt yoke , and I love @normal bison’s designs!!

[cobalt yoke]

Btw, the flower tests may need to be re-done after the next update. I thought they finished balancing them with Scar but they are still on the actively working on list in Trello.

[cobalt yoke]

Wow! You just made my morning! Thank you ^+^

[soft terrace]

I've got a feeling we're gonna see a lot of tweaks while we're in early days so no worries. I can tell you preliminarily that they have really changed mining drops.

[normal bison]

Thank you, that's great to hear 💕 i love seeing all of the beautiful designs that people come up with after watching the tutorial, it's truly amazing 🤩

[lofty brook]

So excited for this thread, I'm kind of addicted to Touch of Magic tutorials 😅 If anyone has any more gradient tips videos, that would be amazing. Still find that aspect super tough!

[cobalt yoke]

I made a touch of magic tool tutorial that can show you how to bring back Moana's dress yourself. The video is a step-by-step recreation so that you can follow along and adapt the techniques I used and put your own style into it.

The way I layered the motifs in it could be used for any tiered / layered gown. Hope you enjoy this guide custom clothing guide. https://youtu.be/i3D2xdKFjes

[torn steeple]

Can someone tell me how to fill in a large piece of space you created to be a separate color from the original color chosen? Thank you! 💙

[worn ferry]

You can't, you either have to change the base color or shove a shape with the different color you want under it

or over it rather ':)

[torn steeple]

Okay good to know, thank you!

[wraith crystal]

Okay but tips specifically for switch users would be great if anyone has any! I'm really struggling on figuring out the gradient stuff and it's honestly really killing any inspire because anything I have an idea for needs a gradient to complete the look :/

[short remnant]

I'm so happy this channel is here!

[coral wraith]

How often do the flowers reappear?

[halcyon fiber]

does anyone have the graphic that shows what all the tool buttons do? I can't find it

[dim field]

This one @halcyon fiber ?

[halcyon fiber]

ty!

[dim field]

You're welcome!

[trim oriole]

That's a really handy post, thank you!

[dim field]

If Lady Jane and Torakon are fine with it, I could even pin it in this channel. (My understanding is that Torakon made the graphic based on Lady Jane's video? If you both would like to give me a ping to let me know it's fine, I will pin it )

[opaque canyon]

Has anyone made fake collars on the short dresses yet?

[muted shale]

I've spent so many hours in ToM tool and I didn't know about this channel before. I've already made 3 videos and I'm thinking about more in the future
https://youtu.be/eYqmmyfFpKY
https://youtu.be/LwfoQysKAfU
https://youtu.be/15ENWd5WNXo

[soft terrace]

I made this dress which is meant to look liek a dirndl but also t-shirts like this

[opaque canyon]

THE COLLAR!
Im guessing you used circles and rectangles?

[soft terrace]

I think so? I'll show some options on a the t-shirt dress in a moment.

[soft terrace]

Peter Pan colar on the t-shirt dress using 4 semi-circles

[soft terrace]

I got this one using two equilateral triangles and 4 semi-circles

This one is done with two squares turned on point and one large semi-circle behind

[opaque canyon]

Thank you! I want a scholarly look with a little Archimedes on it. These are perfffff @soft terrace

[soft terrace]

Glad you like it! Theres more variations possible, if you would like to experiment.

[opaque canyon]

THANK YOU I DID THE THING

[soft terrace]

It looks so good! Happy to help!

[muted shale]

https://youtu.be/jN0rdW_mzGc

[torn steeple]

Earth Kingdom, Water Tribe and Fire Nation inspired dresses! (The Air Nomad one is a work in progress bc I’m limited on motifs 😭)

[gray kestrel]

ATLA inspo?

[torn steeple]

Absolutely 🙂

[gray kestrel]

Noiceeee

[gray kestrel]

Now I wanna watch it again lmao

[torn steeple]

I need to finish Korra then maybe I can make one inspired by her 🥰

[gray kestrel]

Imo Korra's way dark for nickeloden

[torn steeple]

Honestly yeah it is, never thought of that

[muted shale]

I was trying to make blend rainbow but there is a glitch which blends background color too 😞

[weary abyss]

still looks lovely!

[proven sun]

I'm on the switch, I find my game crashes every time I go into the design menu. I haven't tried yet on pc though

[muted shale]

I was working on one of Barbie's dress (not done yet) and I accidentally created something like this and I love this effect

[short remnant]

Oooh how?

[torn steeple]

Alright y’all, can someone teach me or tell me how to make an “off the shoulder” look on a dress (or know of a YouTube video explaining it)?

[cobalt yoke]

The technique probably has crossover from the video I made with Junimo here: https://youtu.be/RAdjDxDZcW4
Feel free to DM me an image of a dress irl you would like to make and I’ll see if i can help further ^+^

[granite kiln]

Can someone help me

I need some help

How do you delete it I can’t do anything

Hello anyone

[weary abyss]

See how on the left you have the + highlighted? Highlight the layer with the snowflake you want to delete

[granite kiln]

I wanna delete the swirly thing

I don’t see a highlight thing

It’s not working

I’m so confused @weary abyss

[weary abyss]

I can tell, I'm trying to think of how else to word it but the video guides might be easier for you to understand.

The red line shows what is currently highlighted by your controller/cursor move it down to where the yellow line is.

[granite kiln]

Now what

[weary abyss]

Then follow the listed options to delete it

[granite kiln]

I tried it didn’t do anything

[weary abyss]

Pressing Y when you selected that layer didn't delete?

[granite kiln]

No

[weary abyss]

Then I don't know what to tell you, those are the steps. Maybe try restarting your switch

[granite kiln]

I’m trying everything I can

[rugged oxide]

Here is a video to watch that might help: #1033408097915519066 message

[granite kiln]

That’s what it says my my screen

[weary abyss]

The Y button for deleting should be on the right joy stick

[frank orbit]

hey guys i was wondering how your getting those amazing visable clothing layers I'm stumped trying to figure it out

[uneven lark]

Hi all! I accidentally made this dress and I was wondering what tips you had to make this better?

I was actually trying to make it red and green colors for Christmas but thought it looked better with a purple hue to it.

Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks 😊

[uneven lark]

This is where I'm at with it now

[thin plume]

how do you do gradients?

[abstract vale]

Can someone please help! How do I get this to stop happening!?

[uneven lark]

I don't think many people come on this thread 😟 what about when you press Y, is anything clicked in that menu?

[abstract vale]

I noticed

[radiant citrus]

The same thing happens to me, I don't know how to fix it

[muted shale]

https://youtu.be/Qpjhr_tvV_E

[uneven lark]

@abstract vale it must be a glitch. The same is happening to me, but specifically when I try to design the top torso.

[short remnant]

It reminds me of those Magic Eye pictures (also called autostereograms), where when you stare at it correctly you see a hidden image or shape

[stone canopy]

I thought I was the only one who had this problem… it made me wanna quit making my dress so I did 😂😂😭

[stray matrix]

I have this issue happening with my designs, too. It seems that either they tweaked the way the tool works or it’s an issue with the tool. Idk if they were messing with it or if it’s an unintentional issue that needs to be reported. It ruined half of my dress designs. I hope they either a) fix it or b) revert it back because it now ruins designs wanting to design the collar of a custom clothing item

[abstract vale]

Yeah, its kept me from making real nice designs

[muted shale]

I wanted to create Belle accurate ball gown, but the motifs limit killed my creativity as always

[shrewd tundra]

Hey, does anyone have a video on how to make ribbons with the tool?

[dapper siren]

all of these designs are so wonderful! thanks everyone for your tips and tutorials 💖

[wet storm]

Is there like.. a general tutorial on here for Touch of Magic?

[weary abyss]

I referenced these videos: https://youtu.be/mhv9kZP1AMk & https://youtu.be/RAdjDxDZcW4

I don't know if you're looking for something specific?

[wet storm]

Yessssss this is the best one I’ve seen so far! It explains much more than the others I’ve seen - or at least gets to the point faster😂

[granite kindle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAxg5RugGcY a tutorial on how to make a crop top and tattoos ❤️

[queen fossil]

Is there any way other than manually placing to make asymmetrical beading? Ex: I have a dress with a beaded bodice and then the beading becomes more sparse as it goes down

It feels like the placement is either, one exact spot or tiled, no in between

[real hull]

I'm not sure if anyone is interested but the only thing I can do with the Touch of Magic Tool is making it look like "mesh/see-through" or "skin" but I can make a tutorial. Here's an example with both

one more example with minimal design

[arctic flower]

If anyone wants to design their own bomber jacket kind of thing but don’t want a pre-made one, using the cardigan and changing it to a jacket color like brown or black works great

[worthy salmon]

How did you do this if you don’t mind me asking?!

[pallid goblet]

Just discovered this channel and I think it's my favourite (I usually live in #spoiler-chat). Thankyou to everyone for a the amazing tips!

[pallid goblet]

How do you do that? Looks amazing

[mellow crystal]

Wish it was this easy on Xbox 😞 it takes forever to make anything and rotating anything is a nightmare! Same with resizing 😞 I've made a few things but they are no where near as nice as the things I see on here 😞

[livid rose]

WALL-E loves my Eve backpack!

[dim field]

So do I!

[pallid goblet]

I'd love a tutorial on how to do that. Looks amazing 💜

[stuck crypt]

Made a Bluey tshirt🤣 took FOREVERRRRRRR

[zealous yarrow]

1st tine in this chat experienceing information overload. How do I move layers?

[gentle thicket]

I think this is so pretty!

[sharp wolf]

Thank you☺️

[hushed sonnet]

Hi

Is there any way I can make my dress sparkly in touch of magic?

I think it would really make my designs look better

[narrow gulch]

Hi friends! 💜
Made a quick handy graphic on how I do my tattoos!
I made this version as I learned a ton from our lovely user Claudia who also shared a video of how she does her tattoos: #1033408097915519066 message
I began to get frustrated with the seams on the shoulders if I wanted to make a T-Shirt using her version..so with the inspiration from Mandini, I've figured out how to do a T-Shirt version with tattoos!

[blazing quest]

Y’all are so creative. I’m amazed! I struggle with the design tool so much but I’ve never been talented with stuff like that.

[round heron]

My Cinderella’s Maid Dress 👗 💕

[gusty tangle]

Omg this is amazing would love a tutorial on this 😍

[gusty tangle]

My favourite dress I've made so far 😍❤

[ionic condor]

every time i try to create something this happens the motif cant be made bigger and i so i try and add 3 motifs but they always overlap and get discouraged because it looks bad with the overlapping am i missing something? am i not using it right ?

[empty yew]

This is just super!! Did you create a tutorial

[ebon echo]

I just wish there were tool tips for these icons, I still don't know what the 2 arrows mean

[ebon echo]

"...not very intuitive" is quite the understatement. I don't believe ToM has changed since the Avatar design demo

[empty yew]

What arrows you mean? ✨️

I'd perhaps pop a picture in here and maybe someone can help

[vital creek]

Do you think Dreamlight would ever implement codes or QR codes for designs like ACNH did?

[leaden ginkgo]

The two arrows are the reverse side. On the TOM tool section

[weary pulsar]

Did you make a guide for this? (its like. 3+ months later. so sorry for the ping)

[pastel sequoia]

Is there any male tutorials bcs what i see only dress xd

[muted shale]

male one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vuKsZJM8tc&t=1s
more unisex than just male, but still no dressess 😆 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ENWd5WNXo&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2S526Mc_vQ&t=11s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMhODQkfS2Q&t=8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpjhr_tvV_E&t=3s

[pastel sequoia]

yes girls stop make dresses and create for boys ❤️

[worn spruce]

Is the "Basic Crop Cardigan" bugged or smt?
because when i decorate the right sleeve, it gets mirrored on the left sleeve when I exit the editor..

also, if I try to decorate the left sleeve it gets ultra stretched...

does anyone else have the same problem , seems to only be the Basic Crop Cardigan

[heavy dock]

A lot of people liked my Oogie boogie sofa, so I made a Little video for everyone with a couple tips on using the TOM tools! Hope you enjoy and feel free to tag me in your photos if you decide to make one! 💜 https://youtu.be/9reYFxpGu3k

[dim field]

@vale grotto thought you may be interested in helping us revive this old thread! It had gone dormant but we can breathe new life into it 💖

[vale grotto]

First off I just want to thank the mods for reopening this topic🙂

Ok , I'll do a few explanations of things I made

To start my kitchen table the parts or motifs are

2 flourishes / color is middle between white and black

Cresent moon / found in Celestial / color middle between white and black

Round night sky / found in characters

28 wolf night sky / found in animals

Made table black on black / full gloss / metal turned on

The longest part is increasing the wolf night sky's and rotating to cover up previous ones moon as well as making sure it goes to side of the table.
I imagine if lined the bottom of the image with others you could really make a nebula looking piece really pop that much more.
Once the wolves are in place. Place the round night sky on no increase or decrease necessary unless want and place center.
Then the Cresent you may need to slightly increase to fit the roundness of the round night sky
The flourishes , I went with 2 different ones and placed at the ends of the table.

Hope this really helps anyone as I've been asked by a few.

Remy basic wardrobe

2 Remy motifs holding spoon found in characters

The wardrobe is black /full gloss/ metal turned on
The handles are white / full gloss / metal turned on

First motif , increase in size, place on left center door , and start taking to right door where doors separate. Once image disappears just go back left till reappears.
Right side just like the left , only this time we are going to line up the right side of Remy with the left so it looks like one motif.🙂
As seen on right side of my kitchen

[vale grotto]

Dress / basic sweetheart strapless gown

2 flourishes / I chose the ones that look like grape vines lol / color middle between white and black

Round night sky from characters

Crescent from Celestial
/ color middle between white and black

23 wolf night sky motifs from animals

The motifs were the biggest issue trying to cover every last bit while coveting the moons. All were full size increased. Just a matter of rotating to get things covered. Enough patience and you can do it as well.🙂

The round night sky I placed on her right side lower front
With Crescent fitting snug with the round part of round sky motif.

The flourishes , increased size full and rotated so length is up and down and tried placing directly on left side from top to bottom.
The flourishes don't overlap , just barely touch without.

This one took me awhile I'll admit but I think it paid off🙂

Looking forward to seeing anyone else's designs and how to. If any thing I make , and someone is interested I'll post it here so others may also enjoy.

[vale grotto]

Reme basic backpack

14 wolf sky motifs from animals

1 Remy with spoon motif from characters/color white

3 flourishes/ color white

3 colorized Remy from characters

The wolf sky's again , increased size and covered up moons as much as plausible. Leaving only one moon top back of backpack.
Part of trick was taking the wolf night sky to the sides and working so it came out without moons and covered all.
The white Remy with spoon I placed under the one moon I left
2 white flourishes I placed , one behind and one infront of him.
The 3 colorful Remy , I placed towards the bottom of backpack and all in a row.
The 3rd flourish I chose a different flourishes and placed directly under Remy. 🙂