Let's start with the basics!
As labeled, the bar on top is the search bar, and the squares below that are categories. You don't have to type anything into the search bar--you can just hit a category and hit the button at the bottom if you want to view all items within that category--but it can be handy if you're looking for a specific colour/theme! Since this site is Japanese though, you'll have to search in Japanese, which is where Google Translate comes in handy. For the sake of easy reference though, if you're looking for hair/eyes/clothes/etc of basic colours:
Red: レッド
Orange: オレンジ
Yellow: 黄色
Green: グリーン
Blue: 青
Purple: パープル
Black: 黒
White: ホワイト
Pink: ピンク
Brown: ブラウン
So let's say we're looking for faces, and we find one that we want.
You'll want to copy the 8-digit number beneath the image, and then paste that...
...into the corresponding section of the maker. Then hit the button to see your changes and make sure that it worked!
Hurray! That's pretty much the gist of this whole maker, actually. From there, you do the same with hair, clothing, etcetc! You can also change your character's pose, but that's a little more complicated.
Poses
The pose category is here. The same thing applies--you'll need the code beneath the image you want. However, there's nowhere for you to insert it in the maker. So, what do you do?
See that URL button? Hit it and copy the URL that it generates. It should look something like this:
http://image2.atgames.jp/selfy.swf?&hair=10517872&face=10891673&top=10517893&bgFlg=1
From here, you'll need to change the url a little to change the pose of your character. I've put the necessary changes in red!
http://image2.atgames.jp/
selfy_motion.swf?&hair=10517872&face=10891673&top=10517893&bgFlg=1
&motion=POSECODEHERE&width=450&height=665As you can guess, the part I put "POSECODEHERE" in is where the code goes! So I put the code I want (in this case, 10891431) in there, hit enter, and...
Nice, there we go!
SavingThere are two ways to save the image! One way is simply hitting print screen, cropping out your character, and saving that!
The other way provides you with a slightly bigger version of your character and is the only way to save a character that has a changed pose. Copy/paste the url of your finished character into your browser and hit enter. After that, you'll probably have to minimize the window that you have your character open in and adjust the size of said window until the proportions don't look too wonky. Then hit the print screen button on your keyboard, slap it in MS Paint or some kind of image editor, and crop your character out. Save the image of your character, annnnd you're done!
If you can't figure out how to save the image though/you're on a tablet or something, feel free to post the completed url of your character in the OOC thread and I or someone else will be happy to help!
Extra If you're curious what I did with Saffron up there the sample profile (which totally isn't necessary LOL), after I print screened and copy/pasted her image, I brought it into Photoshop. I used the magic wand tool (Tolerance 5, Anti-alias and Contiguous boxes checked) to select the white background and deleted that. Then I double-clicked on the layer my character was on to bring up the "layer style" box to put a stroke around it.
Stroke --> Size 2px, Position: Outside, Blend Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100, and changed the colour to whatever I wanted
After that, I just deleted the background layer so that my image would be transparent and saved it as a png!
