Making Snapshots >:)

When I first started SL I didn’t care anything about pictures pfft who needed them? 10 whole Lindens to have a picture? Bah!! I mean really, how can you remember that cool person you met or the fun times? Besides adding them to your Profile and making that nifty picture viewer! (See Picture Viewer) Oh what fun we can have now!

Now what’s cool on this blog page, you can learn camera controls and making that funny Profile and of course the viewer.

“Now, just how do you take a picture Jacks?” you’d say. Well of course you want that perfect setting, then the perfect person to take of or with.

Using the Camera Controls is very handy or the key strokes of holding your left mouse button and the Alt key. Just to get that Photo centered.

You can use the top of your screen under File and scroll down to Take Snapshot or the key strokes of Ctrl-Shift-S. I find the keystrokes are very useful when you want to take that shot (say on a pose ball) and you want it at the perfect time.

Then a box will pop up. I always save my snapshots to the hard drive so I can play with them in Photo Shop or super quick in Paint.
On the Image size (I use Current Window for the very reason why I use my Paint program to crop what I want. )
Capture In Colors

Show interface in the snapshot (gives you the whole SL screen with menu bar and everything on your screen-- Like my Camera Controls)

Show HUD objects in snapshot (is just what it says. If you have a HUD on your screen then its in the picture too)

Keep open after saving <~~ I never use it

Keep specified aspect ratio <~~ I never use it

Freeze frame (Full screen preview) <~~ I never use it

The New Snapshot (is like a retake umm someone blinked)

Auto snapshot (when you open or do the key strokes you will see a picture below)

Save button (will Save that picture --duh)

Discard button (chunks it-- double duh)

Once you save the pic, you can open it in Paint and crop it just as you want. Then File Save As and rename the picture there.

Now to upload that shot, go back to the top of your menu screen in SL under File and Upload Image (L$10) or use the easy key strokes Crtl-U.




Find the snapshot on your hard drive and up load it. There will be a faint "Uploading..." in the middle of you screen and in a few minutes your photo will appear. Click Keep.

Mine are saved in the Textures folder in the Inventory, so its good to name them as you go, so you can locate them. I then slide it up in the Photo Album Folder (where is should be) :D

You can pass these bad bois along to all your friends or the options above all for free. I think it’s a courtesy, if a pal gives you a snapshot some time you should give one to them in return---

--- Unless it looks like this one......


TIP: For a nice midnight shot

Crtl P and then Graphics Details

Lighting Details: Check Nearby Local Lights

Do a crtl ~ to take super quick shots