Viewerhelp:Snapshot Options

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Record your Second Life experiences with snapshots that you can post to your profile feed, email to friends, or save to your inventory or computer.

Note: You may need to get permission to take a snapshot of other people or on land you don't own. See the Second Life Snapshot and machinima policy.

The window shows a preview of the snapshot with the file dimensions and size. Click to take a new snapshot and refresh the preview.

Click:

• Post to My Profile Feed to post the snapshot to your activity feed.
• Email to email your snapshot. The maximum size for sending a snapshot via email is one megabyte (1 MB); if your snapshot exceeds that, lower Image quality and click .
• Save to My Inventory (L$10) to upload your snapshot to your inventory. Upload fee is 10 Linden Dollars.
• Save to my computer to save your snapshot to your local hard drive.

Post to profile feed

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Email

Emailing a snapshot is a fast, easy way to share a picture of Second Life with the outside world. Many social sites, like Flickr and Tumblr, accept email image attachments, and Resident entrepreneurs have created numerous ways to show off your snapshots without leaving Second Life.

To:

Enter the email address in the standard format. For example, resident@secondlife.com. You can also enter multiple recipients, each separated by a comma: someavatar@gmail.com, anotherfriend@yahoo.com, torley@lindenlab.com.

From:

Your email address, displayed to the recipient(s) of the snapshot. To change it, go to your Second Life Dashboard. You may need to relog into Second Life for changes to take effect.

Subject:

The subject line of the emailed snapshot.

Message

A text message to add to the email.

Click Send to email the snapshot or Cancel to close the window without emailing a snapshot.

Email Settings

Use the dropdown to select your image size. The thumbnail preview shows the affected area. Choose Custom and then enter a specific width and height. Select Constrain proportions to preserve the aspect ratio.

Use the Image quality slider to set the quality of the snapsnot. Lowering image quality reduces file size.

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Format

Only available when saving a snapshot to your computer. PNG provides the best balance between quality and filesize.

Width

Scroll to adjust the snapshot width, or type a number into the box. Used with the Custom size type.

Height

Scroll to adjust the snapshot height, or type a number into the box. Used with the Custom size type.

Constrain proportions

Check to maintain aspect ratio between custom width and height settings.

Image quality

Only applicable when using Email or Save to my computer with JPG. Lowering image quality reduces file size.

Capture

Dropdown available in Save to my computer mode which defaults to Colors. The options are:

Colors

Takes normal pictures.

Depth

Shows the per-pixel 3D information of a scene. This information can be used when post-processing in an image editor, like Photoshop, to create distance blur when combined with the color information.

Object Mattes

Shows a unique color for each inworld object, making it easy to create mattes and other visual effects in an image editor.

Interface

Check to capture the Second Life viewer user interface in your snapshot: all menus, windows, and controls except Snapshot Preview are captured. Useful for instructional screenshots.

HUDs

Click to capture heads-up-displays in your snapshot.

Snapshot Preview Controls

Manage your preview using these settings:

Keep open after saving

Check to keep Snapshot Preview open after emailing, uploading, or saving a snapshot.

Freeze frame (fullscreen)

Check to see a fullscreen preview of your snapshot. Like the thumbnail, click to update the preview. This is usually unchecked.

Auto-refresh

Updates the thumbnail preview every time a Snapshot Preview setting is changed. Otherwise, you need to manually click .

For more information, see Snapshots Help.