Snapshots¶
Take pictures of the world and save them to your computer, your inventory or your profile feed.
Open the snapshot window with World → Snapshot or Ctrl+Shift+S.
Taking a snapshot¶
- Frame your shot. The preview in the window updates when you click REFRESH (or by itself with Auto-refresh on).
- Choose where it goes:
- Save to Disk: a picture file on your computer.
- Save to Inventory: a texture in your inventory (costs a small upload fee).
- Share to Profile Feed: posts it to your Second Life profile.
- Send via E-mail.
- Pick the size and options, then save.
What's in the picture¶
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Capture | Colors (a normal picture) or Depth (a black-and-white depth map, for photo editing). |
| Interface | Include menus and windows. |
| L$ Balance | Include your L$ balance (only with Interface). |
| HUDs | Include your HUDs. |
| Freeze frame (fullscreen) | Freezes the view full-screen while you set up the snapshot. |
| Auto-refresh | Keeps the preview up to date as the camera moves. |
| No post-processing | Leaves out effects like bloom and depth of field. |
| Filter | A photo filter on top. |
Snapshots look the same as what you see on screen, including your Photo Studio colour grading and lens effects.
Saving to your computer¶
After Save to Disk:
- Resolution: from Current Window up to 8K (21:9) (10240 × 4320), with common presets such as 1080p (16:9), 1440p QHD (16:9), ultra-wide sizes and 4K (16:9), or Custom with your own Width x Height (Constrain proportions keeps the shape).
- Format: PNG (Lossless), JPEG (with a Quality slider) or BMP (Lossless).
- The folder: shown under the format, with a button to choose another folder and one to open it. Until you pick one, it says "(will ask on first save)".
- Save saves into that folder; Save As… lets you choose a name and place.
Bigger snapshots take longer to make.
360 snapshots¶
World → 360 snapshot (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) captures the whole scene around the camera, for 360° viewers and social media.
Tips¶
- For the best pictures, use Photo Studio for colour and depth of field, World → Freeze World (Ctrl+Shift+F) to pause the moment, and the Poser to adjust poses.
- Advanced → Quiet Snapshots to Disk saves to disk without the camera sound and snapshot animation.