Taking better photos in Second Life

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You can take photos in Second Life via the Snapshot icon at the very bottom of the buttons on the lefthand side of the window or through the World | Snapshot menu option or by pressing Ctrl + Shift + S.

The default view in Second Life is a fish-eye lens type perspective. To counterract this, when zooming in on an avatar for a snapshot don't rely on the zoom functionality of the Camera Controls window (found second from right in the menu along the bottom of the main window). Instead use Ctrl + 0 to zoom in.

Then you need to go into the Advanced Graphics Preferences window. You can find this via the Me | Preferences ... menu and then clicking on the Advanced Prefences ... button.

In the Advanced Graphics Preferences window select the Anisotropic Filtering and enable Antialiasing. I selected 2x for this image. These settings slow down your system, so I recommend you revert them back once you're happy with your photos.

When you are saving the snapshot, use the maximum values for width and height.

♒ Aqua ♒ 

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