– how on earth is anyone going to see your hair or beard applier or eyes, or whatever else you’re featuring? Get up close and personal, and show off that fashion. You’re focusing on the fashion, so get in there and show it! If your image looks like this – Some examples of the difference that will make are below: To counteract that and get a more accurate (not to mention flattering!) shot instead, get your camera reasonably close to your avatar, then use the CTRL+0 (Control and Zero) keyboard shortcut, repeatedly, until you’re as close as you need to be. Using the scrollwheel of your mouse to zoom in close to your avatar will result in a fish-eye lens effect. Tip 2: Use CTRL and Zero to zoom in, not your scrollwheelĮver wonder why you end up looking like Dory in your images? They will also give you much more to work with if you take your images into a photo-editing program afterwards to make any adjustments. Together, these two options will remove the jagged edges around your avatar. I usually opt for around 5000px, as below: When you come to taking your image, make sure you set your width in pixels to a high enough resolution, and keep ‘Constrain Proportions’ on. (The latter one just prevents the annoying shutter click, as well as the silly cheesy grin animation.) You want the last two checked options below: High-res Snapshot, and Quiet Snapshots. You can either open that up by digging around in your preferences (depending on which viewer you use) or by toggling the CTRL+ALT+D keyboard shortcut. You’ll find this option in the Advanced menu of your viewer. Tip 1: Set high-resolution options for your snapshots (And, if you’re new to my blog, be warned that I swear. That said, there are some good ground rules and other tips I can pass on to anyone who might be interested in taking fashion shots (or any other kind of pic of their avatar) so read on. I just do what I do, it comes out pretty well, and people seem to like it. I don’t spend hours in Photoshop, painting individual hairs and all that stuff. Hell, I’m nowhere near the league of SL’s finest when it comes to fashion photography. I’ve been asked by several people to post some tips for fashion photography, so I guess this is that post.
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