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Group ~ World AIDS Day ‘09

Date Posted: November 30, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Tuesday, December 1st is World AIDS Day. To help commemorate the day, Panacea Luminos has created a Snapzilla group to share images. Send your images from World AIDS Day events to wad@slpics.com. You can also upload images to the group by first joining it here.

Once you have joined the group, you can also add existing images to the group on the image detail page for the image you want to add. Emailing in images to the group will automatically add you to the group if you are not already a member.

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Interesting Shots ~ Nov. 29

Date Posted: November 30, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Sapphire Weatherwax ~ Chilly Dawn

Great frozen scene.

 

foehn Breed ~ @ Skittle Beans

Closeup shot of an unusually stylish snow man.

Skate Foss ~ Abandoned Mental Hospital

Extremely creepy.


[QUICKTIP] ♪ Can you tell me how to get to… the Second Life user settings? ♪

Date Posted: November 30, 2009
Author: torley@lindenlab.com
Syndicated from: Second Life Blogs : Blog List - TNT - Second Life Tips & Tricks
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

Knowing where the Second Life user settings folder is extremely useful for numerous reasons, from clearing your cache to remedy problems, to finding troubleshooting logs to send our Support staff, to catching up on logged conversations, and one of my faves – installing WindLight sky & water looks, mhmmm. (OMG! ADVERT! GET 300+ FREE SETTINGS!)

I noticed that multiple questions on this very topic keep coming up, so I've lovingly prepared a…

Shiny, happy new help page on how find your Second Life user settings!

^ Click through and like all Knowledge Base help pages, feel free to edit and improve it directly, or leave a note in these here comments.

This is

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*NEW* Lyrical Skybox – Glycerine!

Date Posted: November 29, 2009
Author: Amaliscious
Syndicated from: ღLa'Licious Designsღ
Filed Under: MV-SL-Business


Inspired by Bush, Glycerine is only 45 prims & mod|copy. If you would like to see it rezzed inworld, just IM me. =)

NCI’s EVENT ORGANIZING: COME NOW! Weekly at 6pm SLT

Date Posted: November 29, 2009
Author: colleen Criss
Syndicated from: Colleen Criss's Weblog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

6PM SLT Sunday – NCI’s class on how to THROW PARTIES! Plan and put on ALL DAY MUSIC FESTS! plus discussions, protests… Practically everything that happens worth attending in SL is “AN EVENT” … we teach you the essentials to make all your events ROCK! YAY! Free Class for Musicians, DJs, Hosts & Promoters -  6PM SLT Sunday NCI’s Event Organization class teaches you a proven, systematic way to promote your live or DJ music gigs and other creative events. Plus tips/info on all related topics: streaming, PR, hosting, etc. http://slurl.com/secondlife/BOOMER%20ISLAND/241/46/22 NCI’s EVENT ORGANIZING: COME NOW! 6PM SLT Sunday! Class for LIVE MUSIC Promoters!! FREE! LEARN: How to bring a crowd ...
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Interesting Shots ~ Nov. 27 & 28

Date Posted: November 29, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Argent Stonecutter ~ Sculpty Abuse

There is a simplicity about this image that I love, and the glow effect is beautiful.

Skate Foss ~ In The Data Stream

Such a cool shot. Very The Matrix.

Matthew Kidomen ~ Hummm . . . Which could it be?

I love this image. It's a shame there is no location information on it, I would love to see the place myself.

 

Imnotgoing Sideways ~ Holocaust Museum

Powerful image from the US Holocaust Museum sim. I will definitely take some time to visit it. It is sometimes startling and beautiful to see RL spill over into SL.

 

 

 

 

Carthalis

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How to Take a High Res Snap Shot

Date Posted: November 28, 2009
Author: Luna Jubilee
Syndicated from: Blog Boot Camp
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

Have you noticed that your photos aren’t as “smooth” as others? Do you see jagged edges on avatars and objects in your photos? It might be due to the low resolution of your photographs.

“GAH! What’s Resolution?”, you my ask. Its the level of detail and/or pixels. The higher the detail and pixels the better the photo. You will want to take the biggest photo possible.

High-res Snapshot

It’s under the ‘Client’ menu and when you have a ‘X’ in front of it, it’s activated. It’s only useful if you use the ‘Snapshot to Disk’ function because you can change the resolution settings manually in the Take Snapshot option window. Normally if you take a ‘Snapshot to Disk’, it has the same resolution

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Random Snapshot ~ Nov. 27

Date Posted: November 27, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

For today's random shot, I went into my own collection of images. This is from 2005, and was from a party where you came as the child version of your avatar (long before all the child av controversy). This is my avatar as a child:

Cristiano Midnight ~ Going Very Old School


Welcome!

Date Posted: November 27, 2009
Author: Luna Jubilee
Syndicated from: Blog Boot Camp
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

Over the last three years in SL, I’ve come across a lot of tips and tricks related to blogging, photoshop, and SL. Problem is, I’d find the tutorials and forget them, and I’d have a lot of trouble finding them again when I actually needed them. So I finally decided to do something about it and keep an archive so expect links to guides, tutorials, and videos as well.

If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me, Luna Jubilee, know via a notecard with the URL and details.


Interesting Shots for Nov. 26

Date Posted: November 27, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, or at least a great Thursday if you don't celebrate it. Here is the latest round of images:

 

Opensource Obscure ~ Forum Second Life Italia 1/4

 

You rarely see such a large posed group shot like this. I assume it is a group of members from an Italian SL forum.

 

Caleb Kit ~ My New Skates

The cuteness, it blinds!

 

Sapphire Etchegaray ~ Jewel

Stunning avatar shot.

Kumi Kuhr ~ Magoo Dreaming

This is a wonderfully exotic image, with gorgeous sky and reflection effects.


Taking pictures in Second Life

Date Posted: November 26, 2009
Author: Froukje Hoorenbeek
Syndicated from: Dutchies Other Life
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

Someone told me her Second Life looks nothing like it does on my picks. A good graphics card certainly helps, but there is lot more you can do. Here's what I do when I takes pictures in sl, I'm not pretending to be an expert here, but maybe you find something usefull for yours: Graphic settings: In preferences I shove my settings up to ultra. Slows you down, but for pics it's a world of difference. Then most of the time I turn local lights of en go to sun and moon only. With good windlight settings you don't need a facelight and bright lights can ruin a shot. Windligth settings: The right ones make your avi instantly ...
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Interesting Shots ~ Nov. 24 & 25

Date Posted: November 26, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

I got a little sidetracked preparing for Thanksgiving, so I am combining days instead of skipping one:


Panacea Luminos ~ Perplexing

Stunning image. Make sure you check out the full version.

 

Torley Olmstead ~ I'm a Freaking Panda With Laser Eyes


Another great image from Torley. It's cute and bizarre at the same time.

 

Liqueur Felix ~ Rez

Beautiful winter scene.

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[QUICKTIP] Getting an attachment out of your body (really)

“Doctor doctor, I’ve got prims stuck in me and I can’t get them out!” While not the same terrifying magnitude as a chestburster, here’s a common problem: you’re positioning an attachment but, whups, it slides into your avatar and you accidentally exit Edit mode, rendering you frustrated.

Don’t panic! In this perky video tutorial, I’ll show you how to angle your camera so you can extract that attachment and get it back to where it needs to go.

Find the camera too confusing? There’s another way: reset an attachment’s slot! How the heck do you do that? Well, why don’t

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Coming Soon ~ Enhanced Flickr Support

Date Posted: November 25, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

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Snapzilla has had support for sending images to Flickr for several years, using Flickr's email functionality. However, one limitation of this method is that it does not allow any formatting in the description, so no HTML can be included.

Several users have requested the ability to add a SLURL link to the end of their description on Flickr. To enable this functionality, along with the ability to pass formatting from Snapzilla to Flickr, I have begun implementing the more advanced Flickr API. This will also allow future enhancements like the ability to add

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[RESOLVED] Login Issues

Date Posted: November 24, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[4:05pm Pacific] RESOLVED - The maintenance is complete and logins are fully functional again.

[3:45pm Pacific] The maintenance is taking long than expected, and some residents may still be experiencing login issues. We will update this post as more information becomes available.

[2:30pm Pacific] A small number of residents may be impacted by login issues while we perform emergency maintenance. We expect this to be resolved within 30 minutes. We will post here when the issue is resolved.


Interesting Shots for Nov. 23

Date Posted: November 24, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

jeaniesing Trilling ~ My style1

I love this avatar shot. Great sense of style. The whole thing is very glamorous. It is nice to see an avatar with some curves instead of the ridiculous slider settings you normally see.

Hank Acronym ~ Untitled

I guess I have an avatar motif going today. I love the dichotomy of the pierced and tattooed avatar with the cuteness overload.

 

Daniel Luchador ~ Untitled

This is definitely a great wtf moment seen only in SL.


[BUILDING] Makin’ copies… (1) Shift-drag and (2) Copy selected

Date Posted: November 24, 2009
Author: torley@lindenlab.com
Syndicated from: Second Life Blogs : Blog List - TNT - Second Life Tips & Tricks
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

There are a number of ways to copy objects you create or have the rights to in Second Life. This speeds up the process of building with similar parts, like walls, roads, and when you need to create variations. For example, copy a tree and alter each one's branches to appear different.

And to be preemptive about it, yes, RESPECT OTHER RESIDENTS' INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. DON'T BE A JERK!

I'm sad to say that although two of the more useful ways to copy objects have existed for years, they're not immediately obvious. (Something we hope to rectify in the future, yeah.) Infact, I learned both of these from more experienced builders, who had the knowledge passed on to

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[RESOLVED] Payment system delays

Date Posted: November 24, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[RESOLVED] 12:55pm PST The payment system problems that occurred earlier today have been resolved.

We are aware of problems with our or payment services provider. Problems residents may notice are delays in updating credit card information or buying L$ through the Lindex. Users of PayPal should see no such delays. We are in contact with our provider and are working to fix the problem as soon as possible.


Sim Spotlight ~ Deshima

Date Posted: November 24, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

The futuristic Deshima sim has been the source for some incredible images on Snapzilla, including the image above entitled Swim by Prandi Capalini. He did a whole series in the album ABSTRACT FROM DESHIMA. The images remind me almost of some crazy futuristic cross between Battlestar Galactica and a Kandinsky painting. I love the images so much I am inspired to go explore the sim. Several other people have sent in some great images from Deshima. I would definitely love to see more. If anyone knows more information about this sim, please leave a comment.


Random Snapshot ~ Nov. 24

Date Posted: November 24, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

 

Mina Firefly ~ Cirque Mystique

Great shot from 2007, with gorgeous water effects.


[COMMENTARY] The great help ecosystem

Date Posted: November 23, 2009
Author: torley@lindenlab.com
Syndicated from: Second Life Blogs : Blog List - TNT - Second Life Tips & Tricks
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

One then-new Linden remarked to me,

"Second Life is different from my previous game development job, because there's no single launch party – it's ongoing."

I thought that was a particularly apt way to sum our ever-changing landscape. While it's true conventional software has patches and new versions, in SL, an incredible array of stuff is incrementally improved by Lindens and Residents. That's why despite the big announcements we make about hot bug fixes and cool new features, so much happens on a day-to-day, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute basis that can't easily be understood unless you're part of it. (Something Heisenbergian going on here.) For instance, the decisions that lead to issue resolutions are often discussed openly on our

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Interesting Shots for Nov. 22

Date Posted: November 23, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Obeloinkment Wrigglesworth ~ and IIIIIIIIIIIII yeeeee IIIIIIII yeeeee IIIII

Great avatar shot, beautiful image, and a great title. I love everything about this picture.

 

Skate Foss ~ Its Christmas Time

While a tiny bit premature, it's a great holiday image. Only a little over a month until Christmas!

 

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Brigid McDonnagh ~ Bridge

Gorgeous shot! Dramatic, beautiful colors, slightly mysterious.


Natsuki Morigi ~ Friends

Natsuki did a

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[REOPENED] Group Search Error

Date Posted: November 22, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[22 November 2009, 6:45pm Pacific] REOPENED - Some group details are again not showing in search. Our technical teams are looking into the issue and we will update this post as more information becomes available.

[21 Nov - 6PM PST] Group search issues have now been fixed.

We are aware that at present clicking on groups found in Search results in a “Page Not Available” error. We are investigating and will have an update as soon as we know more or have resolved the issue.


Gravatar Support on This Blog

Date Posted: November 22, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

The Snapzilla blog supports Gravatars from www.gravatar.com , which gives you an avatar image next to your comments. To set up an avatar, visit the site and add a gravatar for the email address you use with Snapzilla. Your comments will then use the gravatar image. Sackula


Interesting Shots for Nov. 21

Date Posted: November 22, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Callipygian Christensen ~ Ready for Dancing With The Stars


Dramatic image and gorgeous setting.

Retro Reanimator ~ What Do You Mean “It’s Over”?

Great shot. I love images that tell a story.

 

Damian Delacroix ~ We Kicked Shell

Cute image, though one of the turtles is MIA.


Album of the Week

Date Posted: November 22, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical


Carthalis Rossini's Addictive album features dramatic black and white images, many with a hint of spot color on them. The images are incredibly stylish and fascinating. Carthalis continues to use SL as an expression of his art, and it is reflected in all his work. I look forward always to see what he does next.


Random Snapshot

Date Posted: November 22, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

I am going to start a semi regular feature highlighting interesting random images from the Snapzilla archives.

Ravenelle Zugzwang ~ At the Bluffs

This image is from May of 2008. It's beautiful and unusual, with great colors. Ravenelle has taken some amazing shots, and this one is no exception.

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As a reminder, you can access random images from the left hand menu. It's a great way to explore the content of Snapzilla.


Interesting Shots for Nov. 20

Date Posted: November 21, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical


Shenlei Flasheart ~ Squirreling it up in Victoriana

This image is adorable.

Rachel Breaker ~ dsf

This is bizarre, disturbing, and very cool.

Chimera Cosmos ~ New Vladivostok Catherdral from far end

I love this image. Great angle and the build is incredibly stylish.


Textures – A Few Quick Tips

Date Posted: November 20, 2009
Author: Erich Templar
Syndicated from: Templar Creations
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

Some hints and tips that might make working with textures quicker and more efficient.

1. Instantly apply a texture

…without even opening the Build dialog! Simply drag a texture from your inventory onto the surface that you want to texture. The texture will instantly be applied to that face. Obviously this will only work on prims that you have modify permissions for.

2. Applying a texture to multiple faces

In the Build menu, tick ‘Select Texture’ as usual, and select the first face. Then hold down the Shift key and click on any other faces that you want to texture, even on completely different prims. Then apply the texture that you want, via the Texture tab. The texture will be applied

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New Citizens Inc

Date Posted: November 20, 2009
Author: colleen Criss
Syndicated from: Colleen Criss's Weblog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

NCI is a huge valubale resource to all new Second Life residents. I’m an instructor at NCI. I teach Event Planning and Hosting @ 6pm SLT every Sunday and my good friend and mentor any1 Gynoid teaches the class at 6AM SLT . NCI classes and events are always listed in the SecondLife events page. New Citizens Inc (commonly referred to as the NCI) is a PG Resident run help area for everyone created by Brace Coral in April 2005. It has become one of the largest mainland ‘help areas’ run by volunteer residents. NCI provides guides, classes and events, tutorials, information, and sandboxes for new players as well as advanced classes for the more experienced. NCI is entirely resident-run and financed ...
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Interesting Shots for Nov. 18

Date Posted: November 19, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

Carthalis Rossini ~ Zen Store

Carthalis continues to take such dramatic and beautiful shots, and this unusual build is no exception.

Liqueur Felix ~ Tousled

You can't go wrong with aliens abducting cows. I love this shot, it is kind of kooky.

Lunna Wilder ~ fall meets xmas

I love the detail in this shot.

Prandi Capalini ~ Caught

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Second Life Male Shapes

Date Posted: November 19, 2009
Author: Elric Anatine
Syndicated from: Distinguished Aesthetics
Filed Under: MV-SL-Tutorials

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Background

I often say that avatars come in all shapes and sizes, and it is this variety that maintains avatar diversity Second Life, which in turn is what makes Second Life such a fantastic realm to explore. However, for some, as it was for myself, creating a pleasing shape shortly after entering Second Life can be a daunting task. Nearly three years ago, whilst travelling the Grid with newbie eyes wide open, I observed that most males had extremely broad shoulders and thick limbs that would put Arnold Schwarzenegger to shame. Moreover, most men’s heads were either far too small or even too large

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Restarts and Maintenance Tonight Through Tomorrow Night

Date Posted: November 19, 2009
Author: Status Desk
Syndicated from: Second Life Grid Status Reports
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

[19 November 09 - 5:15 a.m. Pacific] All in world functions and transactions should be available including new account registration, Second Life logins, and XStreet logins.

[19 November 09 - 5:01 a.m. Pacific] We have started the database cutover and it should take no longer than 30 minutes to complete.  All in world functions and transactions should be available. However, new account registration, Second Life logins, and XStreet logins will be unavailable.

[18 November 09 - 4:00 p.m. Pacific]

Beginning at 7 p.m. Pacific this evening, we’ll be adjusting the performance of roughly 1300 mainland regions, a few at a time.  Tomorrow at 7 p.m. Pacific, we’ll tune another 1300 regions to complete the maintenance.

The only visible impact to Residents within those regions

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This Is INCREDIBLE! Live n Kickin & Dexter Ihnen

Date Posted: November 19, 2009
Author: brthauer
Syndicated from: perfectworldproductions.com.au
Filed Under: MV-SL-General

Second Life Australian Musician, Dexter Ihnen has allways been ahead of the crowd. His singing and music is incredible and as a result he has one of the largest fan groups in Second Life. The live experience he has had in his long music and performing career shows in his live shows. Whether he is playing just Guitar and vocals, or using tracks or loops to add volume. Its clear that Dexter is so incredibly polished and talented its no surprise he has such a huge fan group in SL and his shows are allways packed out!.

Dexter has taken a break from SL for a few months and in the insuing time he has come back

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Marking Your Image Locations Private

Date Posted: November 19, 2009
Author: Snapzilla Blog
Syndicated from: Snapzilla Blog
Filed Under: MV-SL-Technical

lock_icon.6110050_large[1] If you do not want the location of your images to be available for people to teleport to, you can mark image locations as private either when sending in the image or after it is already on the Snapzilla site.

To mark the image location private when sending in the image, send the image to private@slpics.com instead of pics@slpics.com .

After the image is already on the site, if you are signed in you can

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