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Susie Boffin

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Join date: 15 Sep 2004

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11-12-2005 20:15

I am referring to the welcome page. If I was a potential new customer seeing these I would have some doubts. They look like some half baked picures from an amatuer website.

The real Second Life looks nothing like these pictures. What is the deal?

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blaze Spinnaker

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11-12-2005 20:42

Perhaps you should be a bit more specific..

Serendipity Poppy

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11-12-2005 21:13

Whelp part of the problem I've noticed, really, is THE BAD JPG COMPRESSION.

Susie Boffin

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11-12-2005 22:02

The closeups of the females all look like they spread on their makeup with a trowel for one thing.

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Satchmo Prototype

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11-12-2005 22:10

There are two different issues at play.

1) People take crappy pictures. People take great pictures too, but they aren't all great.

2) The send a postcard function is really low-rez.

Try this out... go to the debug menu (Ctrl-Alt-D) and choose Hi-Rez Snapshots. Take a snapshot and save it to disk. Then uncheck Hi-Rez snapshots and save a snapshot to disk. See the difference?

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Serendipity Poppy

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11-12-2005 22:16

From: Satchmo Prototype

2) The send a postcard function is really low-rez.

I also graciously wish for bigger, better postcards.

These are happy memories to be treasured, a part of our history.

Lo Jacobs

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11-12-2005 22:18

Susie, it's because of lossiness apparently.

Also bluegrass sucks.

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Heuvadoches Naumova

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11-12-2005 22:43

I for one would love to see it happen. And THANKS! I love the debug menu! Just by paruising it, I found the keyboard shortcut to murder those annoying "poofer" creations without having to go through the View -->Beacons-->Hide Particles (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= just in case you were wondering)

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Cocoanut Koala

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11-13-2005 10:13

Why does the map always start out gray for me now?

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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11-13-2005 10:22

Cocoa, the map is slow for me too.

Susie, some do put their makeup on with a trowel.

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Cristiano Midnight

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11-13-2005 12:13

Another reason is the postcard resolution is even further reduced on SecondLife.com to 400X300. Look at the same snapshots on Snapzilla and you will see they are at 640X470 resolution. LL are still compressing them too much, but at least the images are larger and more detailed there.

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Why do the screen shots all look so sucky?
Susie Boffin Certified Nutcase Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 2,151	11-12-2005 20:15 I am referring to the welcome page. If I was a potential new customer seeing these I would have some doubts. They look like some half baked picures from an amatuer website. The real Second Life looks nothing like these pictures. What is the deal? _____________________ "If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life." - Henry David Thoreau
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	11-12-2005 20:42 Perhaps you should be a bit more specific..
Serendipity Poppy Registered User Join date: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 19	11-12-2005 21:13 Whelp part of the problem I've noticed, really, is THE BAD JPG COMPRESSION.
Susie Boffin Certified Nutcase Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 2,151	11-12-2005 22:02 The closeups of the females all look like they spread on their makeup with a trowel for one thing. _____________________ "If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life." - Henry David Thoreau
Satchmo Prototype eSheep Join date: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 1,323	11-12-2005 22:10 There are two different issues at play. 1) People take crappy pictures. People take great pictures too, but they aren't all great. 2) The send a postcard function is really low-rez. Try this out... go to the debug menu (Ctrl-Alt-D) and choose Hi-Rez Snapshots. Take a snapshot and save it to disk. Then uncheck Hi-Rez snapshots and save a snapshot to disk. See the difference? _____________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electric Sheep Company Satchmo Blogs: The Daily Graze Satchmo del.icio.us
Serendipity Poppy Registered User Join date: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 19	11-12-2005 22:16 From: Satchmo Prototype 2) The send a postcard function is really low-rez. I also graciously wish for bigger, better postcards. These are happy memories to be treasured, a part of our history.
Lo Jacobs Awesome Possum Join date: 28 May 2004 Posts: 2,734	11-12-2005 22:18 Susie, it's because of lossiness apparently. Also bluegrass sucks. _____________________ http://churchofluxe.com/Luster
Heuvadoches Naumova Equus Exoticus Join date: 6 Oct 2005 Posts: 174	11-12-2005 22:43 I for one would love to see it happen. And THANKS! I love the debug menu! Just by paruising it, I found the keyboard shortcut to murder those annoying "poofer" creations without having to go through the View -->Beacons-->Hide Particles (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= just in case you were wondering) _____________________ Respectfully yours, Heuvadoches [I try to be in character as much as possible.] [left]Obligitory Advertisement: Pixel Crack Productions - Rainbow Tiger Island Mall [/left]
Cocoanut Koala Coco's Cottages Join date: 7 Feb 2005 Posts: 7,903	11-13-2005 10:13 Why does the map always start out gray for me now? coco _____________________ VALENTINE BOUTIQUE at Coco's Cottages http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rosieri/85/166/87
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	11-13-2005 10:22 Cocoa, the map is slow for me too. Susie, some do put their makeup on with a trowel. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Cristiano Midnight Evil Snapshot Baron Join date: 17 May 2003 Posts: 8,616	11-13-2005 12:13 Another reason is the postcard resolution is even further reduced on SecondLife.com to 400X300. Look at the same snapshots on Snapzilla and you will see they are at 640X470 resolution. LL are still compressing them too much, but at least the images are larger and more detailed there. _____________________ Cristiano ANOmations - huge selection of high quality, low priced animations all $100L or less. ~SLUniverse.com~ SL's oldest and largest community site, featuring Snapzilla image sharing, forums, and much more.

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