gesture after taking picture

Try Shift+alt+the apple key+D

(no...I don't know what the real name of "the apple key" is...just look on the keyboard and use the one with the apple and the crazy clover-leaf thingey)

those tutorials of torley's are helpful if you can find them LOL

I wish they made things simplier

well if sideways was joking, it was rather ill timed considering the recent events in the forums, of which I have been part of

*shrug* maybe I am too damn sensitive

blech

meanwhile anyone who works with creating clothing or skins or anything that pertains to the avatar and textures please pop over to the textures forum, I need help.

Here's a nice tutorial on snapshot taking. Good work, Torley. Found it by going to Google and using "Second Life tutorial torley snapshot" as search terms.

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Torley_Linden/Snapshot_tips


I'm not sure if the last part quiets the sound for everyone or just the sound that you hear.

It got a lot more than the above snip on snapshotting. Good article.

handy but she wants to stop the animation hehe

too bad he doesn't have that in there too

I'd like to emphasize that, as mentioned in SuezanneC's post, you MUST use the File > Snapshot to Disk option if you enable 'Quiet Snapshots to Disk.'

That option does nothing for normal snapshots. A shortcut for Quiet Snapshot to Disk is CTRL+` (` is the key in the upper-left corner of your keyboard, usually under Esc).

When used with Snapshots to Disk (only) the 'Quiet Snapshots to Disk' option hides BOTH the gesture and the sound. You can take pics like crazy without anyone knowing.

Also, beware the 'High Res Snapshot' option! This affects snapshots to disk, and they're not kidding. They're HUGE (but also super useful for photoshopped portraits).

EDIT: Another way to stealthily take pics is to walk 20 meters from your target and then cam in to take the picture. You'll make the gesture/sound but your mark won't hear you. Some people just use the Print Screen feature on their PCs, but I think that's a pain. You always have to crop afterward, and there's the additional step of pasting into your picture editor and saving.

I thought I had mentioned this at least 2 times now....

*sigh*

Ok, I don't think anyone's mentioned this but I'd like to emphasize that, as mentioned in SuezanneC's post, you MUST use the File > Snapshot to Disk option if you enable 'Quiet Snapshots to Disk.'

ok I get it

No one wants to listen to me, I guess I just won't bother to try to help anymore

*wanders off shaking her head*

I was just kidding! You are very helpful Rhaorth. I've occasionally learned a few things from you on this forum.

hon, I was kidding too, but ... just to note
without a or a one doesn't know for sure

(I had to actually stop, think, wonder, question, if you were kidding, or trying to be mean, or jab, or what)

I decided it was kidding, so kidded back...

I will not stop trying to help, even if ppl stop reading what I have to say

I have been on this earth far too long to stop helping now...
*mutters to self about god I am old*

There's a way to change the animation that you see, I think, but I don't think it changes what other's see.

There's a section in the LSL wikis on ClientAssetKeys, "assets" being sounds, images, and animations that come with the the client, the secondlife.exe file or variant thereof that displays SL.

I got this from this old mirror of the old lsl wiki at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Internal_Animations.

snapshot eae8905b-271a-99e2-4c0e-31106afd100c avatar_snapshot.bvh

There's a text file in the Second Life program folders that will let you redefine that.

It's been a few years since I played with this file so I don't remember it offhand.

... time passes...

It's called viewerart.xml. It's in the app_settings folder.

On the release candidate version that I'm running at the moment it's
C:\Program Files\SecondLifeReleaseCandidate\app_settings\viewerart.xml

That lists a bunch of stuff that can be modified if you are the sort of person that wants to go to immense trouble for small benefit, with a high chance of messing up, and have to do it over and over for lots of upgrades and different versions of SL.

There's a line in there:
<avatar_snapshot.bvh value="eae8905b-271a-99e2-4c0e-31106afd100c"/>

Change the UUID in there to something harmless like 15468e00-3400-bb66-cecc-646d7c14458e

and I think that will change your snapshot animation to the standing_1 animation.


If you read my little note I don't really recommend doing this unless you actually enjoy this sort of thing. I'm pretty sure the changes you can make with this file are local - only you see the change, everyone else sees things normally. Still, if the animation is really interfering with your snapshot taking it might be worth it.

/me waves at Rhao!

I sure hope you don't think I've muted you, LOL! I've been inworld trying all these tips out. I'm afraid I'm just as unphotogenic here as in RL. Blah! I still have a fairly 'newbie' picture of me on my profile... You're right though, maybe I should have acknowledged your replies sooner.

As for Torley's tutorials, I subscribed to his Youtube videos so am able to access them whenever I need a refresher, (which is often).

isabeau nah did not think you were ignoring me

just seemed strange how people were posting the same thing I had already said (more than once)

*shrug*

That happens on almost every single thread I noticed.The question will be answered and then ten more people come along to say the same thing. I wouldn't take it personal. Just some very helpful people here.

The File > snapshot to disk worked!! Thanks again to everyone for all your help, very much appreciated!!

All of Torley's tutorials are available on youtube. Just search for secondlife tutorial or even Torley.

Failing that, I've actually made the majority available inworld at Harbinger's Haven sandbox.

~B

You should see the Q&A events I attend. It's like 10 helpers to 1 noobie and each question gets spammed with the same answers from at least half of us. I almost never miss the chance to say something silly. (^_^)y

I didn't read every word of every post. The fact that people were still posting inaccuracies is why I bothered posting. Not a big deal.

EDIT: Also, here's your cookie. (Hope you don't mind that I took a bite.)

In the 11 months that I have been here, I have always had the "Quiet" option checked. It has never worked. The only way that I have ever been able to take a picture without that animation is if I'm doing some higher priority animation when I take the picture, like dancing. As for the sound, sometimes I hear it, sometimes I don't.



Yes, I normally use the snapshot to disk option. Still makes the sound and animation.

I pretty much always use the 'Snapshot to Disk' shortcut (Ctrl-`), so that may be why.

I will try that Control ~ ` heh. The ctrl` option. Maybe it will work. Of course if it works, I'll probably spend more time sitting somewhere not moving at parties. I'm just going to make a fake camera and hold it when I go to parties. That's better all around. Just didn't like the weird animation and annoying sound.

you all are just plain silly...

I'm silly because I can't get Second Life to work like it is supposed to work? I am confused.

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