Why does my avatar turn her head when I take a picture?

I'm very new here so I'm sorry if this has been answered somewhere. I did search however nothing close came up.

When I go to use the snapshot tool to try to take a shot of my avatar turned around to face me (so i get a front view) as soon as my cursor gets anywhere near the snapshot tool, she turns her face to the side! Grrr... I think it's that the AV follows the cursor a bit (is this right?) but what do I do to get a front face shot without her doing that?

Thanks in advance for any kind help

Lotus

Hiya Lotus

You could try one of the free poses that I think you should have in your inventory. If there aren't any there, send me an IM in-world and I can send you a load.

Aternatively, check 'Freeze Frame' in the snapshot panel. This freezes the image so you can swing your camera about without your AV moving. Takes a bit of playing to get the hang of but very useful if you're a photographoholic like me.

Hi Lotus and welcome to the forum

You're right, your head follows where your mouse goes.

To keep your head from moving, hold down your alt key and then click on your face. Use camera controls if needed.

You can also zoom in closer by opressing ctrl+0 (number zero) and return to normal view by clicking ctrl+9

Happy snapping

Ahh Kelly... you're a gem! I get it now. I'm still grasping that I have to create myself first before things work as I assume they do I didn't realise I needed to get skin until some kind soul told me and took me shopping

xoxo

Lotus

I'm not sure what you can do to stop this, but yes, the av does follow the cursor as where to look.
Im not sure but if you move the cursor to where you want her to look then pres Ctrl + Shift + S it will take a snapshot. That might work better for you

Hope it helps.

edit: I'm a slow typer!! lol but I didn't know about those either. definitely worth a try.

Thanks Sally .. that's a wonderful help

No probs actually Sal got the obvious solution I hadn't even thought of - alt + click on face. Gawd, I do that all the time!!! After a while I think you do these things without thinking!

You're all wery welcome

Actually alt-click is useful in many situations.

It help to focus your view on anything you want to take a picture off or zoom in on.

I take pics at music gigs a lot and sometimes have to cam halfway across a venue to get a close-up of the musician. Alt-click and ctrl-0 are great for making my life a lot easier in that kind of situation.

Often a choice of solutions but I always use Claire's Cntrl/Shift/S for snapshots

You guys are great. And quick. So glad I found SL - I'm hooked

Cool Lotus and welcome to SL. Yeah there are always people willing to help, and there really is no such thing as a stupid question. We've all been there

They're not a bad bunch here. Well, most of them anyways.

We're all hooked Lotus

It's Friday .. and we're all itching to get off home (UK) to get in-world .. always lots of us here on Friday

LOL Lotus! Keep those questions coming



I'm not hooked, honest......... well maybe a little bit ........



And some of us are here on other days too

/me whispers: even some who aren't in UK waiting to go home!

/me whispers back : some haven't got far to go then

grr I'm itching to get home but I'm not at my house tonight so doubt I can get in-world. I may drag my laptop with me so I can hijack my sister's internet connection.
/me grins evilly
Or i might just sit on the forums all night and try to be helpful. (note the word 'try )

Claire, as long as that photo remains there on the forum, you shall always remain helpful.

aww thanx hunny

tho I am going to have to disillusion you - thats not a photo. It's a character from my PS2 game

Shhh .. don't shatter the illusion LOL

OK guys' I'm outta here!!!