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How do I reset the snapshot save folder?

Tigerlily Hyun
Registered User
Join date: 20 Mar 2007
Posts: 12
02-14-2008 08:21
I do a lot of modeling for my store, and when I save snapshots to disk they all get saved to same folder which gets hard to deal with when hundreds of pics are involved. How can I reset the save location for the snapshots? I notice every time I log in, it resets, and I can pick a new save folder. Is there another way around this that I'm just not seeing?
Feline Slade
Hatstand 2.0™
Join date: 19 May 2007
Posts: 201
02-14-2008 08:45
I'm not sure there is a way to reset the location without relogging. But as someone who takes WAY too many snapshots (some days hundreds!) I can tell you how I manage them. Upon login, when I take the first snapshot, I name it according to today's date. Today's snapshots will all start as "20080214". I can sort the folder by date to find the newer/older stuff. then, before things get out of hand, deal with today's photos. Or put them in a folder to deal with later.

As a lot of the cartel knows, I upload a lot of my "keepers" pretty much immediately. Sometimes before I take another batch. My routine:
-Click the folder (which is open)
-Right-click the image, choose Open With>Photoshop
-Crop in Photoshop
-Resave as JPG
-Return to SL
-Upload cropped image
-Change perms on the image so it's copy/mod
-Give to the subject of the snapshot
-Click on the folder again
-Delete the original snapshot(s)

If you get into a routine, it goes fast, and things stay pretty tidy. And, really, there's nothing like the surprise when someone gets a snapshot they aren't expecting. :)
Max Herzog
Cloudy
Join date: 9 Jul 2006
Posts: 1,073
02-14-2008 08:48
From: Feline Slade
I'm not sure there is a way to reset the location without relogging. But as someone who takes WAY too many snapshots (some days hundreds!) I can tell you how I manage them. Upon login, when I take the first snapshot, I name it according to today's date. Today's snapshots will all start as "20080214". I can sort the folder by date to find the newer/older stuff. then, before things get out of hand, deal with today's photos. Or put them in a folder to deal with later.

As a lot of the cartel knows, I upload a lot of my "keepers" pretty much immediately. Sometimes before I take another batch. My routine:
-Click the folder (which is open)
-Right-click the image, choose Open With>Photoshop
-Crop in Photoshop
-Resave as JPG
-Return to SL
-Upload cropped image
-Change perms on the image so it's copy/mod
-Give to the subject of the snapshot
-Click on the folder again
-Delete the original snapshot(s)

If you get into a routine, it goes fast, and things stay pretty tidy. And, really, there's nothing like the surprise when someone gets a snapshot they aren't expecting. :)


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