Photography and Videos in Second Life

Taking videos and pictures is widely popular in the Second Life community. People usually use the “Snap Shot” function in the second Life viewer to take amateur pics of them and share it on their profile. While this is a useful tool, there is only so much you can do with the snap shot function. If you play SL and stalk people’s profiles, you will notice that a lot of them have high quality, edited pics that look absolutely stunning. BELIEVE me when I say that those people did not use the snap shot function.
So how does one make a great looking pic on SL? Well that’s a secret that a lot of people share. On Second Life you have Photographers that charge you Linden in order for them to make a great pic for you. However, it is more than possible for you to do it on your own.
There are a few free photo editor software floating around the net. Find one you like, download it, and make magic. Editing the thing properly will make your pic look super professional. It is a lot of work, so if you are too lazy then just pay a photographer to do it for you. Edited pics are used for many reasons. They could be used to personalize a special moment in SL or, most commonly, to have a kick-ass profile pic. If your avatar is a model in Second Life then it’s best you add edited pics to your modelling portfolio. This really bumps up your chances with potential employers.

Another thing you could do is put the pictures up on your blog, website, face book, or twitter.
Videos in Second Life are a little bit more complicated than photographs. There is no “Video” button on the interface. To take a video you will need to have the software. Cam studio is awesome and it’s free to download. Once you have the software installed, you will need to open SL and open the video program as well. Hit the record button when you are ready to start recording a video.
A few things you need to know about making a good video:

Having Sl on while you are recording the video is very dangerous. If you do not have AT LEAST a duel core processor, then your video will come out laggy and very unappealing.
The best ways to take video is to hide the User Interface. Unless your video is about the user interface, you should hide it because it makes the whole video look amateur and stupid. To hide the user Interface, press CTRL-ALT-F1.
Video editing is highly advised if you want people to like your video. Edit in such a way so that it looks entertaining. You are the director…so direct Lol.

People usually put up videos on YouTube and on their websites or blogs. Of course, SL sex videos are not allowed on you tube so you would have to put those ones on your personal blog or website

Hope this post was great and informative.