Lyra Boissay Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have a fashion blog (yes, another one lol) and I love taking pictures for it, but sometimes I get so fricking frustrated with the camera controls and getting the fine tuned angles, how close, how far away etc. It's so "clunky" and I can't be the only one who gets annoyed when I try to zoom in just a little bit only to go WAY past my avi or the other way around! Am I totally missing something (very possible) and there is a way to customize or control stuff like that better? Thanks if anyone can help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Just make sure you are alt left clicking on stuff and also be aware of the ctrl 8, 9, and 0 keys. Also disable camera constraints in the advanced menu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyra Boissay Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Thanks Charolotte, I'll try those things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Sure! Here's a link that may help also http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Camera-point-of-view-controls/ta-p/700047 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKDexter Howley Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 One thing I've found VERY useful, well... two things: 1. Get a mouse that has a programmable button (mine is a Logitech MX Revolution). Map one of the programmable buttons to do the keystroke combination "CTRL ~" Now you are free to ALT Zoom/Pan with your mouse and then just tap the button to take the snapshot. It is great for taking many snapshot. In a photosession I will zoom and pan around my subject and just click click click click. 2. Use the "Freeze Frame" feature in the photo dialogue of your viewer. I believe you have to pull down the extra features at the bottom of the dialog to get the checkbox for freeze frame. Once you've frozen the image, use your ALT Zoom/Pan features to orbit your "frozen" scene to get the best angle. This is a feature not well advertised. This is great for trying to capture moving events or scenes. Just keep freezing the moving scene (wedding, dance, road race whatever) until you get a "scene" you like. Then once you've "frozen" it, orbit around and use CTRL 0, 8 and 9 to get the right framing and then save it to disk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachiko Cheng Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 This is a GREAT tip! Thanks for adding it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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