How do I do a temporary (local) image upload in V3?

[Porky Gorky]

I know how to upload an image, but can see no option that allows a free temp upload as you would find in 3rd party viewers. Cheers.

[mikka Luik]

version :

Second Life 3.4.4 (268864) Jan 10 2013 04:16:34 (Second Life Release)

in pick texture box, "local" button (bottom right under preview) then browse as required. Yes surprised me too

[valerie Inshan]

You don't see this option because it doesn't exist in the official viewer, Porky. Any upload is done for good and costs 10L. 

ETA: There was never a free temp upload option, even in the old 1.23:

[valerie Inshan]

Wow Mikka! Nice catch!!! Kudos on this one! 

[Innula Zenovka]

The key differences, I think, between LL's version of temporary image upload and that used by some TPVs are that

• LL's temp uploads are visible only to you, which makes them no good for collaborative building
• LL's temp uploads reflect changes you make in Gimp or Photoshop as soon as you save the image, which is handy
• LL's temp uploads will continue to work after server-side baking is introduced, which the unofficial system certainly won't do (if it's still working now, that is -- I am not sure).

[Porky Gorky]

I just searched “How to do temp local upload” and the first result was me, asking the same question 10+ years ago. That’s funny!