Kamille Demina 0 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I've noticed that recent login screens are not photographs of SL but are actually photographs of 3D models. The one today prompted me to write, it shows a small village center, complete with cast shadows - even on the teeny figures one can see in the plaza. The scale is apparent when one notices how out-of-focus the closer buildings are - - - - this is a tabletop model ! !The one I saw yesterday was a male and femme sitting on a picnic table in poses which were certainly not pose ball poses, and they certainly did not appear to be avatars, but, again, 3D sculptural models.Why is this being done instead of snaps of real SL images ? ? I find it very strange. Link to post Share on other sites
amana1488303110 5 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 You gotta ask Torley on those photos he took ... I don't know if this is an old news but I think LL was experimenting with a photography project viewer or something and this is probably one of those photos they took. Link to post Share on other sites
Jenni Darkwatch 65 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Could simply be the not-so-new Depth-of-Field (DoF) option in the viewers. Shadows are old news, DoF is kinda new-ish. Link to post Share on other sites
Jessika Rang 42 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 See Torley's explanation here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/5790281055/in/photostream and here is a list of locations of the most recent splash screens: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Login_screen/Credits Link to post Share on other sites
amana1488303110 5 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 ... just saw the links.. wow wow wee woow! Link to post Share on other sites
Torley Linden 52 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Yes, that's right, despite all its crashy foibles, I've braved the experimental graphics features that I hope will be commonly used by us in the future. Outside of Second Life, I am SO in love with tilt-shift and other forced-perspective photography that makes skyscrapers look like models! Combine that with nostalgic, lo-fi feelings of our collective childhood memories and there's loads of emotion in there. So when Runitai Linden let me know about DOF, I couldn't resist but shoot some "toy sets". But yeah, those are real avatars shot natively inworld... it's your brain playing tricks on you! But that is exactly my intention to show them how you saw them, Kamilla. The login screen is the first thing you see, so I had the vibrant notion of making you EXCITED ABOUT POSSIBILITIES!!!! Creatively, there is this metaphor of SL being a "playground" with its "sandboxes" and prims are like "Legos" or other building blocks. Playing with avatars is like dressing dolls! And especially since it's SL's 8th birthday soon, our virtual world has continued to mature, while Resident-created content continues to be at the heart of it all. Thanx for noticing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Charolotte Caxton 994 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
Storm Clarence 495 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Really cool shot Torley. Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Voyager 2,290 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Really nice snapshot. Link to post Share on other sites
koto Nizna 13 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This is an awesome photography torley! Link to post Share on other sites
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