FrankiePalmero Actor Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hello everyone! Recently, I have been snapping pictures and I've noticed 1 line going across the top of the image and 1 line going down the right side. Is this an issues with SL? The way I take pictures is "shoot first, aim later" then I hit the refresh button after I've repositioned the camera angle to my liking, and that is when I notice those 2 lines. Any advice on how to fix this? I'm running Viewer 2.6. Example shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I have this problem too, and it makes me nuts. It appears when taking pictures of water, sea, and when using shadows. It seems the only solution is to take same size, or even smaller pictures then the screen resolution width. Like, if you have 1400X900, you can't go over that. It sucks, since I always take pictures twice or three times as big. But then, the lines appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindens Torley Linden Posted June 23, 2011 Lindens Share Posted June 23, 2011 Friendly greetings FrankiePalmero! I wish this defect was made more clear ahead of time (because I hate taking snapshots only to find them ruined when I browse them on disk). I've seen the same bug, or at least, similar bugs before. One thing I did that helped — while costly — was to get a bigger monitor so I could capture at a higher resolution to begin with. Then you have more freedom to crop out unsightly crap, too, not to mention seeing more of SL in general. Also, I seem to recall these seams show up due to conflicts between how several graphical things are rendered. What Marianne mentions might be because a long time ago, a tradeoff was made to have ripple water appear correctly. One thing you can try: in PREFERENCES > Graphics tab, click the Hardware button and disable Antialiasing if you have that on. Then restart the SL Viewer and test. The drawback, of course, is edges look jaggy without antialiasing, providing little or no benefit to shooting at a higher resolution. (Antialiasing used to work fine with high-res snapshots but complications in the aforementioned graphics rendering pipeline has led to where we are today.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hi Frankie, I had the same problem. I use V2.7.2 and always have high rez snapshot enabled under the advanced menu. This is usually great because it gives me photos at 4 times the quality of my screen size. However, if I am using certain sky settings or other advanced features I get a horizontal and sometimes also a vertical line in my photo. If I uncheck high rez snapshots, there are no lines. So now, I will take a photo with high rez enabled, review the photo, and if there is a line, I uncheck it. No line, I carry on as normal. In short, having high rez snapshot enabled is usually great except when taking photos with other than standard lighting, to include shadows and dof effects. I got into a habit of taking one photo, checking for lines, then continue. Check each time you adjust lighting. A pain, yes, but less so than spending a lot of time taking what you think are fabulous shots, only to notice a horrible line through the middle of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 is this something that is picking up where two textures meet?something we can't see until it gets formatted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 For me, the lines are always exactly through the center of the photo, regardless of the texturing. When they are vertical, they are always through the center as well. In Frankie's photo you can see that his lines are through the sky, where there are no texture seams, just the sky and clouds. The lines for me are only visible after the photo is taken. If I have high rez snapshot enabled. Under certain lighting conditions. The line cuts over the bunny and everything straight through the center horizontally in this example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankiePalmero Actor Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 My apologies everyone, I completely forgot about this thread I started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankiePalmero Actor Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I am in the process of upgrading my graphics, power supply and fan. I could look for a decent 23" flat screen. I'm currently using a 20" that come with my computer. In the meantime, I will check on the antialiasing while snapping pictures. Thanks for the friendly reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 FrankiePalmero Actor wrote: My apologies everyone, I completely forgot about this thread I started. Whew, finally I can breathe. Wb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankiePalmero Actor Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I was going to crop the image, but a friend said to just re-snap the picture. I usually shoot at 1600x1200 or a bit below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankiePalmero Actor Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Thank you, Charlotte. I will take your advice as soon as I upgrade the hardware. The graphics are set on low with just local lights checked off -- good FPS though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankiePalmero Actor Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Hello, Ceka. It happens after I hit the refresh button (after I get the right angle, composition/rule of third just the way I like). I figured I could just crop the image until a friend suggested to just re-snap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankiePalmero Actor Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I've only gotten the horizontal/vertical lines at the top and sides. I decided to just upload it to flickr. If you would like to see my snapshots, that's the link. flickr Photostream (I hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankiePalmero Actor Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I forgot to remove the extra http:// Flickr - Photostream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Awesome photos, the ones of the SL buildings are so realistic looking, I thought I was looking at the real world. I love the way you set up your shots, very unique from anything I have seen so far. Well done, plus ten kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Rascon Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hi Torley, Thank you for trying to find us a solution to the "weird lines" problem when taking High Res snapshots but it seems your answer does not work for me though i unchecked anti aliasing, i lowered the pixels, i unchecked shadows, etc etc.. nothing seems to be helping me with this problem.. are there any more suggestions that i can try out to have "normal" pictures again without lines going across the image? Thanks vm! Bandit Rascon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy Beck Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 A very good solution to this in most cases provided by elyeidle on You Tube and dug up by Whiskey Monday https://twitter.com/#!/Whiskey_Day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Thanks Sy! http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Art-Music-and-Photography/Photography-question-Lines-when-using-shadows/m-p/1408165#M2555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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