- Always Your Best Shot -

  Soooo... I have heard about it, even opened it... But for the first time last night, I have tried the Flicker Photo Editor that's built in the page for the first time with impressive results...  It was a late night and I really wanted to submit my shot right then, but I knew it didn't feel complete... I planned on editing it with Photoshop and/or Gimp, maybe crop it, didn't really know where this was going... I loved this shot, but didn't quite like it, if that makes sense! It's a gorgeous outfit, nice background, lighting wasn't too bad, but I found it cold and it had more empty space than it needed...  I figured I could already play with the cropping straight on the page, that would be a starting point... Then I thought why not try and play with those editing features a little, see what it's like in there... So the first step to checking it out is finding it! You can find the editor with a few more options that you may or may not already know...  Delete ...

  You know they're there, but don't really feel like you're in control, or that it matters at all....? You need to read this!  Ratings are a very useful tool to avoid triggers or to be able to scroll through photos while in the company of fragile eyes or to avoid making it awkward around work ;)  But what are some side consequences of a Moderate or Restricted rating on Flickr?  Other than not being seen when a search is set to "Safe", it has the unfortunate side effect of not allowing the photo as a cover on a group, or in galleries. In other words, it really reduces your chances to have your image shared and viewed, which is without any doubt the goal to showcasing your heart, reaching other souls... Another problem with ratings is that Flickr Bot!!! It's pretty sensitive and will rate up anything that looks like skin for a machine, beige clothing, close up, even same color backdrop sometimes... So your innocent picture in a skin colored dress with a similar ...

  It happened to all of us... The perfect expression, perfect angle, the light hits beautifully on your avatar.... And the gorgeous bangs hide your lashes!!!! Not cause they're behind it, but because of the alpha surrounding the hair, glitching on cam like only SL can do!!!  Now I don't claim to own the best tip or even a tip that might work every single time... But I did use this technique to fix hair glitches fairly easily and even switch only one foot's position out of two (before they could be positioned separately) (...or before I knew they could??) and it does the trick pretty well so I want to share it with you!!!  This will seem too easy, but you need to plan ahead a little... So when you go to take your wonderful shot and notice this nasty alpha glitch, still take it! And then Re-Take, without hair! How can this help, you say? Well you can use the bald version as a corrective layer to your photo! put one above the other and erase slightly until you get the desire...