I'm sure we've all wondered at one point or another how to get rid of those stupid jagged edges around our snapshots, yes? I know I did when I first started taking Second Life pictures. My photos always ended up with these ridiculous jagged lines that looked completely un-anti-aliased (is that even a word?) when I opened them in Photoshop. This always added hours of work for me because I just couldn't STAND having those jagged edges in my snaps! Well... I'm about to teach you a way to minimize them, if not eliminate them completely.

An example of the jaggedness (you might need to click the picture for a larger view to see):

As you can see (when you click on the picture) the jagged edges in the left picture are pretty pronounced... where as the picture on the right, the only jaggeds you have to deal with are due to the avatar mesh (which is a WHOLE other tutorial in itself - we'll get to that later). These edges can make extreme close-ups pretty trying, not to mention annoying.

There are endless ways to optimize Windlight settings for SL photography, not to mention many tutorials for preferred settings and premade Windlight skies to download (Torley's skies being a perfect example). Today, I'd like to share two of my favorite Windlight settings with you for when I take in-world photos. One will be most useful for general picture taking when patrolling the grid, the second will be useful for those of you who are seeking to take pictures using a green-screen skin (which can later be removed).

Things you will need before beginning this tutorial: