Hi all. I was just wondering where you post your images outside of SL? Flickr used to be great for this , but with all the new updates. I'm looking for somewhere new. Any suggestions?
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Many of us use Flickr for sharing our SL photos, so I thought this was worthy of a few words. I just got an email informing me that Flickr is being acquired by SmugMug. I had just renewed my Pro account for two years last month - at a price of $44.95 for 2 years. I went and looked at SmugMug's packages and the pricing is a huge increase over Flickr. The cheapest plan (which is all I really need), billed annually, will still cost more than double what I just paid Flickr for those 2 years. No info yet on conversion of current account plans to SmugMug's. I imagine they will convert us to the 'Basic' plan, but not sure if they'll honor the 2 year term that I just paid Flickr for. And it doesn't look like there is a Free plan at all. Here is the pricing for SmugMug and the link to get the details on those plans: https://www.smugmug.com/plans For those folks that don't use Flickr or those that might shift to something else --- any recommendations on a good photo site?
I need something to do more regularly, because living my life as it is is fun but sometime I need more. So that's why I was thinking I join up to someplace as an "unofficial" photographer. Unofficial because then I can do if I want it not when you want it. You don't need to pay me (although money is appreciated) but you get some free advertising. If you interested give me a shout here or in world. Ohh yes no bloodsuckers.
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To all concerned: As a longtime Second Life and Flickr user, I have seen over the past few years what an amazing presence Second Life users have on Flickr, and the massive volume of Second Life images hosted there. From untouched Second Life screenshots directly uploaded, to carefully detailed art pieces originating from a screenshot, nearly all of that work is unique to this grid and the people who call it home. I have met many amazing Second Life image-makers through the networking resource that Flickr used to be, and have watched the community of those creators raked over the coals by everything from feed and forum trolls to Flickr mismanagement, all while struggling with the continuing deficiencies in the Flickr platform and it's utter unsuitability for the unique needs of the Second Life imaging community (and in some corners, open hostility toward the Second Life community as a whole). I myself would very gladly, were it an option, agree to the addition of some monthly amount to my Premium fees for Second Life, to facilitate my access to a Linden Lab-operated image hosting service. I cannot imagine, particularly in the current state of affairs for Second Life image-makers trying to use Flickr, that there would be any trouble securing wide-spread support for such a service. For many, certainly including me, the ability to create quality artistic imagery within the Second Life universe is one solid reason why the service is so loved and appreciated, as that quality of outlet, along with the ability to create 'living' 3D art for the viewer to experience inworld in unique ways, is unprecedented. If Linden Lab--or a dedicated agent--were to host the images we make on the grid on a platform intended for it, for a modest fee with possibly a limited free-level service and possibly a discount (or inclusion with the subscription) for premium users with the further possibility of commercial accounts for advertisers, or any other possible side-sources for cost offset, I for one cannot fathom failure of that effort to improve the environment for Second Life photographers, who are certainly the majority of active users (nearly everyone takes screenshots). Bloggers spend more on clothes than anyone in Second Life, surely. Imagine keeping the exposure, the connections, the financial benefits of the vast majority of Second Life image creation in the company. If at some point in the future the concept is addressed seriously, please sign me up at once. Submitted humbly and very earnestly, Dee Wells.
For details and links see: Tumbler – Flickr – ATT/Yahoo Email Users in Trouble – Take Action Flickr is part of Yahoo, which was purchased by Verizon. So... the close association AT&T and Yahoo had is a thing of the past. June 30, 2017 things will change. The Yahoo ID using an ATT email ID is disappearing. Meaning if that is your ID for Flickr, you ARE going to lose your Flickr account. Flickr and ATT explain how to make changes and preserve access to your account. As I write this you have about 3-1/2 days to make changes.
Second Life has a revised 360-Image Viewer available now (7/7/2017) in the current collection of Alternate Viewers. As it is a project viewer it is more along the line of a Beta version. In this case, I think the Beta is more about the Snapshot part of the viewer. Otherwise, it is pretty much the new 64-bit version that is now the main SL viewer. So, it should be stable, but there are no guarantees. When installed it installs as a separate viewer. So, you can have the main viewer installed or your favorite 3rd party viewer. It won't break them. The 360-Camera is not complete. The current version 5.1.0.506743, does not add metadata to the image. So, it is a bit hard to see the final image in a 360-Image-Viewer, like Flickr. However, it is not hard to "INJECT" the needed metadata. See Second Life – The 360 Viewer – Add Image Metadata. Click the image to jump to Flickr to see the 360-Image display correctly on screen. I've used Gear VR and a friend used Cardboard to see the images in VR. There are quite a few 360-Images from SL. See https://www.flickr.com/search/?text="Second Life" 360 If you are posting 360-Images of SL, please give us a link.
Hello Amazing People, So I've started my Flickr very recently, I love to walk around Second life and take snapshots of people who look really inspiring to me. Compare it to a journalist walking around with his camera in public. But i understand that the virtual world is a web of copyrights So the question is, Can we upload the pictures of people's Avatar from SL in Flickr without consent? Obviously taking the picture, post processing and mastering the image into a form of Art if my work. I would like to know if this falls under the copyright claims. OR if there a licence like creative commons which could be utilized for uploading the pictures without inviting claims. Thank you in advance for looking into my query .