Distance

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Screenshot Quality Guideline: Distance

Possible Assessments

Approvable	TS4	TS3	TS2	Title	Description
				Too far	The required screenshots for your creation are taken from too far away, so that we cannot clearly see the quality of your item(s).
				Too close	The required screenshots for your creation are taken from too close, so that we cannot clearly see the quality of your item(s).
				Good distance	The required screenshots for your creation are taken from a good enough distance that we can see your creation. Well done!

General Guidelines

If screenshots have people saying "what is that tiny speck way in the distance? Is that a sim?" then the screenshots are taken from too far away! After all, to evaluate every creation fairly, us moderators need to get a good look at them, and it's also great for downloaders too, so that they can see every detail of your upload!

For most uploads, the general rule of thumb is to make sure about 75% of the picture area is focused on the creation, without any parts of the creation being cut off.

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Section Guidelines, apply in addition to the above General ones.

Lots & Housing

For floorplans

You don't need to show the entire lot, just the structure
If there are multiple structures, each will need its own floorplan pictures. Having an overhead shot showing the entire lot can be helpful, but is not necessary
If your building is extremely large, like a mansion, ensure that your floorplan pictures are taken at as high resolution possible. Small pictures will make it difficult (sometimes impossible) to see the details of your interior, since the pictures must be taken from far away to show the whole building.
If you are unable to take high-resolution floorplan images of a large building, we ask that for each floor you take one floorplan which shows the whole level, then a few floorplans that focus more closely on smaller areas. This will help us to see the interior.

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Examples

Too far away

This floorplan pic is taken from too far away, so it's difficult to see the details of the house.

Good distance!

This floorplan pic focuses on the house itself, not the surrounding lot, and is taken from a good distance.

Too far away

No one should have to squint to see the front of your lot.

Much better!

No squinting required!

Needs to be closer

For this shirt, we would need a closer image so we can see if there are any details, like seams.

Nice and close!

This image is the same size, in pixels, as the other shirt image, and yet we can see so much more because it's zoomed in nice and close. The front seams under the breasts and along the stomach are highly visible, and the pattern can be seen very well. :)

Still too far away

While this image is good for showing how the painting looks in a room, we would consider this an extra image. It is much too far away to qualify as a required image as it is impossible to tell any details.

Now that's close!

We can now see everything that needs to be seen with this closeup. :)

So much space!

Why is this incorrect?

The room shows that there's plenty of space to zoom in way more than currently is happening. Therefore also making it more difficult to see all the pretty details on this rug set :(

Make sure to zoom in as much as that 75% of your screen is covered with the content you're sharing :)

Ohh I can see now!

Why is this correct?

We can see all the lovely details on the rug from super close now! This makes it more easy to see what is going on with the rugs :)

Many objects but can't see them!

Why is this incorrect?

When uploading a set, you might feel a tendency to take images of the objects in one go and that's that. But instead, you'd actually want to show them in bits and pieces :). Think, you're shopping for a new couch, you'd only really want to see the couch department so that you can see all the couches in great detail ;)

Focused on one set

Why is this correct?

People see not just all the colours a particular object comes with, but also see up close just the object itself! Rather than 5 other types of objects that might be shared with it :) This makes it easier for downloaders to not only feel not overwhelmed but also see it in great detail!

Note This picture is fine for a set, but if you are uploading a new creation you have made, also include a picture of a single item, at the correct Angle too!

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