Second Life Share is also available for Twitter and Flickr.

Opting in to Second Life Share for Facebook

The first time you use SL Share, we guide you through the process of opting in.  Unless you remove or delete the SL Share app on Facebook, you will not need to opt in again:

1. Choose Me > Post to Facebook to open the Post to Facebook window.
2. Click the Account tab of the Post to Facebook window.
3. Click the Connect button.
4. Follow the steps to accept or decline the App Request.  You must accept in order for Second Life to share your status updates, uploaded photos, and Second Life location with Facebook.
5. Follow the steps to accept or decline the Permissions Dialog.  This allows you to set privacy settings for SL Share.  The default is set to "Friends", but it can also be set to "Only Me" or you can customize or exclude Facebook friends from seeing your posts.

Adding and removing the Facebook toolbar button

You can add a Facebook button to your toolbar in the Second Life Viewer, giving you easy access to the Post to Facebook window:

1. Select Me > Toolbar buttons from the top menu bar in the Second Life Viewer.
2. From the Toolbar buttons window, click and drag the Facebook button to the bottom or side edge of the Second Life Viewer window.  Edges where you can drop the button are highlighted in blue when you pick up the button.
3. You can now click the Facebook button to open the Post to Facebook window.  This button does the same thing as choosing Me > Post to Facebook from the top menu bar.

To remove the Facebook button from your toolbar:

1. Select Me > Toolbar buttons from the top menu bar in the Second Life Viewer.
2. Click and drag the Facebook button from your toolbar onto the Toolbar buttons window to remove it from your toolbar.

Updating your Facebook status

1. Select Me > Post to Facebook from the top menu bar in the Second Life Viewer.
2. Click the Status tab.
3. Enter text in the What's on your mind box.
4. Click the Post button to post your status on Facebook.

Posting a photo to Facebook

1. Select Me > Post to Facebook from the top menu bar in the Second Life Viewer.
2. Click the Photo tab.
3. Position your camera to frame the shot you want, then click the Refresh button in the Post to Facebook window.
4. Select an image resolution from the dropdown menu.  The default resolution is 800x600.  Changing the resolution automatically refreshes the screenshot.
5. Choose a photo filter from the dropdown menu (Optional).
6. Add a comment to the photo (Optional).
7. Check the Include location in posting box to include a SLurl to the location where the photo was taken.  This box is checked by default.
8. Click Post to post your photo to Facebook.

Photo filters

When uploading a photo, you may choose from several predefined filters to add fun and interesting effects to your photos in Second Life:

• No Filter
• 1970's Colors - Color correction to give a "vintage 1970" look
• Autocontrast - Automatic gray rebalancing from dark to bright based on the image luminosity histogram
• Black & White - Changes the photo to black and white
• Heat Wave - Adds an aged film effect and vignetting
• Intense - Intensifies all color saturation for a more cartoonish look
• Jules Verne - Changes the photo to black and white and adds video scan lines and distortion
• Lens Flare - Add colorize effects to simulate a film camera light leak and lens flare
• Miniature - Sharpen and blur regions selectively to give a "tilt shift" effect
• Newsprint - Use a black and white screening to simulate newspaper screening
• Overcast - Reduces intensity of colors
• Sepia - Color conversion to sepia tones and vignette for a retro look
• Spotlight - Burn the edges and dodge the center to focus the attention in the center of the image
• Toy Camera - Simulate the look and feel of a film toy camera through vignetting and edge blurring
• Video - Adds video scan lines for the look and feel of an old CRT screen

Checking into a Second Life location on Facebook

1. Select Me > Post to Facebook from the top menu bar in the Second Life Viewer.
2. Click the Place tab.
3. Enter text about the location in the text field (Optional).
4. Check the Include overhead view of location box to show a map image of the location you are checking into.  If you do not check this box, the Second Life logo is displayed instead.
5. Click Post to check into the Second Life location.

Visiting a Second Life location from Facebook

When you see a photo or check-in post made by someone using Second Life Share, here is how you can visit that location:

1. Click the wall post on Facebook (either the thumbnail or the hyperlink).
2. The Second Life Maps page opens with more information about the region.
3. Existing Second Life users can click Visit this location to open Second Life and teleport to the location when they log in.
4. New Second Life users click Join now, it's free.  They can then set up a new account and visit the location once they log into Second Life.

Opting out of Second Life Share for Facebook

If you have opted into SL Share, you can opt out and disconnect the feature using the following procedure:

1. Select Me > Post to Facebook from the top menu bar in the Second Life Viewer.
2. Select the Account tab from the Post to Facebook window.
3. Click the Disconnect button.  This disables the connection and deletes any related cookies.
4. To re-enable SL Share, you will need to provide your Facebook credentials again.

Removing Second Life Share from Facebook

Here is how to remove the SL Share app from Facebook:

1. Log into Facebook.
2. Go to your App Center at: https://www.facebook.com/appcenter/my
3. Find the Second Life app.
4. Move your mouse over the app, then click the "X" on the upper right of the field.
5. Click Remove.

Video - Introducing SLShare for Second Life