Getting pictures of models?

In games like pet simulator you can see all the possible pets you can get Ex:


so my question is how do they get those pictures? I assume its similar to getting the picture of a players character but idk.

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There is a way to get model thumbnails, here is the correct format: http://www.roblox.com/Thumbs/Asset.ashx?width=110&height=110&assetId=[model id here, no brackets]

If you want to get a picture of a model without uploading it then you can use a ViewportFrame, read about how to use it here.

Additionally you can just CFrame the model in front of the camera and update it on RenderStep.

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But how do you get the picture of the model at certain angles?

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I don’t know if this is the correct way to do it, but i take a screenshot of the model and then clear the studio background using an external software

1: insert a ThumbnailCamera into your model
2: position the camera to your desired angle
3: using the command bar set the ThumbnailCamera’s CFrame to the Camera’s CFrame
4: publish the model, it will now have your desired camera angle

or just use a viewportframe

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