Screenshot editing.

[Zane_Mx#88]

Hey, I was jsut wondering how/what you use to edit your screenshots. For ex. Making reflections, Make it shine. Taking things out of focus..

[yzmxer608]

The reflections/shine are in-game, those aren't edited at all. The blurring is either the blur tool or selection and guassian/radial/motion blur in Gimp/PS.

[Zane_Mx#88]

Ah, so Reflections and shines are just good graphics?

[yzmxer608]

If you have shaders enabled in-game, they will work.

[Pumaxcs]

Since yzed answered the other parts let me take this, the editing side. Made it I think a few months ago but still relevant. Thanks for making a topic for this, this will help alot of people and hopefully we can break some of bad habits.

With the sudden burst of screenshots lately, none of them have been really enjoyable to look at. Won't say names or point elbows but who know who you are. Also this doesn't matter if your computer can't take good, clear pictures. It's about helping you make them look better than what I've seen the last 5 pages. Here I am to help.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2143/mx110.png
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/940/ ... ot006x.png

The link below is the original. All I'm trying to show is that you don't need alot of effects to cover up things or to make it look good. I did a very minimal change in PS and came out with this. Yes, it does take practice to learn how to use those effects, but it really isn't that hard. Just take on shot and play with it over and over again. While I'm talking about effects let me say this. NEVER use filters, unless you know what your doing with them and have a plan. Even I can't use them and make them look good in this game, stay away from them. Only use effects such as, color balance, contrast/brightness, levels, etc.

Link, to a Desktop size. I am currrently using this cause I'm really proud of how this came out.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1451/mxd13.png


http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/1787/mx111.png
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9810 ... t005on.png

This shot is to show you that if something is a little wrong to you, others will think so too. I took this shot hoping to get the rider to look right( changing color/contrast to make him not look as blocky. NOT sharpen. ) It didn't work out but I really like the angle so, I used the clone stamp tool and removed the rider from the image. What I have now is a very creative looking image created by pure accident.


http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/687/mx112.png
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/7755 ... ot001y.png

This one is to remind you of the "Rule of Thumbs". Do not have your rider in the center of the picture but still have him as the focus. Also to use other things in your enviroment to get a better image. You may or may not have noticed the power plant that was in the skybox, not the focus but its another subject in the picture. Also to make the rider the focus use a blur on the other things in the enviroment to make him stand out more. Hardest thing with blur is to be realistic with it. Don't just use a heavy blur on everything around him. Things farther from him will be more out of focus and things closer will be a little less fuzzy.

Hope that I helped you in the slightest way and please use this information i have just given you. The pictures in the link below the edited image are not resized from my desktop so they might be big for some of you but all I really did that was for you to see the original and what I did to the image as a visual aid.

Any questions feel free to ask here.

Last line still applies. I do not care how mnay questions I get about the same thing or how stupid you think it might be. If it is to help you get a better looking shot then I'm here for anyone.