[Stallion Free]

You better read this instead of blindly posting. The Project CARS header image is courtesy of Darkdeus.

• Limits: 2 screenshots per post. If you have more than 2, make more posts or use thumbnails.
• Spamming: No more than 3 consecutive posts of the same game. Link to an album of you collection.
• Naming: Always include the name of the game with the screenshots. Not everyone is a game encyclopedia.
• Compression: Don't compress your screens or use a host that compresses them (Steam, Imgur).
• Emulators: Emulator screens are fine. However, you should list the emulator used.
• Stretching: Do not post stretched screenshots. Do not take 2.35 screens unless you know what you are doing.
• Spoilers: Please do not post major plot points from games released in the last 2 months.
• Thinking: Think before you post. Is the screenshot really worth posting? Did you use too much SweetFX? Yes.

• Fraps: The free version takes .bmps/.pngs and those should be the initial format you take screens in as they are lossless.
• Irfanview/Photoshop: Use one of these to convert to .png from .bmp, crop out black bars or resize pictures.
• Zoner PS: Another Photoshop alternative, recommended by Angelus Errare so if it sucks, bitch at him.
• Nvidia Inspector: Program for Nvidia cards for fine tweaking AA/AF and other graphical settings for games.
• Radeon Pro: Program for ATI cards for fine tweaking AA/AF and other graphical settings for games.

• MrRoderick's Screenshot Compendium: A great thread filled with advice on advanced techniques for screenshotting specific games.
• Nvidia Inspector: This guide covers how to force AA externally and the basics of using the program.
• Radeon Pro: Pretty self explanatory, but a guide would be appreciated.
• SGSSAA: This guide covers how to implement Sparse Grid Super Sampling, courtesy of BoobPhysics101.

• Picpar: Brought to you by none other than X3sphere, a simple and efficient image host.
• Abload: Easy to use, doesn't compress jpegs further, auto-converts bmps to png nicely.
• Minus: A solid alternative to Abload despite the questionable changes to the layout.
• Flickr: Good stuff if you are a paid user. Otherwise you are stuck with some limitations and shouldn't really use it.

Thanks iNvid02!







Almost every thread regular was kinda enough to dig through their archives and pick out their favorite screenshots they took in 2012.
The name of the contributor of each screen is next to the game name. Sorry if you didn't make the cut! (Click for full-res).

Aerofly FS // Sethos


Hitman: Absolution // iNvid02


Chivalry: Medieval Warfare // Moaradin


Battlefield 3 // KyleN


Crysis 2 // Corky

[KyleN]

Happy New year! (Assassins Creed 2)

[Sethos]

Fantastic, I have high hopes for this year.

[iNvid02]

2012 thread hall of shametek

[antitrop]

Awwwwww yes. One of my favorite threads of 2012 hath returned!

[Stallion Free]

RIP PC Gaming 2013

Pour one out.

[Snkfanatic]

To another year of awesome screen shots for me to lurk and stare at!

[jred250]

Holy shit, I didn't realize that scitek had so many posts in the last thread.

[Vulcano's assistant]

Cheers to a new thread and to what in 2013 will be the window to the new generation.

[Fox the Sly]

Let the screens begin!

[K.Sabot]

God I love the PC.

[NBtoaster]

Hope these are worthy to start the year with..

[Stallion Free]

Since no one is posting screens, from the last thread:

Scribblenauts

[iNvid02]

first sunrise of 2013 - just cause 2, a new camhack has appeared - you should totally reinstall jc2 and try it out coz panau is pretty awesome

[Angelus Errare]

Should have used my shot, shit was hella artistic and super posh! Check PM for elephant porn spam.

Oh well. Still dragging my way through Mass Effect 3

[iNvid02]

[Xyber]

My new year's resolution, post more screenshots. I hope I can get myself either a 670 (or 770 depending on when we might see that) so I can get in on some of the SGSSAA action.

Found this one in my screenshot folder that I never posted in the other thread, so this will be my first screenshot of the year.

Guild Wars 2

[Dictator93]

I am proud to be apart of this again! Time for some NG+ Darksouls everyone.

[iNvid02]

[Angelus Errare]

JC2 I assume?

[iNvid02]

yup, with the camhack mentioned above.

[Router]

Time to lay down the cash on the Dell U2913WM. 2013... The year of anamorphic gaming!

[IceCold]

She looks exactly like Jessica Chobot from IGN (the one that licked the PSP).

[Stallion Free]

She looks exactly like Jessica Chobot from IGN (the one that licked the PSP).

Funny you should say that.......................................

[Sethos]

Time to lay down the cash on the Dell U2913WM. 2013... The year of anamorphic gaming!

I hope that never becomes a thing, having to side scroll to view pictures ...

[legacyzero]

Ya GOTTA have Metro 2033 on the first page! It's like... tradition, man.

[-tetsuo-]

Just Cause 2 probably is still top 5 best looking game out.

[legacyzero]

[IceCold]

Funny you should say that.......................................

Please don't tell me they based the character model on her.

[elfinke]

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Astonishing shots, especially that casino.

[-tetsuo-]

Please don't tell me they based the character model on her.

He is telling you that. Also her voice.

[KyleN]

1920x1080 and up would be a nice rule. Cant use half of the screens i see here as wallpaper ;)

[legacyzero]

Just Cause 2 probably is still top 5 best looking game out.

Yeah, those clouds are second to none after the HD mod.

Speaking of which, I havn't played JC2 on my new rig yet. HMMMMMM.

[iNvid02]

Please don't tell me they based the character model on her.

she was cast for the character who also happens to be a journalist

[scitek]

Holy shit, I didn't realize that scitek had so many posts in the last thread.

That's good. When people start to think I'm posting too much I'll start to worry.

[Gez]

331 of Vampires posts are crappy modded GTA4 screenshots.

[Sethos]

1920x1080 and up would be a nice rule. Cant use half of the screens i see here as wallpaper ;)

Then we might as well make it 2560x1600 and up, can't use that low-res shit for wallpaper mayn' - Toiletpaper maybe.

[Xanadu]

fun game to fuck around on

[scitek]

PCSX2

[jediyoshi]

Vindictus

[revolverjgw]

Aww man, now I have to update my subscription

The shit I put up with

[Reven]

Aww man, now I have to update my subscription The shit I put up with

You got that right.

[Zyrusticae]

Holy crap... I managed 215 posts when I joined in July? Huh. Wow.

Anyways... I think it's time for some next-gen Elder Scrolls!

Skyrim

[Xanadu]

more project cars please

[Angelus Errare]

Vindictus

Floating sword carrying hottie...me gusto.

[Zyrusticae]

I went for bright and saturated colors, and a dynamic range reminiscent of SLR cameras (which means exaggerated contrast). I rather like the look.

[MrPing1000]

Zyrusticae is trolling, right?

[Sethos]

Zyrusticae is trolling, right?

You would think so but apparently he thinks it looks great.

[rohlfinator]

Damn... I have a new appreciation for this thread on my new IPS monitor.

Just Cause 2 looks gorgeous as ever, and Super Scribblenauts is slick as hell in high resolutions.

Sethos' pic in the OP is incredible, almost photo-realistic.

[Zyrusticae]

Zyrusticae is trolling, right?

Nope. This is something you see a lot with standard digital SLR cameras (where adjusting to expose the darker areas blows out the brighter areas, while adjusting for the brighter areas leaves darker areas pitch-black). But I guess not everyone's a fan of that?