thanks. i've had a lot of trouble as well 'cuz i really want to get those nice action shots but something about how the action flows, the heavy motion blur and the general places where you fight just makes it super hard for me
Sure, and that's not what I said: the core point was low-effort ugly shots without any composition. A shot from a complex fighting scene (so taken during gameplay) is fine by me, why not? It takes effort and time because you likely need to perform complex things to get the shot you want, or have to take a LOT to get a good shot and post that. My point was about simply pressing F12, and whatever is in the framebuffer is posted, whether it's pleasing for the eye or not.
)Some like gameplay shots, some like artsy shots.
Some like to put effort in to their shots, some don't.
Some like to use Reshade, some don't.
Some like to use Photoshop, some don't.
You are not going to please everyone, so just do what you feel comfortable with.
It's all just preferences and opinions
(PS: This thread is "famous"? lol
Umm, I am not sure lol But thanks
Some like gameplay shots, some like artsy shots.
Some like to put effort in to their shots, some don't.
Some like to use Reshade, some don't.
Some like to use Photoshop, some don't.
You are not going to please everyone, so just do what you feel comfortable with.
It's all just preferences and opinions
That's partly why myself and others don't bother posting anymore.
I don't know what lead to it happening - probably how famous the PC screenshot threads are at this point - but there's been a flood of really low quality content. So many shots from this year's thread in which people haven't even done the bare minimum: turning the HUD off. But generally speaking, we're seeing screenshots with HUDs, no free camera used, people just pressing F12 during cut-scenes (so literally no original content whatsoever), no free camera tools used, and people just taking screenshots during normal gameplay with no modifications.
The whole point of these threads is to create art. Just taking a random screenshot during normal gameplay with the HUD on, at your native resolution, with no custom camera work, that literally anyone could take... well, to be frank, it's a waste of everyone's time.
I don't post because it seems like most people have stopped caring about good screenshots, and now the thread's been inundated with low quality, zero effort content. I rarely even bother visiting it anymore because so little of it is good. Compare it to last year's thread, or the ones from the years before that, and there's a stark difference in quality.
Also I don't mean any offense with my statements, and I'm sure there will be people reading this and who will want to argue. I'm not going to single anyone out or tear any individual down; I'm simply stating an observation about the general decline of Gaf's screenshotting community.
those nier shots are amazing, makes me want to play it even more
jesus christ what a horrible post
Some really pretentious people over here, huh?
Yup, Cinematic Tools by the great HattiWatti
It's been updated, so it should work with the latest version of ME:A
haha You're right, I probably should have upped the contrast on some of those shots.Those ReShade settings are nice, but why do you hate contrast?
This is great.
No, don't stop.I'll stop...
That's partly why myself and others don't bother posting anymore.
I don't know what lead to it happening - probably how famous the PC screenshot threads are at this point - but there's been a flood of really low quality content. So many shots from this year's thread in which people haven't even done the bare minimum: turning the HUD off. But generally speaking, we're seeing screenshots with HUDs, no free camera used, people just pressing F12 during cut-scenes (so literally no original content whatsoever), no free camera tools used, and people just taking screenshots during normal gameplay with no modifications.
The whole point of these threads is to create art. Just taking a random screenshot during normal gameplay with the HUD on, at your native resolution, with no custom camera work, that literally anyone could take... well, to be frank, it's a waste of everyone's time.
I don't post because it seems like most people have stopped caring about good screenshots, and now the thread's been inundated with low quality, zero effort content. I rarely even bother visiting it anymore because so little of it is good. Compare it to last year's thread, or the ones from the years before that, and there's a stark difference in quality.
Also I don't mean any offense with my statements, and I'm sure there will be people reading this and who will want to argue. I'm not going to single anyone out or tear any individual down; I'm simply stating an observation about the general decline of Gaf's screenshotting community.
