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[VisceralBowl]

Thanks to jim2point0 for the Assassin's Creed IV image used in the banner!

Screenshots with an artsy flair! Use whatever you got to make a screenshot shine! Anything goes, just make it pretty.
Credit goes to Spazznid for creating the original thread, the few Gaffers who started using filters as well as Burning North, who seemingly started it all with the Screenshot community.

• Limits: 3 images per post. If you have more than 3, make more posts or use thumbnails.
• Spamming: No more than 3 consecutive posts of the same game. Link to an album of your 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, Twitter, and Facebook).
• Consoles/Emulators: All are welcome.
• Stretching: Do not post stretched screenshots. Don't take 2.40:1 screens unless you know what you are doing. Panoramas are fine.
• Spoilers: Please do not post major plot points from games released in the last 2 months.
• Thinking: Think before you post. Is the shot really worth posting?

• Photoshop
• GIMP - Free alternative to Photoshop
• Zoner PS - Another Photoshop alternative, recommended by Angelus Errare.
• Faststone - Free, good for resizing if you don't have PS. Can edit photos also.
• Topaz Simplify - One of the most commonly used filters in the previous thread.
• Dynamic Auto-Painter - A very nice application that has amazing results.
• PSPI - Lets you use Photoshop plugins in GIMP

[If you find more I will add them to the OP]

• Flickr: Two terabytes of storage and great for screenshot library management.
• 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.

• Portable Console Screenshot Thread (3DS/Vita)
• Last-gen Console Screenshot Thread (PS3/Wii/Xbox 360)
• Current-gen Console Screenshot Thread (PS4/WiiU/Xbox One)
• High-res PC Screenshot Thread
• The NeoGAF Screenshotter's Compendium Thread
• 2013 Screenshot Art Thread

Some examples to start the thread. I will update this in the future with people's favorite shots.

iNvid02 // Assassin's Creed 3

Spazznid // Remember Me

SystemBug // Tomb Raider

nbnt // Flower

BladeSinner // Killzone: Shadow Fall

Me // Xenoblade

 

[Concept17]

Neat idea. But all of those images just look like they had a simple photoshop filter applied. =\

 

[VisceralBowl]

Neat idea. But all of those images just look like they had a simple photoshop filter applied. =\

That was the entire point of the last thread. It had some pretty nice posts (and the gifs were great too).

 

[Slamtastic]

In the same manner as this video, I ran a video of Skyrim through Photoshop CS6's Oil Paint filter (and cranked the brightness and saturation), and I think I ended up with a pretty beautiful look that I would love to experience in a game.

Original video

Filtered result

All credit to Hodilton for capturing the original footage, as my computer can't run those super real looking Skyrim mods, which work the best for filtering.

 

[Alo81]

Neat idea. But all of those images just look like they had a simple photoshop filter applied. =\

I think it shows best on images that are REALLY detailed, and it can look awesome in GIFs.

Here's two from the last thread that I did that I think show off the Topaz filter possibilities well.

 

[VisceralBowl]

Awww yeah we got that BioShock Infinite GIF in here.

 

[Stradnjoy]

I didn't think the filter-thread needed a new counterpart, but I glad there is one. I haven't been screenshotting anything interesting lately. Mostly just Mass Effect 2 and Skyrim. I thought these two shots are worthy enough to post.

Skyrim, 3840x2160, Topaz Simplify, messed with the color balance slightly, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p

Skyrim, 3840x2160, Topaz Simplify, messed with the color balance slightly, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p

 

[Stradnjoy]

Saints Row IV, 1080p, blown up to 4k, Topaz Simplify, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized back to 1080p

Saints Row IV, 1080p, blown up to 4k, Topaz Simplify, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized back to 1080p

 

[Nilaul]

Skyrim, 3840x2160, Topaz Simplify, messed with the color balance slightly, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p

Ohh crap.. I want to play skyrim like this. Anyone?

 

[MisterM]

Aww, I have a couple of screenshots I just played around with in GIMP and the Oil Paint filter and no matter what I do they come out rubbish.

I think it's probably more the screenshots that what I'm doing to them. One's a pretty dark Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea shot and the other is from Brothers...both of which look pretty oil painting-like in the first place.

 

[Stradnjoy]

Ohh crap.. I want to play skyrim like this. Anyone?

People discussed realtime filters in the last thread, but I believe it was deemed either too taxing or unreliable in motion. That one shot processed over half a minute on my gaming laptop, mind you that was 4k resolution.

Aww, I have a couple of screenshots I just played around with in GIMP and the Oil Paint filter and no matter what I do they come out rubbish.

I think it's probably more the screenshots that what I'm doing to them. One's a pretty dark Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea shot and the other is from Brothers...both of which look pretty oil painting-like in the first place.

There is a free 30-day trial of Topaz Simplify if you want to check that out. I've been using it with GIMP with the pspi plugin (link in the op).

 

[zoukka]

Ohh crap.. I want to play skyrim like this. Anyone?

Yep looks a lot better than the actual game :b

 

[Auto-Reply]

I guess in the pc version this can be enabled easily in realtime with real dof etc.

 

[VisceralBowl]

 

[Alo81]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/11916510046_0930af3271_o.png[img][/QUOTE]

That looks wicked cool

 

[Admiral Snackbar]

Shit, that looks like Another World, that's amazing.

 

[VisceralBowl]

I made two versions of each of these, so excuse the repeat shots in the next post.

 

[VisceralBowl]

 

[legacyzero]

Sure, I'll try one.

 

[VisceralBowl]

 

[Alo81]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/11916944936_35d86e5722_o.png[img]

[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7298/11916334023_b5c475a140_o.png[img][/QUOTE]

This ones fantastic

 

[VisceralBowl]

 

[iNvid02]

who started this whole thing off, does anyone know? ah i see, burning north. nice idea

its so damn simple but can produce some great results, subbed

 

[VisceralBowl]

 

[Stradnjoy]

Nice shots VisceralBowl. I like the last one, but that's because I like the watercolor look more.

Saints Row IV, 3840x2160, Topaz Simplify, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p.

Far Cry 3, 3840x2160, Topaz Simplify, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p.

 

[VisceralBowl]

Nice shots VisceralBowl. I like the last one, but that's because I like the watercolor look more.

Far Cry 3, 3840x2160, Topaz Simplify, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p.

That looks really cool.

 

[Vico]

The Killzone Shadow Fall image in OP is seriously impressive.
I wish I could get the exact tutorial to make my screenshots to look like this.

 

[Stradnjoy]

That looks really cool.

Thanks. I have a couple more shots lined up. I'll just have to first see if they like the Simplify filter or not.

I made two versions of each of these, so excuse the repeat shots in the next post.

I wanted to give that style a go. I did one of Fallout 3 as I was testing the filter a couple of months back but I dont think it is good enough to post. Here's one I just did. I decided to go for the old newspaper look rather than line art though. It fits, at least in my mind.

Fallout 3, 1080p, blown up to 4k, Topaz Simplify, Resized back to 1080p

 

[Stradnjoy]

More Far Cry 3 shots as I mentioned. These two wouldn't play ball with the watercolour look so I decided to go another route. I think they came out great.

Far Cry 3, 3840x2160, cropped the original slightly, Topaz Simplify, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p.

Far Cry 3, 3840x2160, cropped the original slightly, Topaz Simplify, added a bit of Gaussian blur to soften the image, Resized to 1080p.

 

[VisceralBowl]

I wanted to give that style a go. I did one of Fallout 3 as I was testing the filter a couple of months back but I dont think it is good enough to post. Here's one I just did. I decided to go for the old newspaper look rather than line art though. It fits, at least in my mind.

Fallout 3, 1080p, blown up to 4k, Topaz Simplify, Resized back to 1080p

This came out interesting. It may look pretty cool with imprint or carved wood filter as well.

 

[Alo81]

Take 1

Take 2

And another

 

[The Dear Leader]

I don't want this thread to die, I need more wallpapers.

 

[Spazznid]

I don't want this thread to die, I need more wallpapers.

Soon I will be making some nice Warframe ones.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Soon I will be making some nice Warframe ones.

Awesome, and I shall be here to download them.

 

[red731]

subscribing

 

[orioto]

Cool thread idea! Not a big fan of the filter used but it's cool

 

[xenogenesis]

Awesome thread, subscribed. I'm really liking all the shots posted so far. Here's one I made from Killzone.

Original

Edit: Found two more screenshots that work well with filters, just gonna add them to this post.

Original

Original

 

[Creaking]

Only screenshot I had onhand. I played with the brightness/contrast a bit, messed with some angles, and used the oil painting filter.

Here's the Original

 

[VisceralBowl]

We need more Killzone in here. Those look really cool.
Which filter did you use on the first one?

This also looks pretty interesting. I may try some with an oil filter in the future.

 

[Melchiah]

WipEout HD. Tried to make the image more psychedelic.

EDIT:
Here's the original image, saturated with the game's own photo mode: http://i.picpar.com/NP5.jpg

 

[xenogenesis]

We need more Killzone in here. Those look really cool.
Which filter did you use on the first one?

The first one in the two you quoted (with Echo?)
I used newsprint, water painting and watercolor pencil.

 

[VisceralBowl]

The first one in the two you quoted (with Echo?)
I used newsprint, water painting and watercolor pencil.

Yeah that's the one. Thanks!

 

[HolyFridge]

 

[Alo81]

Awesome thread, subscribed. I'm really liking all the shots posted so far. Here's one I made from Killzone.

Original

Edit: Found two more screenshots that work well with filters, just gonna add them to this post.

Original

Original

I'm digging that first one.

 

[UnrealEck]

Neat idea. But all of those images just look like they had a simple photoshop filter applied. =\

Yeah I was thinking this was a cool idea until I saw that.

 

[VisceralBowl]

Loving the Killzone.

I did a lot of stuff. A few newsprints, blurs, and various topaz presets. Did not rotate it though.

 

[rudieboy77]

Bioshock Infinite as a canvas

 

[alr1ght]

Knack

Trine 2

 

[FunkyLounge]

Keeping the thread alive! (hopefully)

 

[Robin64]

Shrine of the Two Moons as evening falls.