NamelessTree Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 How do people take HQ Screenshots when the game doesn't look that good? Do they photohshop or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePhilanthropy Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 vanilla screenshots don't allow for Anti-Aliasing. Use fraps for that. And, yes: Many people do, in fact, use photoshop to enhance their pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamelessTree Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 vanilla screenshots don't allow for Anti-Aliasing. Use fraps for that. And, yes: Many people do, in fact, use photoshop to enhance their pictures. So Anti-Aliasing makes all those HQ pictures look great. Can you apply it in game, to look like those HQ pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaCkBlitZ Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 You can try using screen effects. Its a mod that allows you to adjust saturation, blur and all that to enhance your screenshots in-game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 It depends. The screenshot you showed me earlier was not photoshopped. Here are some examples of non-photoshopped screens: http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1233157128.jpghttp://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1236487801.jpghttp://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1233156098.jpghttp://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1232709996.jpghttp://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1231108396.jpghttp://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1228769977.jpg Those above were all taken with the print screen option, no photoshopping, and unenhanced lighting or shader effects, on a 256mb (sucky) Nvidia 7350 Le. But most of those are using the redimized version of Qarls and AWLS and various other texture enhancement packs. Since then I've replaced my 7350 with this: XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB DDR5 750MHz 256-bit PCI-E 2.0 CrossFireX And I love it, Here's a new screen after installing that one: http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1254594375.jpghttp://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/767450-1255020972.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePearl Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Anti-aliasing smooths out the edges of everything, if you look at the images above you can see all the edges of the trees, rocks, characters etc. being very "pixly" as you can see all the pixels, anti-aliasing smooths it out by blending out colors in either 2x, 4x, 8x or 16x, that means 2 pixels, 4 pixels etc. that basically just creates edges that are a bit easier on the eyes. I love the AA feature, my graphics card and processor can max out oblivion :) For HQ screenshots try downloading something like fraps, it's a free recording program but it can also take screenshots. http://www.fraps.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geechan Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 You can actually use HDR in Oblivion and force AA through your graphics card. If you have ATI Catalyst Control, open that up, click 3D, click Anti-Alias and unclick use Application Setting and mess around with it. Setting it too high can cause stuttering in-game, so find the right setting. Most of my screenshots are NOT editted with Photoshop, I use ScreenEffects and the print-screen button ;) I try to keep mine au naturel xD and I get some pretty impressive results, if I do say so myself, rofl. However, with some minor tweaking in photoshop (brushes, filters, colour tweaking, etc), you can come up with some pretty realistic or gorgeous shots (honestly, check out sinbloods, floydians or death_knowz, to name a few). That being said: vanilla oblivion is pretty ugly. It's pretty on it's own, but... yuh. Most people use things like texture replacers, mesh updates, environmental upgrades, even sometimes complete game overhauls, to get a game that's honestly gorgeous. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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