2015 Console Screenshot Thread (PS4, XB1, Wii U) [READ OP!]
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That's typically how chormatic aberration actually manifests due to the shape of lens elements. The center of a lens is typically the sharpest photographically, and the closer to the edge you get the softer the image, and thereby more separation of colors occurs.
Chormatic aberration is simply the separation of colors due to the way light moves through something, so it's most commonly seen in lenses since that's all about how light moves through the different lens elements and thicknesses of glass at the center vs around the edge, etc. But color separation can also be caused for other reasons, like passing through water. Crysis used it when looking through water to mimic how light actually behaves when passing through it, for example. Driveclub uses a similar effect for the way light bounces off specific types of headlights.
It can be employed as a specific special effect, like was mentioned for Titanfall. Other games have similar use cases where the HUD/UI is electronic, and when you get injured or electronically jammed chromatic aberration becomes prominent for a moment. Or Outlast, where in the game your character has a video camera that you can look through at any time to zoom in, "record" elements for your notes, or activate night vision. Chromatic aberration is present when looking through your crappy video camera.
Even The Order has a specific artistic reason for utilizing what is maybe the most subtle and realistic recent example of the effect, as they are specifically trying to make the game look as close to a movie as possible, going to great pains to mimic how the image would look through a film camera as far as depth of field, color/contrast, film grain, etc.
But many games seem to use the effect thrown over the entire image just because it's available, without thought into what the use of it actually communicates or without any real justification or subtlety in its use.
Caayn
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I haven't played Alien: Isolation
Otherwise I might have mentioned that, don't know.And the rest of 343i... Corrinne Yu is one person who worked on tools.
Summer Haze
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Yeah, it's usually used on the edges/corners of the screen.
Loving those BB shots, btw. Looks a lot better there than it has in some other shots. Love how dense the environments are. That's one thing I loved about Dying Light too. Screw visuals, I wanna see better sound design and more geometrically complex level design.
But better visuals would be nice too.
And yeah, I'm in the 'fuck CA' camp. Even GTA V uses that shit. I can't for the life of me think of a reason why devs think it looks good. Especially how harshly it's implemented in most games. It just looks like crap to me, and gives the visuals a blurry, distorted look. Not a fan at all. And I find it's sudden inclusion in so many games really fucking weird.
I agree with You, but i wouldnt call all light wave distortions as chromatic aberration.
There are different types of wave distortions with different effects
Agreed!!!
You're right, what I should have specified is chromatic aberration has become a kind of catch-all term for any color shifting/channel split effect in video games. The actual definition is specific to lenses, in which case many of the uses of the effect in video games aren't really chromatic aberration even though they are often called that, a trap I fell into myself.
pixelation
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So tasty!!!, keep'em coming.
In hindsight, Halo 3 cutscenes were really something else in visuals, poignancy and simplicity. The realtime gameplay visuals were ofuscated behind low res, no AA, but there was something really next-gen that really gave weight to cutscenes. An almost matte painting quality to them, and rarely faked like in some rushed later levels.
The trailers are probably the best last-gen, and the opening always gives me the goosebumps... to make amends for that terrible Halo 2 ending.
mckmas8808
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Those look GREAT!!!
Summer Haze
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Man, TLoU's lighting looks so flat after playing so many current-gen (non remasters) games.
Anyway, here's a shot of my Elven mage in Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS4)
I previously made an Elven rogue, but I saw Solas using his magic and it made me jealous, so I tried to re-create my rogue (that I was extremely pleased with) from memory. I also eased up on the eyeliner, gave her more intense green eyes, lessened the intensity of the tattoo, and gave her less of an upturned nose.
Oh, and I made her ears slightly larger so that her hair didn't clip through. I didn't want to do that, but fuck clipping hair.
Anyway, here's a shot of my Elven mage in Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS4)
I previously made an Elven rogue, but I saw Solas using his magic and it made me jealous, so I tried to re-create my rogue (that I was extremely pleased with) from memory. I also eased up on the eyeliner, gave her more intense green eyes, lessened the intensity of the tattoo, and gave her less of an upturned nose.
Oh, and I made her ears slightly larger so that her hair didn't clip through. I didn't want to do that, but fuck clipping hair.
Summer Haze
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Hot damn! Those are some of the best DC shots I've seen so far.
Actually, after flicking through some of them, they are the best I've ever seen. Wow.
Image quality aside I think this is the best looking Bloodborne shot I've seen.
That skyline is awesome.
The amount of geometry here is impressive. I dislike chromatic aberration and the art is Bloodborne's strongest asset, but I can't outright dismiss it on a technical level either.
Dayum! Dayum!
WordsintheWater
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king grimlock
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Is she supposed to look like Ellie? because that's all I see.
Summer Haze
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That was not my intention. But now that you say it...I see it too. Damn.
She's just supposed to look like a regular female elf. Well, how I think regular elves look anyway, lol.
WordsintheWater
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I'm playing through Uncharted 2, and TLOU, right now.
I bet $1Million that Naughty Dog can't make a game without a ladder....make that 5 ladders....or a press "triangle" to boost an AI up.
Inf3cted_b3ast
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My jaw was on the floor when I first went through them. Seriously Idk if the guy is a Gaffer but his shots are thee best I've seen of Driveclub.
Inf3cted_b3ast
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LOL Exactly my reaction when I was looking at them.
icecold1983
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its almost hysterical how bad this title looks
Yeah they did that to hide load times. If you glitch past them (UC2 has tons of glitches that let you get through walls), it's super evident.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Last of Us Remastered, The Order 1886, and Final Fantasy Type 0 HD.
Only ugly thing about it is the CA, otherwise it looks pretty good.
WeaponJohnnyX
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Such a good looking game...
KainXVIII
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Maybe Miyazaki and From Software very likes Lords of the Fallen (which also uses heavy form of CA). I wonder which engine is more impressive..
SalientChief
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Forza Horizon 2 (photo mode)
WordsintheWater
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Phreakuency
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Is there an option for no HUD? O.O
If it's like the Souls games there will be a no HUD option.
ChosenPredator
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Princess Viola
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Rented this from the library this past Saturday.
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