2015 PC Screenshot Thread of the Only Place Where Compression Isn't
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jim2point0
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And why should they do that? that's the thing: we're all people who like to take screenshots and share them (paraphrasing what I referred to and I agree with that) and some of us are very very good, and some are not so good at it, but who cares? If someone posts a terrible shot, and you know how to make it better, isn't it preferable to advice the person *how* to make it better, instead of more or less tell the person what s/he created actually kind of ... sucks?
mercenar1e
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jim2point0
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I didn't say his screenshots suck. Just that based on those shots, the game looked ugly. I'm not going to criticize people's screenshottimg abilities. But I will comment on how games look based on screenshots. Good or bad.
The only real advice I can give for crysis 2 is avoid the in-game AA (if it had it... I remember it being bad for some reason).
Star Citizen looks nuts.
The only real advice I can give for crysis 2 is avoid the in-game AA (if it had it... I remember it being bad for some reason).
Star Citizen looks nuts.
AnyoneInCherno
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it definitely does not look like that normally, haha
good call on the contrast though. turning it down helped soften the image by quite a bit- that was buggin' me a lot and i was thinking of trying to figure out what was causing that blown out look (turns out it's really high contrast and HDR, i think?)
well, besides the lightning in the 2nd shot- all the heavy lighting in the game has that bloom which obscures everything real bad
thanks for the honest critique. though i'm curious what point is considered oversaturation- when reviewing shots i usually end up thinking that they're way too messy in that department at times but when i try to keep that in check i always feel like it's too washed out? especially when dealing with scenes where there's a lot of colored lighting that affects how a character looks- i usually try to avoid that oompa-loompa skin but for stuff like huge fires or whatnot it doesn't feel as offensive as it probably actually is.
i guess maybe i just got bad taste. rip me
anyhow, here's my hand at it again w/ those in consideration. it's still very heavy in contrast/saturation but hopefully not in overbearing amounts?\
edit: okay is this sleep deprivation getting at me or are these images really fuzzy/compressed lookin'?
Try throwing some Reinhard tonemapping on top and then adjusting levels appropriately. I'm not thinking about the artistic quality of your shots, but I fully agree with the comments on the contrast. Ideally you want to normalise brightness somewhat. It's easy to end up with a washed out game, especially when using Reinhard, but if you layer other shaders on top you can end up with a much better look.
I Photoshopped one of your shots to show what I'm thinking of. Obviously you'll end up with something better looking, but you can see how the lower contrast makes the lighting a lot less harsh and more pleasant to look at.
potatohead
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It's just our preferences being different, no problem, everyone can play the way they want to. Nothing invalid about your screenshots or that style.
Could look a lot different in motion too, especially with very stylized screenshots.
Standard screenshots are mostly my favourite style for screens actually lmao
I'm not much a fan of the big vistas and out-of-game experiences that much, I love the images that put you in the action of a game.
Cool Star Wars shots though.
MickeyKnox
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I keep losing hours to random exploration, the planetary landings are just fantastic.
MickeyKnox
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Does Elite have a screenshot function that uses extremely high resolution or do you have a monster of a pc that can handle that?
The Janitor
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I wasn't able to remove the healthbars above enemies, but I guess this is still good for taking non-combat screenshots.
Toggle with TAB, the HUD will be off when starting the game so toggle back on to see menus properly
http://www.mediafire.com/download/5y4e5k4631fu4cb/ForceUnleashedHudToggle.rar
Toggle with TAB, the HUD will be off when starting the game so toggle back on to see menus properly
http://www.mediafire.com/download/5y4e5k4631fu4cb/ForceUnleashedHudToggle.rar
jim2point0
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Thanks Otis and @dogstar. I don't get it myself mate. Takes a few seconds to suggest a fix or share one's own experience if they've played the game instead of confirming the issue I'm already aware of multiple times. But you know what..even if they know the answer they won't tell you. I've learnt it's the nature of this forum at times and they call this a fucking community. Having said that, the private messages from a couple of screenshotters linking me to stuff was encouraging so not everyone likes to throw around negative remarks without suggestions.
Well apparently the aliasing and blurring is a huge and common issue with the game. There's a thread on GAF and plenty of talk on the forums out there about how bad the in-game AA (temporal aliasing I believe) is causing the blur. The FXAA I added on top which I thought'd help with some sub-pixel-aliasing probably made it worse. Downsampling imo does make the game look better but not by a longshot and obviously it doesn't get rid of the blur as I acknowledged in my initial post - still far from perfect.
The cleanest image I managed get at my native resolution was by disabling in-game AA and setting some aggressive SMAA through reshade and slight lumasharpening. Selecting edge detection in SMAA also seemed to make a noticeable difference when I tested it in the opening area and compared it to my previous shots. The best part is that I don't need to downsample! I'm sure there are other solutions but this one worked for me. If anybody wants the settings I'd be more than *happy* to share them.
Difference.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/154989
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/154990
Some *test* shots with a new RESHADE preset. Do play this game guys if you're put off by the previous screens don't be. It looks incredible with or without reshade, especially with Maldo's textures.
Crysis 2 || MaLDoHD 4.0 || Reshade Framework || 1440p
Well apparently the aliasing and blurring is a huge and common issue with the game. There's a thread on GAF and plenty of talk on the forums out there about how bad the in-game AA (temporal aliasing I believe) is causing the blur. The FXAA I added on top which I thought'd help with some sub-pixel-aliasing probably made it worse. Downsampling imo does make the game look better but not by a longshot and obviously it doesn't get rid of the blur as I acknowledged in my initial post - still far from perfect.
The cleanest image I managed get at my native resolution was by disabling in-game AA and setting some aggressive SMAA through reshade and slight lumasharpening. Selecting edge detection in SMAA also seemed to make a noticeable difference when I tested it in the opening area and compared it to my previous shots. The best part is that I don't need to downsample! I'm sure there are other solutions but this one worked for me. If anybody wants the settings I'd be more than *happy* to share them.
Difference.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/154989
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/154990
Some *test* shots with a new RESHADE preset. Do play this game guys if you're put off by the previous screens don't be. It looks incredible with or without reshade, especially with Maldo's textures.
Crysis 2 || MaLDoHD 4.0 || Reshade Framework || 1440p
MickeyKnox
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When in solo mode you can use Alt+F10 to take a supersampled screenshot which multiplies your rendering resolution by 4, and I run the game at 4k 60 so the screens are absurd.
Peterthumpa
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Felix Lighter
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The Viper Mk IV is a beautiful ship.
MickeyKnox
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It's a nice upgrade to the Mk III as far as the internals go and that was my baby for a long time, but it's less agile so I have it kitted as an exploration ship and run a Vulture for combat.
Have you posted this Reshade yet?
I'm playing this game right now and I want it to look like this so badly.
Edit: Just finished reading up to here wow whats with all the cat fighting.
Peterthumpa
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witcher3 2015-12-19 22-22-06-49 by Bram's photodump, on Flickr
witcher3 2015-12-19 22-39-58-92 by Bram's photodump, on Flickr
AnyoneInCherno
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In Crysis 1 you could use the commands console to downsample from any resolution, does Crysis 2 not have the same option? Also Nick, you know that I'm not a fan of your presets, but I agree that it's a bit unfair to just condescendingly dismiss screenshots without a proper reason. At any rate, Crysis 2 with Maldo's mod has aged very well.
Morrigan Stark
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Nick Pal, I think your screens are very impressive and I enjoy them a lot (I'm of course rather easy to please, I prefer content over technique anyway) too, for what that's worth.
after messing around with the reinhard tonemapping alongside sweetfx tonemapping's bleach option to try and reduce the heavy shadows i kept ending up adjusting things to be roughly similar to from where i started. it seems that i just really like the harsh lighting, haha. thanks, though- i can see where you're coming from but can't seem to get the concept to mesh with my preference
i haven't, and i've already adjusted my reshade settings to be a lil' bit different haha.
here's what i got right now- i tried to get it close to what it was for those shots but i can't exactly remember what i changed..
http://www.mediafire.com/download/exrbqvmf2qxiy3d
also just in case for future reference: when doing the jake/sherry chapter 4 first bit, with the mirror's edge lab- you probably wanna turn off reshade or adjust the HDR value to be much lower because it is blindingly white under these settings- changing it from .85 to like .75 or so should do it
Thanks man!
No problem, and thanks. Reshade's more of a personal preference really for all of us I guess. My most recent preset doesn't change too much from the original except a subtle colour balance. I quite like vanilla in this game.
I didn't know you could change resolutions like that on the fly via console but I should give it a try. So I'm assuming I just have to enter r_Height = xx 105 r_Width = xx ?
chromatic9
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Lian
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there exists the free camera? Where can I find?
Nice screen. I think AC:S is one of those game that looks nice in stills, but really ugly in motion. Poor citizens getting run over by those wagon carriages.
*Disclaimer*
First two shots from the old set complete with jaggies, blur, shitty LOD and injustice to the the game itself and MaLDo. (sorry Maldo, next ones look better). Just so you know - I KNOW. Regardless, hope you like the shots.
Rest are from the new setting with better AA but still not perfect yet. May have to downsample a bit.
Crysis 2 | MaLDoHD 4.0 | Reshade Framework | 1440p
First two shots from the old set complete with jaggies, blur, shitty LOD and injustice to the the game itself and MaLDo. (sorry Maldo, next ones look better). Just so you know - I KNOW. Regardless, hope you like the shots.
Rest are from the new setting with better AA but still not perfect yet. May have to downsample a bit.
Crysis 2 | MaLDoHD 4.0 | Reshade Framework | 1440p
Phreakuency
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I must be misinterpreting the rules if one user is allowed 5 straight posts. Kind of defeats the purpose whether they are different games or not.
I'll show myself out.
I'll show myself out.
Fucking good idea unless you have something to ACTUALLY POST?
jim2point0
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Lol you're going to give Nick a mental breakdown if you keep it up 
Phreakuency
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The only way my post could have been worse was if I filtered it with reshade I guess.
Nah Jim, I've got a skin made of steel mate. Nothing phases me..just don't rub me the wrong way for too long because I'm only a nice guy to a point ;-)
Now onto Phreakuency. Cool name ya got there kid.
Oh man...you've used that one before. Your comment tells me you might be really really young because your kinda fighting for words..and well..they're just immature so I'm gonna go easy on ya ok? Play some games, take some screenshots and then come back and we'll see what ya got. How's that sound?
Now I really have to sleep. Have a nice day/night all.
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