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Infamous SS Photo Mode |OT| If it's not bokeh, don't fix it

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Great shot of Mt. Rainier. Holy shit.

Buhbye goons!

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I love this. The random green arrows kill me.
 
Anyone have any tips for adjusting the camera and DoF? I can never get it quite where I want it. My Space Needle shot is the only one that lined up perfectly and that was purely by accident.

For the camera it's just a matter of using the "Camera Orientation" to rotate (right stick), tilt + pan (left stick), and roll (R1, L1) the camera to where you want it. If you find it's too close or far, you then move on to the "Camera Position" option which you should think of as an actual camera being positioned in the space around Delsin. If it's still too close or far, or you'd simply like to see more of the surrounding area, you can mess with the FoV option. Remember than if you move the camera or adjust the FoV, you'll likely have to go back to "Camera Orientation" to re-frame your shot. It's a pretty intuitive system IMO, but you can absolutely get things all messed up at which point it's best to reset orientation, position, and FoV (using R3) to start over.

As for DoF, the F-stop determines just how much of the screen and how many planes are affected by the DoF, as well as how extreme that DoF is. A low F-stop leaves you with a very small area of a focus and heavy bokeh, something you can see in a lot of my shots in the thread. A higher f-stop makes for a bigger focus area. The DoF distance is for pulling in or pushing away that DoF created by the f-stop. A low distance blurs the background, while a higher distance blurs the foreground. Again, messing with the F-stop determines how big the area of focus is. If you mess this up (as I often do), or simply want to put the focus on something specific, drop the f-stop to 1.4, stare at an area on the screen, and mess with the DoF distance. You'll eventually be able to see the focus area crawling over your image. Once you find the focus and it's on the object, use R1 to make it bigger and the left stick to adjust.
 

wapplew

Member
Not many games can survive the test of photo mode. All those zoom and free flow camera are worst nightmares for many developer.
 
Every game needs a photo mode so the art can be better appreciated. Don't care if it's downsampled / uber quality / whatever, it's fantastic.
 

Billen

Banned
I loved Crackdown, but disliked the previous Infamous games. This thread makes me very anxious to try the game however, I just have to experience this. :D
 

Ryuuga

Banned
Some really great shots in here, I find myself coming back for more. Also, this recent update has made the screenshot thread quite entertaining.
 
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