Why not just go to ICON and take a bunch of screenshots?
I've done that in the past, but the in-game camera's limitations drive me nuts. I did have a ref. sheet done for one of my guys last year, and it was great; it captured angles that you wouldn't normally be able to, and from a closer vantage point.
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I always relied on simple screenshots; though having someone else with a high end graphics card taking the screenshots for you helps.|
Originally Posted by StormDevil
I've done that in the past, but the in-game camera's limitations drive me nuts. I did have a ref. sheet done for one of my guys last year, and it was great; it captured angles that you wouldn't normally be able to, and from a closer vantage point.
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Here for instance...all the details are captured just right.
http://cazimi.deviantart.com/art/Att...heet-159509608
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I more meant, take screenshots from the character creator.|
Originally Posted by StormDevil
I've done that in the past, but the in-game camera's limitations drive me nuts. I did have a ref. sheet done for one of my guys last year, and it was great; it captured angles that you wouldn't normally be able to, and from a closer vantage point.
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Like this
I'll give those a shot, if I don't get any nibbles on the demorecord thing. I'm rubbish at putting together collages like those, but I might be able to suss it out. Thanks!
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As much as I need inf and wouldn't mind helping you out ingame I can help you here for free.|
Originally Posted by StormDevil
I'll give those a shot, if I don't get any nibbles on the demorecord thing. I'm rubbish at putting together collages like those, but I might be able to suss it out. Thanks!
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Look into demorecord for your character.
Once upon a time I had a demorecord in the tutorial area and I positioned my character where I wanted them to stand, then moved the camera where I wanted and recorded it. The great thing about demo record is you can do something like this...
- Position person A where you want them in game, on any map, doesn't matter, though its far easier if you find a map you want so you don't have to try and translate camera info.
- Person B moves around person A and says something at each "camera position" you want so you can find the info easier in a demorecord.
- Edit the demo to put your character in the positions you want and remove extra camera info, so only the camera positions you want are there.
- Run the demo and take screenshots at each position with ANY character in place of character A.
You can also make people do stuff in demos that you can't do on live, like give a new character an aura etc..
The beauty of this is once you have it all set up for a character you can then put in any other character with only a little modification of the basic file.
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I go t a question on that - can you use that sort of thing to get a scene with more than one of your own characters on screen at one time?
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Originally Posted by Djeannie
As much as I need inf and wouldn't mind helping you out ingame I can help you here for free.
Look into demorecord for your character. Once upon a time I had a demorecord in the tutorial area and I positioned my character where I wanted them to stand, then moved the camera where I wanted and recorded it. The great thing about demo record is you can do something like this...
You can also make people do stuff in demos that you can't do on live, like give a new character an aura etc.. The beauty of this is once you have it all set up for a character you can then put in any other character with only a little modification of the basic file. |
Got what I needed, thanks gang.
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Yes, Unaught as many as you want... you can even duplicate or copy them as I did here to bring the coven of witches out of Croatoa|
Originally Posted by U-Naught
I go t a question on that - can you use that sort of thing to get a scene with more than one of your own characters on screen at one time?
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and into Bloody Bay (and give them all that "been affected by the meteors" glow) to pay homage to their rightful queen Chloe Macomber.
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Costume creator? as in at the very beginning when you first roll up the toon? or when you go to Icon to make new costumes?|
Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
I more meant, take screenshots from the character creator.
Like this |
I've tried going that route in the past, trying to take pictures of new costumes for my toons..It just doesn't work currently...
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
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Originally Posted by DemonCaller
Costume creator? as in at the very beginning when you first roll up the toon? or when you go to Icon to make new costumes?
I've tried going that route in the past, trying to take pictures of new costumes for my toons..It just doesn't work currently... |
Just hit print screen, open up your image program (paint, gimp, photoshop, whatever) and paste it in.
voila.
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Originally Posted by DemonCaller
Costume creator? as in at the very beginning when you first roll up the toon? or when you go to Icon to make new costumes?
I've tried going that route in the past, trying to take pictures of new costumes for my toons..It just doesn't work currently... |
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Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
Either...
Just hit print screen, open up your image program (paint, gimp, photoshop, whatever) and paste it in. voila. |
(there is some conjecture that its a Windows thing, that's been there for a while - I don't know)
and, generally, "Printscreen" in the costume-creator doesn't send a .JPG to your screenshots folder like regular in-game "printscreen" does.
But, the WORKAROUND is to go ahead and open your image-editing application in window mode, slide it down so its just barely showing its edge, but you can still see the City Of Heroes screen at the same time - and hit "Print-Screen", then slide the image-editing app back up and do the "Paste" and that will work.
(side note: each time I meant to type "Windows" - I was typing "Wondows" and getting it flagged by the spell checker. I wonder if that a subconscious slip?)
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Ah, cool! Think I'll try that. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by ChristopherRobin
Yes, Unaught as many as you want... you can even duplicate or copy them as I did here to bring the coven of witches out of Croatoa
and into Bloody Bay (and give them all that "been affected by the meteors" glow) to pay homage to their rightful queen Chloe Macomber. |
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Thanks, I'll try this. Come to think of it, I should organize those two batches of Ryouko costumes and the Mellie batch into character reference sheets. If only I could afford Brian McKinney to do an ubercool reference sheet..(cries)
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Originally Posted by U-Naught
I think I know what DemonCaller is talking about (as I ran into it and found an answer elsewhere on the forums) - Apparently, for some of us, if you just hit "Print Screen" and then Alt-Tab over to a separate image-editing program (like Photoshop) and do a "Paste", all you get is a big, black rectangle.
(there is some conjecture that its a Windows thing, that's been there for a while - I don't know) and, generally, "Printscreen" in the costume-creator doesn't send a .JPG to your screenshots folder like regular in-game "printscreen" does. But, the WORKAROUND is to go ahead and open your image-editing application in window mode, slide it down so its just barely showing its edge, but you can still see the City Of Heroes screen at the same time - and hit "Print-Screen", then slide the image-editing app back up and do the "Paste" and that will work. (side note: each time I meant to type "Windows" - I was typing "Wondows" and getting it flagged by the spell checker. I wonder if that a subconscious slip?) |
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
It's Brandon McKinney.
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yes you can. check out the "Carnie base" link in my signature. I did up my base as a carnie tent and added in a ton of NPC's to give the carnival some life. Then going overboard as I usually do I made each segment into mini movies and took appropriate screenshots.|
Originally Posted by U-Naught
I go t a question on that - can you use that sort of thing to get a scene with more than one of your own characters on screen at one time?
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All you'd need to do is offset the position of each person from one another or get a group to stand where you'd like your characters to be, then stand where you want the camera and just do a very short demorecord.
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Speaking of which, would the OP please post one of his reference sheets? I'm curious as to see your layout compared to other character turnarounds I've seen.
Here's an old one of mine using the demorecord feature
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Hey is Djeannie short for Dreamin' Jeannie??? Are you the one who did the Justice Avengers videos?
P.S. some of those links are 404 broken.
P.P.S. Lulz @ Wet boobies pic.
it looks like the older SuperBabes texture.
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Thank you. I was thinking I had the name wrong, but I couldn't find his name in my DA folder. Guess it's time to add him to it.
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Originally Posted by Bayani
It's Brandon McKinney.
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Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
Hey folks!
I was wondering if someone who is, A ) on Virtue, and B ) has one of the demo recording tools, could help me out. I'd like to get a Character Reference sheet for one of my guys, Mister Wizard.
I have an "OK" amount of Influence on me, so I can "pay" for the time and trouble of any interested parties.
Thanks!
SD