Best way to get a photo of my hero/villain
By
Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2010-06-01 17:53 in Player Questions
I'm not that good with screenies but I did find this
Tips on taking screenshots hope it helps.
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Depending on your environmental reflection settings, the windows of the AE building get pretty neutral from the outside if you're up on the second-floor entrance balcony.|
Originally Posted by CFIndustries
Ideally I want just a white or neutral background. Any good locations in the zones to take simple screenies?
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Also the skyline on the islands lacks the warwalls so you can find some prety neutral locations. Nerva I think is a decent spot for that.
Inside the underpasses in the rikti warzone you have some nice blank walls. Over near the crey encampment there are some good long tunnels that work. Atlas park has a few in the north-east I think.
If you have a problem finding any of these let me know and I can try to be more specific.
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You could Demorecord your character in a short clip, then change the MAP to an invalid one to get a nice blank black background to work with.
eg.
1 0 Version 2
0 0 Map maps/City_Zones/City_03_01/City_03_00.txt
0 0 Time 0.000
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You don't have to include a Map line at all.|
Originally Posted by The_Killbot_5000
You could Demorecord your character in a short clip, then change the MAP to an invalid one to get a nice blank black background to work with.
eg. 1 0 Version 2 0 0 Map maps/City_Zones/City_03_01/City_03_00.txt 0 0 Time 0.000 |
Here is an example of what I used to get this image, with a nice blue background (I find black tends to wash out lighter colors, and obscures the edges of characters with darker costumes):
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1 0 Version 2 0 0 Time 12 0 CAM POS 0 -5000 0 0 CAM PYR 0 0 0 0 555 PLAYER 0 555 NEW "AGGELAKIS" 0 555 COSTUME 1 6b98dd 0.000000 0.039560 0.000000 0.759890 -1.000000 0.663846 -0.480149 0.007121 0.000000 0.710000 0.760000 1.000000 0.110000 1.000000 -0.470000 -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000 0.650000 0.710000 0.520000 -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000 -0.410000 -0.510000 -0.860000 0 555 PARTSNAME Tight tights !Hips_V_Pattern_Strips_01 00f1a57e 003d1400 0 555 PARTSNAME Tight skin_tights !Chest_Belly_Tee_Long 00f1a57e 00993100 0 555 PARTSNAME V_fem_Head.GEO/GEO_Head_V_Asym_Standard !v_sf_face_skin_head_12 none 004e6131 00737373 0 555 PARTSNAME Loose skin_bare Sleeve 00f1a57e 00737373 0 555 PARTSNAME Hi_Heels leather_01 !Boot_V_Pattern_Stripe_01 00f1a57e 003d1400 0 555 PARTSNAME Tech_04 tech_02a tech_02b 00ffffff 00f1a57e 0 555 PARTSNAME Student_01 Long_01a Long_01b 0000001f 00001c55 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME Glasses_06 Glasses_01a Glasses_01b 00000000 00575757 0 555 PARTSNAME Tight base Cross_1 003d1400 00f1a57e 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME Half Cape_Top_01 none 003d1400 00f1a57e 0 555 PARTSNAME Half_16 Generic_01a Generic_01b 00f1a57e 003d1400 0 555 PARTSNAME none Cape_01 Cape_V_Rings 003d1400 00f1a57e 003d1400 00f1a57e capes/CapeLongFem.fx 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00f1a57e 00000000 00000000 00000000 Auras/Female/Gaseous/GasFists.fx 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00ffffff 00ffffff 00ffffff 00ffffff WEAPONS/Custom_Bow/Fem_Bow_Base.fx 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000 0 555 MOV EMOTE_HANDSONHIPS 0 0 555 POS 0 -5004 -7.45 0 555 PYR 0 .1 0 0 555 HP 1045.00 0 555 HPMAX 1045.00 60000 555 MOV EMOTE_HANDSONHIPS
To replace your character, just demorecord your character (it only needs to be recording as long as it takes you to type /demostop...your character's costume details are recorded IMMEDIATELY upon typing /demorecord filename), and find the blurb in the file that looks like the "PLAYER "PLAYERNAME"" line down to the last PARTSNAME line. Copy that block and paste it overtop of my character's details. It's easiest to do this in a remote part of the game, where there are very few other player characters and few mission doors and few enemies. I like to use the far northern corners of Peregrine Island where there's nothing for miles. It makes it far easier to pick your character out of the demorecord.
You'll note the POS line says "0 -5004 -7.45" ... that sets your character -5004 feet (or whatever the recorder uses for unit measurement) below ground level, which takes the character far below the clouds that would make the background not be a solid color otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Awww. I'll stop now. I was just going through the motions of doing all these nice screenies and everything. 
To CFIndustries: Yep, this method get's you nice shots like you're after.
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Dark Astoria with Ambient Occlusion set to, either min or max. Whiever makes it totally gray is my first thought.
Or what everyone else said.
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oooh, good call, totally forgot DA.
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Originally Posted by Postagulous
Dark Astoria with Ambient Occlusion set to, either min or max. Whiever makes it totally gray is my first thought.
Or what everyone else said. |
"Hmm, I guess I'm not as omniscient as I thought" -Gavin Runeblade.
I can be found, outside of paragon city here.
Thank you everyone at Paragon and on Virtue. When the lights go out in November, you'll find me on Razor Bunny.
If you're going to stay in game (vs. demorecorder), keep in mind light sources and time. If you're anywhere outside (or inside with direct access to outside, like the trams) at "night", your characters colors are going to be altered. I usually use the basement of the City Hall in Atlas Park myself, but there are better places.
Dec out.
I wanted to get some screenies of my various heroes/villains, wondering what the best way was?
Ideally I want just a white or neutral background. Any good locations in the zones to take simple screenies?
I vaguely recall there was a way to make movies outside the game, and wondered if there was a way to get my hero/villain's character model into that system for a more staged photo?
Fairly high-res, full-length, close-up, and well-rendered would be a plus.
Thanks in advance!
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