Simviation Forum - Suggestion for the screenies section

Nov 16^th, 2005 at 10:20am

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I often find myself astonished at looking at other people's freeware screenshots. I think it would be a good thing if admirers were put in the conditions of trying to make their FS look more like those wonderful screenshots.
So why not encourage posters to always specify what appears in the picture? What scenery package, what enhancements, what aircrafts, what addons... the ideal complement of this would be if every user specified his/her hardware configuration in the signature.
I understand sometimes this could be difficult, because often people don't remember exactly all that they installed, but still...

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Reply #1 - Nov 16^th, 2005 at 11:16am

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It's a good idea. I'd suggest that when you see a screenshot that is particularly interesting to you and you want to know more about it, that you make a post asking for more information!

It's better that way since there will be a more direct question and the screenshot poster willbe better able to reply.

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Reply #2 - Nov 16^th, 2005 at 12:23pm

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That's what I usually do. I thought that maybe we could suggest it, to encourage people to do it spontaneously. Sometimes I browse through old screenies, and replying to them would pop the post back on top, which is undesirable. Besides, a MP would not do because there might be other people interested in this. What do you think?

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Reply #3 - Nov 16^th, 2005 at 12:30pm

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Personally I find posting pictures or screenshots time consuming enough when there are more than 2 or 3 in the topic. Some people here post 4 or 5 topics a day, and I see it getting a tad frustrating having to post what it is and so on every post.

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Reply #4 - Nov 16^th, 2005 at 12:44pm

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Every time I fly, I take screenshots.
Sometimes I never even get around to posting them until about a week or two later.
With all I have going on in my life, sometimes I can't remember where the flight was or even what the aircraft was. Roll Eyes

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Posted by: Felix/FFDS Posted on: Today at 11:16am
It's a good idea. I'd suggest that when you see a screenshot that is particularly interesting to you and you want to know more about it, that you make a post asking for more information!

It's better that way since there will be a more direct question and the screenshot poster will be better able to reply.

That seams to work best as that is how it has been for years Wink

It all comes down to "Presentation" 8)

Do you want a nice caption explaining what is going on?
Do you want to tell of the scenery and aircraft?
Do you want just some shots and let the viewer draw their own impression of your shots?

See what I mean?

Screenshots are art and art is in the eye of the beholder. Wink

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Reply #5 - Nov 16^th, 2005 at 12:58pm

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You can encourage them, but some folk have so many add-ons that they wouldn't know what some of them were. I just can't remember what I have added. Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Nov 19^th, 2005 at 11:13am

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Screenshots are art and art is in the eye of the beholder. Wink

Isn't that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"? Grin

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