Simviation Forum - So, while taking screenshots....

Sep 24^th, 2006 at 12:04am

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How do you normally take shots?

Like, for some of these threads it's like form this airport to another airport, with shots pre-flight, in flight, and post-flight.

So, do you just take shots when you feel like it, or do you go into FS knowing what you want to get accomplished with the shots?

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Reply #1 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 12:14am

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Some people start FS just because they want to take specific screenshots, play with the time to have a good lighting, put the aircraft in a predefined position, while others like me just fly and when they find a situation particularly interesting they take the screenshot.

Still a few months ago I was the kind of guy who took hundreds of screenshots for a single situation, now I take so few that I miss lots of good shots. I always want them to be perfect, but they rarely are Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 12:33pm

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My procedure is centered around getting the best out of my system while having fun. I always fly on lowest or near lowest settings to get about 10FPS cause my system sucks. Screenshotting while flying can't work for me. I record that flight and then go back in and play the recording at high settings as this is easier on the frames.
My set normally takes the order of pre-, in-, and post-flight as you said. I don't normally know what position exactly my craft will take but I just pause at aesthetically pleasing angles and take shots describing the order of flight.
So I guess you could say my method is a mix of both: just flying for fun to see what happens and knowing what I want accomplished. Hope that made sense.

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Reply #3 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 4:27pm

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I usually Fly when I see a new creation calling me to take her up... then it's choosing a suitable location... ( usually a mountainous area in my sim) and Then I play with weather and time settings a bit!

The most important thing is... I pause the sim! Doing that allows me to take my time in finding a nice angle and zoom! I work around the Pause bar which flashes on and off... if needed I crop out the bar

That's my way of doing things

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Reply #4 - Sep 25^th, 2006 at 9:44am

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Sometimes when I start the sim I think to myself that I want to take screenshots. I start Mgrab and the sim, and then set up a flight and set up angles throughout the flight. I always do the flight and do it the right way, but along the way I take screenshots. Then for landing shots I watch the replay and set up different angles etc...

After the flight I open Picasa and go through the screens, pick the best onesk resize them and post them with a little story telling all about my flight.

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Reply #5 - Sep 25^th, 2006 at 11:10am

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Pretty much the same as Jakemaster. Sometimes I go in to take shots, but usually I just fly around and when I get to a cool place I pause the sim and take some shots, working to get the angle good and all that.

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Reply #6 - Sep 25^th, 2006 at 12:31pm

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It depends

sometimes I just fly around in an aircraft I like and suddenly I see a screenshot opportunity

or sometimes I want to take pics of a certain plane or scenery

or sometimes I have a title in mind, and I work around that.

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Reply #7 - Sep 25^th, 2006 at 3:09pm

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It depends

sometimes I just fly around in an aircraft I like and suddenly I see a screenshot opportunity

or sometimes I want to take pics of a certain plane or scenery

or sometimes I have a title in mind, and I work around that.

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