Simviation Forum - Get your aggression out...

Nov 7^th, 2006 at 4:05pm

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Hey guys I decided to make a contribution here and start a discussion on:

AGGRESSIVE ANGLES

So what do you think of them? I know some people like them (including myself) but some hate them. What do you think and why or why not? Here are some of my shots:

Thanks for looking and post your views!

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Reply #1 - Nov 7^th, 2006 at 4:30pm

Jakemaster Ex Member

Some of those are way to stretched out. A little bit of fisheye goes a long way

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Reply #2 - Nov 7^th, 2006 at 4:38pm

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The angle is one of the main things to be in a good screenshot....

It is a matter of the airplane and scenery, what angle might suight, I think... Showing the burners on close up during the take off is quite right, I think, but it would look quite a bit strange trying to use the same angle on a vintage glider soaring above the alps...

And I think aggressive is nice, but I don´t like the fisheye stile myself, like in your Mirage shot...

Well, the last one reminds me of the Dump and Burnthing.... Grin

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Reply #3 - Nov 7^th, 2006 at 5:19pm

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You can also get anice angle with Cropping

like this shot:

And sometimes Scenery can help a great deal too like in the following example

Zooming in with F1 can be great or lead to very distorted pics.. Angles don't have to be aggresive but for some kind of planes it helps Grin

P.s. I think we hit the 500 kb image max by now so I'll make thumbnails out of these ones if needed Grin

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Reply #4 - Nov 7^th, 2006 at 8:30pm

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Yes I realize that some of my shots posted do have the fisheye thing...and that takes away from them...but I'm talking about the principle. Wink

Any more opinions?

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Reply #5 - Nov 7^th, 2006 at 8:54pm

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I think the fisheye thing is an interesting technique. We've got to keep in mind that in screenart, as well as most other forms of art, appreciation is totally subjective. I feel a shot doesn't have to look as realistic as possible to be great, it can be appreciated for what it is and what the screenartist is trying to acheive. So it isn't a "wrong or right thing", it's more of a "I like it or don't like it" thing. That third pic reminds me of Mad's "Spy VS Spy" mice. The fifth picture is similar to something I did months ago but in reverse..

The last pic is an amazing edit...as in your face as it gets..

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Reply #6 - Nov 8^th, 2006 at 4:19am

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Some cool angles, shots... for the inyerface look a bit of fisheye is good, to give the plane the booyakka cumminatcha 3.5-dimensional look* - otherwise it's just a close up and not too aggressive - but not too much fisheye or it looks silly.

*3.5-dimensional - expressing speed, so therefore time, but without actual time and movement.

Yeahhhh... okay.

Nice topic! I love angles!!!! Like (the fabulous) Robbie (Robbie!) Williams, in his song 'I'm loving angles instead'

Or a disillusioned Marxist, whose muse has become the less well known of the left-leaning pair:

"I'm loving Engels instead" Cheesy

Sometimes I can't believe how funny I am.

If you're bored of an evening - and you'll have to be - you can check out my screenshot gallery: Kriglsflightsimscreens...HERE

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Reply #7 - Nov 8^th, 2006 at 8:56am

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There's some more opinions. You know krigl, I think that sometimes fisheye does add almost another dimension! It feels like the picture is almost "warping" from speed.

And would you believe clipper that the last picture isn't an edit? The effect was actually like that!!! Shocked

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Reply #8 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 1:08am

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gabe, what kind of video card do you have? Seeing the shots really reminds me of an old 32mb ATI I used to have...

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Reply #9 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 9:02am

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gabe, what kind of video card do you have?

Nothing worth speaking of Roll Eyes

. Seriously. I think it's an Sis 650 or something...the good-for-nothing card that came with the computer. And this is basically a bottom-of-the-line computer for being XP - and a few years old. My dad has been saying we need a new computer soon so I'm hoping we'll get a Vista-ready one and then I'll buy a card for Vista...that will be nice Grin

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Anyway, having said all that, why do you ask? Wink

- Kevin

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Reply #10 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 11:37am