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Use of the fisheye. (Read 455 times)
Jan 7th, 2007 at 9:15pm

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Is this over-doing it?

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I've seen it overused a lot on the site. Just wondering what y'all thought about it. Wink
 
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Reply #1 - Jan 7th, 2007 at 9:24pm

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I personally don't think fisheye should ever be used...

...so far, in the past 4 or 5 years on this forum, I have honestly only seen one or two times when fisheye has actually helped a screenshot.

...it always makes everything look like either something out of "Pimp my plane" or a giant male body part (like your screenshot...)... Tongue

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Reply #2 - Jan 7th, 2007 at 9:34pm

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It can be good, but those cases are extremely rare. If the shot is only "working" with this effect (like your song-757-shot), then of course its fun and different to look at.
 

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Reply #3 - Jan 8th, 2007 at 7:02pm

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I've discussed this quite a bit too.  Generally I think that it hurts a shot...but not always.  As a fan of aggressive angles, sometimes it comes out in my shots.  For example:

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I like the way this shot turned out...personally I don't feel that the fisheye hurt it much.

Many people would disagree though.

I think that it's random...sometimes it looks good, sometimes it doesn't.  Depends...

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Reply #4 - Jan 9th, 2007 at 4:10pm

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If you're going for the FS Phallic Screenshots Annual Award, you nailed it down easy with this pic James. You been bored lately?  Smiley
 

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Reply #5 - Jan 9th, 2007 at 5:08pm
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And in the diaries of one of the passenger stood, ( and I quote) " During the flight there seemed to be an afwul lot of vibrations"


Fishy eye can work but as said before only in small amounts as it usually screws pics up like it did in James's shot.
 
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Reply #6 - Jan 11th, 2007 at 6:26am

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I've mucked with fisheye, but the results never turn out as well as a normal zoom. It might be used to add a sense of speed, but even then only in small amounts.
 

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Reply #7 - Jan 11th, 2007 at 7:25am

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I almost never use it, but sometimes it turns out cool. Don't overdo it though...

A pic I did a while ago:
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Reply #8 - Jan 11th, 2007 at 3:51pm

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how do you toggle that fish eye, it seems to randomly turn it's self on for me, and I can't figure it out.
 

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Reply #9 - Jan 11th, 2007 at 3:58pm
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fishy eyes can be obtained by using the + or - key, or by drinking a lot. if Fishy eye's is obtained by negative zoom or the - key
 
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Reply #10 - Jan 11th, 2007 at 5:21pm

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Sytse wrote on Jan 11th, 2007 at 7:25am:
I almost never use it, but sometimes it turns out cool. Don't overdo it though...

A pic I did a while ago:
http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Cayoning01.jpg


That picture hurts my head!
 

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