Making Screenshots

Reese

<div class="IPBDescription">looking for a few tips</div> Ok, just wanted to get a few quick hints on the best way to manipulate screenshots with photoshop. When I compare the shots i've taken with most others it looks like there are some huge differences just in image quality. Since I don't know much about psp I figured i'd see what everyone does. Maybe i'll post some before and after pics to illustrate the difference.

Vyvn

I don't know exactly how your screenshots are coming out, but here's some useful screenshot PShopping info, taken from the Mapping Forum FAQ:

Q: Why are my screenshots coming out darker than they look in game?
A: There's this really cool effect in NS where brigher things become brighter, and darker things stay the same. It lends a more vivid and realistic view to the whole map. If you have Photoshop, and you want the screenshot to look right, use this method to fix the gamma settings.
Go to Image->Adjust->Levels in Photoshop. There are three values next to "input level". Change the last value according to this formula:
value = 255 - (WorldcraftGammaSetting - 1.0)*128

If you're still not happy, play around with Image->Adjust->Hue/Saturation until it looks right. Also, consider switching to a larger video mode (screen size) in NS to take the picture and then shrinking it down in PShop and sharpening it, that could help with jagged edges and blurred textures, although I've never actually tried this.