Roja Report post Posted January 22, 2006 Ok I'm going to take another stab at this I want you guys to post screenshots here, and each week I will pick the shot I think is best and it'll go in the ssotw place on the website. I'm really gonna do it this time!!! The FULL EL window has to be showing. It's alright if you have your whole desktop there, i can always crop it. And try to save them at somewhat high resolution, so you dont get crappy artefacts. (i will edit/optimize them) Guidlines: 1. The whole interface must be present, and no alterations to the shots are allowed. Everything in the shot must be from the Official game release. 2. The quality must be good enough that I can use. Shots that are too small(less than 800 x 600) are also not useable. Shots that were saved with low jpg or gif compression also are not good-in fact don't use gif's at all. the PNG or BMP formats are the best for quality, but a higher res JPG is fine too! 3. The shots shouldn't have any "bugs" in them. For example, there are some 3d objects that when you put light on them when it's night time or inside a house, they look black or relly really dark when they should reflect the light. These are object bugs, and are ugly and should not be shown in a screenshot. They will be fixed eventually. Another example has to do with the shadows. The shadows in the game aren't perfect, but sometime they look a real mess or just really really strange like upside down or something. The shadows should be turned on in your screenshots, but they should look decent, not weird or totally ugly. 4. You should try to get a nicely detailed scene. If one quarter of the shot is filled with a blank ground tile in the foreground, then most likely it's not very interesting to look at and I wouldn't choose it. I guess there can be some exceptions to this but it's hard to say what they are. 5. Try to get "natural" shots. Shots that have everyone lined up in their plate mail aren't so great. I like to have diversity in the different landscapes and players in the shot, like wear different clothes, get a few players in the shots-although it can have just you too, that's fine. 6. Concerning text, it's ok to have some chat messages on the screen as long as nothing bad is said and there's not too much covering the screen. It's also just fine to have name tags, health bars, etc. turned on-it's also fine to turn them off! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dunian Report post Posted January 23, 2006 Stone Circle Thingy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sistema Report post Posted January 23, 2006 Tirnwood Vale Underground Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enki Report post Posted January 23, 2006 Markusweck and Sweettea wedding Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweettea Report post Posted January 23, 2006 This is one of my favorites at the moment. Peace Day #1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atlantis Report post Posted January 23, 2006 This is one of my favorites at the moment. Peace Day #1 you're probably not supposed to have other stuff showing like your desktop...take pics in fullscreen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweettea Report post Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) Dont know how without using Photoshop. And it and EL on same time. SOmetimes things like to freeze up. I can just crop it I guess :/ work..work..work... Maybe I just use a different one! These are older though.. Me 1 Me 2 Edited January 24, 2006 by Sweettea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enyo Report post Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) .... Edited February 2, 2006 by Enyo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derin Report post Posted January 25, 2006 Chim Wolf ..... Portrait The pictures have to be uncropped screenshots, with the hud showing and such. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roja Report post Posted January 25, 2006 Yes the FULL EL window has to be showing. It's alright if you have your whole desktop there, i can always crop it. And try to save them at somewhat high resolution, so you dont get crappy artefacts. (i will edit/optimize them) Ok for the first ssotw I will pic Dunians It will hopefully go up by the end of this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted January 25, 2006 To take a screenshot only of the EL window (so you dont need to photoshop it), press and hold the ALT-key, then press the PRINT key. Open paint or your favorite graphics program and press CTRL-v. Then save the screenshot. Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ttlanhil Report post Posted January 25, 2006 (edited) if you have a client with screenshot ability enabled (it needs to be turned on when the client is compiled) then you can use ctrl+p (note that last stated opinion from ent was that it wouldn't be that important, and hence you will probably need to compile yourself or get it from someone else). it will be saved as a PNG (so there's no loss of data or graphical artifacts) in /screenshots/ directory the window manager decorations will be gone (for windows users, that's the usually blue/grey border and bar across the top with the X, title, etc, when in windowed mode), but all of the EL screen itself will be shown (same as full-screen view)... no cropping required this is especially usefull for getting a number of shots quickly Edited January 25, 2006 by ttlanhil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghrae Report post Posted January 26, 2006 The Mines Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xand Report post Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) What do you mean by each week? Is there something like a deadline where you select which one will be next? Anyway, here's my pic: Edited January 26, 2006 by xand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roja Report post Posted January 26, 2006 well i would select 1 by the end of each week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheComet Report post Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) Markusweck and Sweettea wedding Sorry I just have to say this I can't contain myself XD I noticed a few people standing up in the crowd, I wonder if one of them stood up and yelled "Git 'er done!" XD ok for my screenie... I'm a ninja! EDIT:well, here's another funny! (these are old, my stats are HELLA better that what you see on these now) "Blarg! Deep puddle!" and Overkill (on a side note, crus got it worst...by ALOT! I lost count after the 30th negative event or so! walked out with a ros stone eventually though ) Edited January 26, 2006 by TheComet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sistema Report post Posted January 27, 2006 What if we posted one screenshot from one person each week? I mean, pick your own favourite, then let Roja decide. I could have posted my whole screen shot album if I wanted... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NitageR Report post Posted January 29, 2006 (edited) Here is one Graves Edited January 29, 2006 by NitageR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheesh Report post Posted January 30, 2006 Pickled Sheesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derin Report post Posted February 1, 2006 (edited) Here is a nice action shot.. Rage It is nice, but also cropped at the top.... Yes the FULL EL window has to be showing. It's alright if you have your whole desktop there, i can always crop it. And try to save them at somewhat high resolution, so you dont get crappy artefacts. (i will edit/optimize them) Edited February 1, 2006 by Derin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enyo Report post Posted February 1, 2006 Here is a nice action shot.. Rage It is nice, but also cropped at the top... its not cropped.. it just came out that way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torg Report post Posted February 2, 2006 its not cropped.. it just came out that way. No, it's not cropped, but the top of the image is corrupt (have a look at the EL logo). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enyo Report post Posted February 5, 2006 (edited) Edited March 2, 2006 by Enyo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sistema Report post Posted February 5, 2006 (edited) Great pictures, Enyo. Love them all. Here's one for the second week Nordcarn South Cave Cheers! - Sistema. Edited February 8, 2006 by sisteMa` Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suessie Report post Posted February 5, 2006 Here is one from eVe guild http://fux.tiscali.de/guild_eve20060205.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
