Arcadias effects.

[Fuse294]

While I'm no real 'artist' as I cannot draw anything beyond a stick figure, I've found I have a knack for editing ingame screenshots using GIMP to bring out new things from them, either by adding a flare or changing the 'texture' to give it a new appearance. I don't do such shots often as coming across something worth taking a screenshot of is uncommon but I thought I'd share with you all.

 

These were done today when on the ::JEDI:: server, the title is:

 

Courtyard in the Rain

 

Original

 

 

With lighting added

 

 

With lighting and a dilation filter

 

 

With lighting and a cartoon filter

 

 

Each 'light' fx had to be added separate on different layers so I could alter the opacity of them and make it seem more 'realistic' in terms of distance between them and the camera.

[z3filus]

Too much lens flare, I read before viewing the images and I gotta say I was expecting a lot more.
I understand the bright lights, but the skybox clearly has dark clouds, so why the lens flare??

That would be more fitting for a Tatooine Screenshot.



 

[Fuse294]

Too much lens flare, I read before viewing the images and I gotta say I was expecting a lot more.

I understand the bright lights, but the skybox clearly has dark clouds, so why the lens flare??

That would be more fitting for a Tatooine Screenshot.

 

 

 

 

The flares aren't ABOVE, they are INSIDE on each light.

[z3filus]

yeah but that HUGE REDDISH FLARE  has no source for what I see.

[Fuse294]

It's 'Pinned' to the light on the ground floor, just next to the tree. Admittedly a different flare would have been a better choice over the large one.