If you’re wondering why your gameplay and SS look blurry, fuzzy, and washed out compared to other people’s, this video is for you o/. I will go over all of the different tools available to you to improve the appearance of your game and screenshots as well as some general tips for improvement for those who are against using any 3rd party tools at all and want to stick with vanilla. There’s honestly more I could have talked about such as angles, the rule of 3rds, etc. but the video was already so long that some stuff just had to be left out. So this is less of a “how to take good SS” and more of a “how to improve the appearance of your SS.”
Resources:
Guides on moving to/installing Reshade & getting Gshade shaders to work:
https://gist.github.com/ry00001/3e2e63b986cb0c673645ea42ffafcc26 (there is a link to all of the gshade shaders in this document so if you don’t have them, here is where you can get them)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-HKSsEqh0
3-point lighting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_lighting
Reshade Presets:
Wifi Shaders: https://potatoworshiper.wixsite.com/jagaimo-no-sekai/wifi-presets
https://twitter.com/WiFi_photospire
Kyren Shaders: https://ko-fi.com/s/88c29c9ce3
Ipsusu Shaders: https://github.com/ipsusu/IpsuShade
Alive Shaders: https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy14/mods/156
Strut Your Stuff Poses by Whisper: https://www.xivmodarchive.com/modid/37848
My Links:
Discord: https://discord.gg/dFP2txVKbv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aitherea
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aitherea
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/aitherea
Throne Gifts: https://thronegifts.com/u/aitherea
Chapters:
0:00 – 2:01 Why Your Screenshots Look Like Crap
2:02 – 3:08 Why Vanilla Sucks
3:09 – 4:40 General SS Advice (Esp Vanilla!)
4:41 – 8:00 How to Lighting (DON’T SKIP)
8:01 – 12:48 Nvidia Filters
12:49 – 14:19 Is Reshade Safe?
14:19 – 16:15 What Reshade Can Do
16:15 – 17:39 Anamnesis for Posing, Weather, Time
17:40 – 18:04 The TLDR
18:05 – 18:30 What are your favorite SS tools?
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Aitherea my beloved ♥️
Lol now that i know the screenshot hot key, i will now take more screenshots! Jk, I'm good.
Thank you Aitherea 💕
Honestly did not like the clickbait title and the foregone conclusion that 3rd party tools are a must have. I appreciate that you mentioned poses, lighting, also screen effects but it feels like a bit of a cop out to simply brush aside ways to make better pictures using cinematographic principles and techniques instead of going "Use 3rd party tool, anything else is trash"
I was too dumb to actually mention this in the video itself, but another thing that can improve your SS is obviously a nice backdrop. Check out my last video that shares 20+ great places to Gpose! https://youtu.be/4hy_LokxQdQ
Really good vid. Cant stress enough the importance of lighting/time of day/weather. I think im pretty decent at ss but never thought to make the spolights brighter and set them farther away. Great tip!
Tbh, I like to use Lighting 1, since I usually take portraits. For close up pictures, it's generally better with a smooth light.
However as a bunny main, I get great screenshots by default. It's impossible to get a bad picture when you're a cute bun 🙂
I like to combine Light 1, 2 and 3 for 3 point lighting, depends on the filters I use though. Also the Character Light slider can help A LOT.
Also thanks for using my screenshots 🙂
This was a very well-made and insightful video!
Amazing vid as usual