Screenshot Guidelines ( MUST READ BEFORE POSTING! ):

(Thanks to bashur and Matthew Kaine(?) for the original versions of this set of guidelines over in the Oblivion Mods section )

• No criticism should be directed at a person - only constructive criticism at the posters work
  
  • How you should not post criticism: "That screenshot is really lame! The poster needs to learn how to screenshot!"
    
  • How you should post criticism: "I'm not really a fan of that screenshot; In my opinion it could use a little more flair. Maybe try to have the angle at a diagonal slant with the sun behind them, that will give them a nice silhouette."
• If you find a post offensive, REPORT IT !
  
  • Moderators know to to quickly deal with any situation of this nature, and will remove any offensive posts.
    
  • Arguing, instigating, or making demands regarding the post invariably ends up worsening the situation.
    
  • Not following the above rules could result in all involved parties getting a warning, even those defending themselves.
• Commenting on a posters style of play in screenshots:
  
  • Members have a wide variety of playing styles and of capturing screenshots.
    
  • No subjective (or moral, ethnic, political, religious, cultural, social, sixual, etc.) preferences should be dictated to others as right or wrong in this thread.
    
  • All members are encouraged to post their screenshots regardless of their style of play, as long as they stay within the rules of this forum and thread.

Messages from the Moderators regarding this thread
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We don't want anyone to spoil the party, so if someone happens to come along with those intentions
please use the report button and ignore that person's post (Do not reply to them or acknowledge them).
We will then take the appropriate action to cull the situation and remove the problem." - DreadLord
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"You cannot take assets from another game and use them in Oblivion, and that includes other BGS games.
What you do on your own computer is up to you but we don't want to hear about it or see it." - Rohugh
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"User made and modified in game characters depicting children must be fully clothed and not be posed in a way to be considered provocative.
The moderators have full authority to determine this and issue warns/suspensions/bans if required.
Likewise any screenshots depicting child killing will also be dealt with accordingly." - From Moderators and Forum Admin

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"If you don't care for a particular screenshot, you do not need to comment on it. If you have constructive feedback, that is fine. And people receiving polite feedback, don't get your back up.

But just because you don't like some of the looks, or feel they show too much skin, or whatever, as long as they do not break our forum rules, you'll have to restrain yourself. Sorry- no one cares if you don't like the skimpy shots. Sure, some of them may be over the top or whatever, or simply not to one's taste, but again- if they do not break our screenshot rules, then they are fine.

Post screenshots that are pretty, that are fun, or funny or scenic. Be kind to each other. Or don't bother with the thread." - Leydenne

Tips (under development)
Camera Tips (for basic screenshots without a third-party program):

• Press F on your keyboard to switch back and forth from first, to third-person view
  
• Press and hold F to change the camera angle by moving your mouse around. This will rotate the camera around your character.
  
  • A side-to-side mouse movement will rotate the camera around your player
    
  • A forwards-backwards mouse movement will tilt the camera angle above or below your character
    
  • The mouse scroll wheel will move the camera closer or farther away
• You can equip your weapon and/or cast a spell in this position as long as you continue to hold F
  
• Press the "Print Screen" or "Prt Scr" button at any time to take your shot.
  
  • Be careful not to take them too close together or you'll accidentally capture the "screen shot created" message in your shot if your UI is still enabled (see below).

How to disable the UI (Stats Bars, Compass, etc):

• Open the console by pressing the "~" key on your keyboard
  
  • This key is located next to your "1" key, above your "TAB" key, and usually below your "ESC" key
    
  • This will bring up the console, you'll notice a place at the bottom left of your screen where you are now able to type
• Type TM
  
• Press ENTER
  
• Then close the console by pressing "~" again
  
• Your UI (User Interface) should now be gone
  
  • To re-enable your UI, type TM in the console again using the steps above

How to enable Free-Flying Camera mode:

• Open the console by pressing the "~" key on your keyboard
  
  • This key is located next to your "1" key, above your "TAB" key, and usually below your "ESC" key
    
  • This will bring up the console, you'll notice a place at the bottom left of your screen where you are now able to type
• Type TFC
  
• OR type TFC 1 to pause the action and enable the free camera.
  
• CAUTION: Animations and gametime passage may be suspended with TFC 1, but script functions are not. Scripts may still trigger events even while the actors or props they manipulate are still frozen.
  
• Press ENTER
  
• Then close the console by pressing "~" again
  
• You can then move the camera around using the same keys you would normally use to move your character.
  
  • To go back to normal, type TFC in the console again using the steps above
• To change the speed in which the freecam moves, use the console command SUCSM (x), where (x) is the speed multiplier. Default appears to be about 10, which may be unwieldy.

How to Disable the AI of any Creature/NPC:

• Open the console by pressing the "~" key on your keyboard
  
  • This key is located next to your "1" key, above your "TAB" key, and usually below your "ESC" key
    
  • This will bring up the console, you'll notice a place at the bottom left of your screen where you are now able to type
• Type TAI
  
• Press ENTER
  
• Then close the console by pressing "~" again
  
• Entering the command while no actor is selected will cause all actors to stand at idle (but still have idle animation).
  
• Using while an actor is selected will freeze them in-place.
  
• To return to normal, type TAI in the console again, and press enter.

How to remove Collision from your Character (Clipping):

• Open the console by pressing the "~" key on your keyboard
  
  • This key is located next to your "1" key, above your "TAB" key, and usually below your "ESC" key
    
  • This will bring up the console, you'll notice a place at the bottom left of your screen where you are now able to type
• Type TCL
  
• Press ENTER
  
• Then close the console by pressing "~" again
  
• To return to normal, type TCL in the console again, and press enter

How to post your screenshots

• Upload to an image hosting site. There are many popular options for doing so, including a built-in service with Steam. Per asgard: From steam's screenshot manager, you simply select a pic, then hit the upload button. Then you click on 'View online library' where you can manage all your uploaded pics.
  
• Copy the URL for your image. The image hosting site you choose usually has a box with code to pick from. You'll want to get the code that refers to BBCode, and a direct URL. Do not bother with getting BBCode Image coding, as this forum does not support embedded images in posts.
  
• When you post your screenshot, it's often nice to include some flavor text, rather than just posting an undescriptive URL. There are a couple of ways to do this, which both result in the same thing.
  
• The first way is to use the Link button in the text box editor when you are posting. It looks like a little chain with a green plus sign underneath. Clicking that will bring up a dialogue box, where you paste the URL for your image and then have an option to name the link something.
  
• The second way is to type out the following: YOUR FLAVOR TEXT HERE, but replace the < > with [ ]. This is the code that will be generated from the Link button.

How to swap out animations (pre CK, PC only)

• Until pose mods come out, this method is the best option for making your character do things that NPCs can do!
  
• You'll need a .bsa extractor. I (Eisoj5) am using a Fallout3 extractor for the time being, but there are more options out there.
  
• Open the Skyrim - Animations.bsa file in your .bsa extractor. The animations for character and NPCs are located in the meshes\actors\character\animationsfolder within that file.
  
• Extract the animations you want to play with. I (Eisoj5) have a separate folder for all the random stuff I like to mess with/add to Skyrim, so I put them in that folder.
  
• Rename the animation you want to use ingame to sneakmtidle.hkx .
  
• Copy your new sneakmtidle.hkx to Skyrim\Data\meshes\actors\character\animations. (You will have to create these subfolders if they do not already exist in your directory.)
  
• In game, simply press the sneak button and your swapped animation should begin to play! Keep in mind this is only when you're sneaking and not moving. Moving will return to the regular sneak motion animation.
  
• To get back to the normal sneak idle animation, just delete sneakmtidle.hkx from Skyrim\Data\meshes\actors\character\animations.

Lighting Tips (courtesy of UKnightwatch)

To avoid bad lighting, I try to;

• Not have a bright light directly behind subject
  
• Not have a very bright light too close to front of subject
  
• Not aim camera directly at a bright light
  
• Turn my character into good lighting
  
• Make good use of character items such as torch or spells that cast light and such if available

On PC;

Make use of the 'tfc' feature to move the camera accordingly to avoid bad lighting - see begining of this thread

I realise we are not all super smart when it comes to using art packages on PC (points at self as example of dimness) and we do not all have access to professional software - this has its problems.

If you are using a PC, there are some free to download image manipulating programs available - your search engine is your friend! Free software can be very basic but that is all we need. A little time taken to learn the basics of such free programs can pay off really well and bring our screenshots [more] to life.

Using FOV

FOV, or "field-of-view/vision", can help you zoom in for even better close-up shots.

• Open the console using the ` key.
  
• Type fov ##, where lower numbers equal a tighter zoom and higher numbers a wide angle. Close the console.
  
• The game is preset to fov 65. FOVs lower than 50 are great for close-ups, but can be hard to frame if your TFC speed is high.
  
• To get back to your normal setting, open the console and type either just fov again or fov 65.

All previous threads:

Yay, new thread! I'll post some of my old screenies here, as well as the latest four new ones.

Old:
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot2.jpg

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot8.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot9.jpg

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot11.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot12.jpg

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot16.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot21.jpg

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/GiantHunter.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/Mmkay.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/KillMove1.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/KillMove2.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/HidingInCheese.jpg

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ThatMusthaveHurt.jpg

New:
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/DeathfromAbove.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/AbominationHunter.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/PreparedtoStrike.jpg
http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/KillingSilverHands.jpg

http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w389/photoshooty/Skyrim/20120413134332819.jpg?t=1334318432

http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w389/photoshooty/Skyrim/20120413134123159.jpg?t=1334318485

I know I promised these awhile ago, but I've been busy. Apologies for the delay, but I hope you'll agree these were well worth the wait. I love every one of these shots. Simply amazing.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357762350?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357761088/?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357755741/?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357763573/?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357759899/?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357757434/?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357765014/?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357758667/?tab=public

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056584953/screenshot/540672747357766217/?tab=public

WHAT. ARE. THOSE. *covers face with hand, peeks out through fingers* AUGH, THOSE ARE FRIGHTENING.


Nananananana SKYRIM

Aurora overload!
So much prettiness.



Cool shots! Cicero is just epic.

Seconding. I sure hope they're successfully hunted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jojOqtzKD8


Cicero for president

great shots!!
but...what's the beast on this one: http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/AbominationHunter.jpg D:


nice shots and nice new avatar


epic aurora shots, love em

Oh my! That was hilarious!

Yvette hanging out in the Bannered Mare: http://danbuter.deviantart.com/#/d4ug5qn

Yvette in the shadows of the Bannered Mare: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/imageshare/image.php?id=69425

About the adomination hunter: I'm using "The Skyrim Monster Mod". It adds a whole lot of new creeps into the game, the abominations being one of them They are quite tough, but they don't deal much damage. They are fast though.

*giggles* Nice.

So I was never able to share Rashir Nashida before. And so I finally was able to take a photo of him recently. They aren't the prettiest. I did what I could with what I had since I'm on a console. I tried to put him in some good lighting. And since I am on the 360 his design was not modded. I just spent a lot of time and a lot of hours constructing him. I gave him eye tint to sort of give him a hard lifestyle and ruggish appeal to him. You cannot see it in these pictures because for some reason he decided to squint. But he has a blind left eye due to a battle with his brother. If you go into my signature you can read all about Rashir. I'll get some screens of Aserun next.

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m507/Dream_Sequencer/Photo0010.jpg

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m507/Dream_Sequencer/Photo0011.jpg

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m507/Dream_Sequencer/Photo0012.jpg

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m507/Dream_Sequencer/Photo0013.jpg

I checked out that mod... what are those, Amnesia imports? Well... I'm not sleeping tonight.
Now really, there are some really cool things there. Too bad there's not some kind of a "outdoor-only" version. It makes a huge difference.

Also, playing Faeron right now, hoping to get new screens. (I actually got a lot of them, and really good ones, might've been my best until now, but then I found out that Fraps was off... )

He looks very interesting! Dunmer ftw!

Thank you. I'm currently taking some photos of his older brother Aserun. Whom is an Imperial General. Well not exactly just yet, but in the story that I wrote them. Rashir ends up almost dead during the conflict of his brother with the family heirloom. The Viper's Neck is an elven curved shortsword blade, much like the Ebony blade. That is enchanted with a magical poison. Aserun being the older brother felt The Viper's Neck was rightfully his. Considering the fact that when Rashir and Aserun found the Viper's Neck it was locked in an ancient Nordic tomb. It wasn't explaind to them how the Nords got a handle of their family sword, but while uncovering the chets they come upon a word wall. Which is the first hint that Rashir himself is a dragonborn. This infuriates Aserun completely. Aserun feels as if he has been screwed over by the gods or whatever, he isn't entirely a religious man. "I lost the faith to believe in anything". When Rashir and Aserun fought over The Viper's Neck in their first encounter as teenage brothers. Rashir slashed his brother with the sword, poisoning him. Aserun had to flee to find anyone whom knew hot cure the deadly poison. Aserun had also stabbed Rashir in the left eye at the time leaving him to die thinking if he cured his poison he could take The Viper's Neck from his corpse. Aserun was cured by a Hagraven whom he somehow was able to beg and bribe into aiding him. When he came back to the ruin Rashir was gone with the sword.

Aserun joins the Imperial army because he feels it's the highest position of authority and it means he can keep tabs on any news of Rashir. While Rashir was saved and he became very oppurtunistic. Rashir is a petty thief, I say petty cause Rashir could care less about the thieves guild he thinks they are bunch of cowardly fools and a hired assassin for the Brotherhood.

As Aserun grew in the ranks of the Imperials and the influence over Skyrim, Aserun could not find anything about his brother. His brother seemed cloaked from existence. Which in turned made Aserun more bitter and angry. He's a bit of a drunk too [to bad you can't get drunk in Skyrim for real]. And he is also married with a wife and two children. [can't have children in Skyrim either, but I'll pretend]

While Rashir remains cloaked, Aserun is hearing news of activity in Dawnstar, a creepy door and people going in and out. He wonders if this is where Rashir is hiding. Which now comes my shameless advertisiment plug. Check the gamesas forums in the fanart area, because I'm going to write such an encounter from Aserun and Rashir. It will be titled: "A Brief Reunion" where Rashir and Aserun exchange words with one another.

Robina lol thats awsome

Since I forged some Dwemer armour for my character, I got a trigger happy with the screenshots again. This armour just looks too brilliant with the helmet added.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k91/Shuuda/GW%20shots/Screenshot33094.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k91/Shuuda/GW%20shots/Screenshot37712.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k91/Shuuda/GW%20shots/Screenshot44838.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k91/Shuuda/GW%20shots/Screenshot31797.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k91/Shuuda/GW%20shots/Screenshot102600.jpg

I hope you enjoy.

Hey, for anyone who remembers http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1363721-show-us-your-screenshots-35/page__view__findpost__p__20599679 I made when we were in thread #35, I expanded on the song lyric screenshots I was doing with Kess:

"A lifetime ago, with frozen eyes they closed the door.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/SuddenlyIrealizedwhatlocksarefor.jpg
No trusting them anymore, lights - are - out.

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Emptythestareinnocentandunaware.jpg
Dragged out from my home, my lair.
Earmarked me, hurt me, burned me.

The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/ImustbefreedorIwilldiebeforetheharvestmoonmyfriend.jpg
I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free.

The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the tree.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/2012-04-07_00011.jpg

Fear in the dark, I advise you.
Can't see the eyes, they glow behind you....
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Itsmysongtheynowsingtoyou.jpg
You stand no chance....

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Theyllkillformestealbackmyfreedomsetmefree.jpg
It's my minions versus thee.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Fierythevengeancehatewilldrainme.jpg

The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again.
I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend.
I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free.

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Thedreamisalivewiththemoononthehillseverynight.jpg
Go around and see another side of the tree.
All I want is to be untamed and free, howl and (dream).

You will remember the day you crossed my path.
Leave me without a guard and you feel my wrath.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Whatyouhavedonetomehasmademebitterandcruel.jpg
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Illseethatallthehateyouspreadreturnstoyou.jpg

The walls around me, eyes surround me, feed my fear again.
I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend.
I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free.

The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the tree.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/AllIwantistobeuntamedandfree.jpg

The dream is alive, with the moon on the hills every night,
Run around and see another side of the dream.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/2012-04-06_00010.jpg

The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/2012-04-06_00011.jpg
All I want is to be untamed and free, howl and (dream).

The dream is alive, with the moon on the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the dream.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy84/EchoSwiftpaws/Skyrim%20Screenies/Kess/Freedomhasameaningforme.jpg"

(For anyone who didn't read the original post, the above lyrics are from the song "The Cage" by Sonata Arctica.)

I remember those shots. Stunning!
And great song choice.

I'm using deadly dragons and NPCs are supposed to "run in fear" from dragons, unless they are essential. Well doesn't seem to work so well, since there's now 7 dead riften guards and 10 dead NPCs in the streets of riften. (all shop-keepers who work outside are dead).

Here's a random screeny of Werne, the big-game hunter fighting the beast: http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab337/GorbadPS3/ScreenShot33.jpg

Hey, just cause they can run, doesn't mean they'll survive. Look on the bright side thought; they're easier to steal from now.

http://www.witchqueensia.com/gallery/d/68394-1/0001_021.jpg

Rashir is cool


nice screenies http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k91/Shuuda/GW%20shots/Screenshot33094.jpg is really cool

very nice
i know Sonata Arctica and they are cool. my fav song of all time is Fullmoon


great as always