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When screenshots or videos are needed for comparisons, provide them from in-game sources. Do not use "studio" applications to provide shots and/or video. In-game lighting conditions and rendering can change the appearance of many textures compared to studio applications. Therefore, it is very important to capture these comparisons from within the game itself. | When screenshots or videos are needed for comparisons, provide them from in-game sources. Do not use "studio" applications to provide shots and/or video. In-game lighting conditions and rendering can change the appearance of many textures compared to studio applications. Therefore, it is very important to capture these comparisons from within the game itself. | ||
[http://www.fraps.com/ FRAPS] is an excellent program for both screen and video captures in-game as well as capturing FPS data; however, feel free to use your preferred program for captures. The paid version of FRAPS provides more | [http://www.fraps.com/ FRAPS] is an excellent program for both screen and video captures in-game as well as capturing FPS data; however, feel free to use your preferred program for captures. The paid version of FRAPS provides more functionality and is recommended. PNG is the preferred format for screen captures due to its accuracy in capturing correct colors, saturation, tints, etc. JPEG is not recommended because some loss of the image's originality can be lost; however, it can be used if PNG isn't an option. Do '''''not''''' use GIF format for screen captures! | ||
When uploading captures for posting compares on the STEP forums, please use a 3rd party service. Do not store your captures on the STEP wiki! [http://imgur.com/ Imgur] has proven to be an excellent free image hosting site for uploading screen captures to. For video captures, please use YouTube. Other | For video captures, AVI, MKV, and MP4 file formats (containers) are best. FRAPS will capture videos in the AVI format. Using one of these three formats or a higher quality one for capturing video is very important for proper captures in high definition. If you can set the codec for captures, use H.264 as the first choice and MPEG-4 as a second choice. Video for true HD should be captured in 1080p, not 1080i. Audio for video captures, if it can be set, should be no less than a 48khz sample rate and no less than a 128kbps bit rate (96khz sample/384kbps bit rate is recommended for true HD audio). Use this information for encoding edited videos for compares as well. Adobe Premiere Elements is excellent for this, but rather expensive. | ||
When uploading captures for posting compares on the STEP forums, please use a 3rd party service to host your captures. ''Do not store your captures on the STEP wiki!'' [http://imgur.com/ Imgur] has proven to be an excellent free image hosting site for uploading screen captures to. It will re-compress your PNGs to JPEGs without any loss in quality. If using Imgur or JPEGs, please use the inline image functions on the forums to post your compares. For posting video captures, please use YouTube. Other services have proven themselves annoying for members to use; most requiring an account to view the videos. YouTube videos can also be included right in the post using the video clip button in the formatting bar on the forum. As long as you've followed the recommendations above for video captures and encoding, your YouTube videos will be in proper HD. | |||
Quick tip: Unless you're running at a monitor resolution of 1920x1080 or higher and capturing at that resolution, do not encode your videos in 1080p. The result will be blurry due to upscaling. If you're below 1920x1080, 1600x900 for example, encode your videos in 720p. | |||
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