[Pic] Posed H2 Scenes

Agent ME · Post by **Agent ME** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:35 pm

Not really sure what to call the topic, but these are made about the same way those "Battle Scenes" were made. Feel free to edit them for yourselves and add captions however you like, just give credit. Also, I accidentally saved #2 as a .jpg in paint and erased backups, so it is noticeably lower quality than the others.

I'm having a lot of fun making these, so if you have a suggestion, POST IT HERE!

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:45 pm

Beacuse the image capture device does not capture AA, just raw data. It is very sharp looking. Which means you have harsh jaggies. Do a gaussian blur of .25.

Logan · Post by **Logan** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:58 pm

Damn snave and his stealing of ideas.... cool =d

Snave · Post by **Snave** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:22 am

Nice

keep them coming. Pwnt Logan ;X

MasterChief2829 · Post by **MasterChief2829** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:43 am

this sucks because I cant make them... or at least I don't know how. I realize you need a special program for xbox/pc and I got it on me xbox and pc but It never works with Halo 2... only other games.

Agent ME · Post by **Agent ME** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:06 pm

I'm not sure how in-depth we're aloud to talk about it, but, here's a few tips.

If you have a mod chip, flash a debug BIOS onto a part of it, and make it start with that BIOS instead of doing "Xbox Image Grabber" from Apps menu. Make sure you also use a BIOS correct for your xbox version.

If you use Xecuter 3 BIOS, turn on the option for Debug BIOS mode instead of doing "Xbox Image Grabber" from Apps menu.

Use EvolutionX dashboard. I don't know why, but Halo2 doesn't act properly if I start it from UnleashX and a debug BIOS.

Make sure in EvolutionX's settings, TSR is set to disabled. You'll have to reboot to have the changes apply.

If Halo2 still does not work, or if you can get in the menu but not load any maps, then clear your cache, start Halo2 without a debug BIOS, load and start the level you want to use debug on, then end it, reboot with debug on, and try Halo2 on that level.

MasterChief2829 · Post by **MasterChief2829** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:54 pm

THANK YOU... wait... it only works when loading from the disc... so I cant take pics of mods or anything :-/

ON Topic: Sweet Battle Scenes, I'll try to get some good ones up if I can get this working better.

PiZZABOX · Post by **PiZZABOX** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:42 pm

nice pic's... condidering i dont have xbox

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:20 pm

Any more?

Agent ME · Post by **Agent ME** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:17 pm

Veegie wrote:Beacuse the image capture device does not capture AA, just raw data. It is very sharp looking. Which means you have harsh jaggies. Do a gaussian blur of .25.

What do you mean? About why #2 is low quality? That's because for some reason microsoft paint (which I edited these in) when it saves as .jpg, it turns on like 60% quality compression or something gay like that.

But what tool do I use for a gaussian blur? Photoshop? I have a 30 day demo for that. Does the xbox apply that effect right before showing on screen?

And I haven't made any more yet, but I will.

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:32 pm

I never said it was low quality, this is pointless unless you can grasp the concept of AA. You can use GIMP for bluring also.

Agent ME · Post by **Agent ME** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:39 pm

AA... What does the A stand for? What does the other A stand for?

*Veegie answers*

Ok...uh, what does the A stand for again?

lol, stupid Caboose. But what's AA?

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:44 pm

www.fuckinggoogleit.com

Logan · Post by **Logan** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:46 pm

Owned by censors.

Zigen · Post by **Zigen** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:59 pm

Logan wrote:Owned by censors.

lol . lmao. . . .

Agent ME · Post by **Agent ME** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:07 pm

Googled.

I really don't think you're talking ALCOA INC, Routes around Britain, American Airlines, Alcoholics Anonymous, or America's Army. WTF is AA?!

Logan · Post by **Logan** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:13 pm

Learn to use google.... I search for...

AA acronym game

And I found, Anti-Aliasing.

Ar5eNiC · Post by **Ar5eNiC** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:44 pm

Here's the first pic with the blur Veegie was talking about...

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:51 pm

I like the original better.

Onetoomanysodas · Post by **Onetoomanysodas** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:14 pm

AA is Anti-Aliasing which is a technique when drawing pixels to create smoothness among horizontal lines and curves that would usually be jaggedy due to pixels being rectangular. Video games use this for a more realistic look, and to not look like crap when smoothing out these lines and curves be rendering in-between pixels for a tiny blur affect to smooth them out.