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[UPDATE 03.06, 06:00 KST] I've managed to turn off photobucket's auto-resizing, and reuploaded the pictures, I've added a "full resolution" link to all of them in the spoilers, please check them out, they are a lot nicer, my whole point was keeping the detail but raising the resolution.
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A while ago there was a thread where someone made a screenshot of an entire map (Blue Storm) with lots of nice battles going on at once. I've found it pretty cool, and I immediately decided to try something similar (taking screenshots of a replay, then assembling them, I just didnt do a full map, only 9 screenfuls or area). I also posted the results in the thread, but nobody seemed to care
Anyway, I enjoyed doing it -and the results-, so I've made some other screenshots like that since, and I thought I'd make a blog about it, maybe someone is interested.
The thing is, imho Starcraft has very nice graphics, its just that the resolution is considered very low by now. The reasons why I decided to do just some screens instead of a whole map is because you can see more of the nice detail this way, and its also a lot easier to make
(edit: note that you can view the full resolutions by copying the adress of the pictures and opening them in a new tab/page)
(edit2: seems like I'm unable to get the original high resolution pictures from photobucket. Am I the only one having problems with this? Maybe I should use some other method for uploading them or an other hosting site? let me know.)
My first try, a battle between Reach and Flash in the middle of BlueStorm:+ Show Spoiler +
2nd: some PvT battle on Medusa + Show Spoiler +
3rd: Draco vs some zerg on Colosseum 2, zerg reinforcements trying to clear up some mess. + Show Spoiler +
4th: PvT on Heartbreak Ridge, protoss rushes to clear up some harassment + Show Spoiler +
Let me know what you think, any feedback is appreciated as long as its mannered
I certainly plan on making more like these -regardless of the feedback here-, but if you liked it, I'd like it if you'd let me know
Also, feel free to suggest moments in replays worthy of "snapshotting" like this, be it some battle, some surround, impending flank, or just some hugeass base, whatever
+ Show Spoiler [POLL!] +Poll: Does anyone care?( Vote): Yes! ( Vote): No. ( Vote): I like voting, but the low number of options here is just disappointing.
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they look nice.
How do you make them actually?
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Try and find a great flank, I think high res would make it feel much more epic.
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South Africa4316 Posts
These are absolutely amazing. I love them. Haha, it's probably the coolest thing I've seen in SC in a while. I especially like the Medusa wallpaper.
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never heard of resoliution hack?
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Wow, way to go! Very impressive! ^_^
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On June 02 2009 03:48 Volshok wrote:
Try and find a great flank, I think high res would make it feel much more epic.
I agree. Some sick ZvT flank would be orgasmic. Or, Z and T fighting with T/Z doing some simultaneous drop that's also in the picture.
These are really good though.
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On June 02 2009 03:51 Lq_ fAn wrote:
never heard of resoliution hack? I did hear about it, though, never tried it, as I've heard its very buggy yet. I know I could be sparing myself some work, but actually once i got some practice with it, the only time consuming part is finding / deciding on scenes to capture.
For a previous question (How do I make these): once I'm at a spot in a replay that i like, I take screenshots (printscreen button:-p) with careful horizontal and vertical scrolling, as much as I decide to (until now that was up to 9), then assemble the screenshots with some image editor (I use gimp, but that is irrelevant), and cut it to shape. Or were you asking for even more detail, freelander?
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On June 02 2009 04:00 Durak wrote:Show nested quote +On June 02 2009 03:48 Volshok wrote:
Try and find a great flank, I think high res would make it feel much more epic. I agree. Some sick ZvT flank would be orgasmic. Or, Z and T fighting with T/Z doing some simultaneous drop that's also in the picture. These are really good though.
Jaedong vs Fantasy on Sin Chupong Ryeong. I probably spelled it wrong, meh.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
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these are awesome, plz make more wallpapers!
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On June 02 2009 04:15 Archaic wrote:Show nested quote +On June 02 2009 04:00 Durak wrote:On June 02 2009 03:48 Volshok wrote:
Try and find a great flank, I think high res would make it feel much more epic. I agree. Some sick ZvT flank would be orgasmic. Or, Z and T fighting with T/Z doing some simultaneous drop that's also in the picture. These are really good though. Jaedong vs Fantasy on Sin Chupong Ryeong. I probably spelled it wrong, meh.
replay?
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Plz make Zerg v Terran
Zerg CIRCLE FLANK
=D
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Need to use some photoshop effects for good wallpapers ^^
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Wow, these look cool...
Great job.
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you should do July vs Rock and show the 5 lines of zergling/hydra crashing into Rock's base
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LOL
omgosh the poll was hilarious... definitely not enough options!
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These are really nice. Keep it up, I'd like to have a wallpaper of about 3 of these tiled vertically..
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I'd like to see a SC of a flank in the Hoejja v Xellos game recently. There were so many; they made the match exciting!
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