Looking for screenshots

[Pitti]

Hi

I thinking about to write and offer an RWFF-Articel for a German Flyfishing-Magazin.

Therefor I would need some very nice screenshots of casts. I would like to have normal cast, snaky cast, rollcast, speycast.

I've tried to make some screenshots, but I can't get the right timing, so my screens looks not really nice.

If anybody like to try it too, any help are very welcome.

To make screenshots I suggest a capture-tool, which can capture the screen and save it as number incremental into a folder. There are many freeware-tools like:

http://www.freeware-download.com/downlo ... /1637.html (english)or
http://www.freeware-archiv.de/FastStone ... enshot.htm (german)
(I havn't tried them, but they looks fine).

Perhaps anybody want to try it.

Thx
Regards Peter

[paul]

As it happens, I've been thinking about having a contest for the best screen shot. How about this: Send the best screen shots you can get to screenshots@pishtech.com. Each person may submit up to 4 pictures by October 6th. I'll post them on the web and we'll take votes for the best screenshots in 2 categories: Best casting screen shot, and best non-casting screen shot.

This is open to those with the demo version as well as those with the full game. The winner in each category will receive a copy of Real World Fly Fishing on CD-ROM. If the winner already has the full game it makes a great gift and the holiday season is approaching.

Here's a tip for capturing screenshots of fast moving scenes like casting or fighting fish for those with the full version (this won't work with the demo): Sign in as "Cheater" and while fishing press "4" to freeze the action. Now press the space bar to advance the game 1 frame. That lets you step through the motion of a cast, etc. Press 4 again to resume at normal speed.

Good luck, and tight lines!

Paul

[Pitti]

Here's a tip for capturing screenshots of fast moving scenes like casting or fighting fish for those with the full version (this won't work with the demo): Sign in as "Cheater" and while fishing press "4" to freeze the action. Now press the space bar to advance the game 1 frame. That lets you step through the motion of a cast, etc. Press 4 again to resume at normal speed.

Paul, this is the tip of the day!

Thx
Peter

[Cutch]

Folks,
I have the full version of FRAPS that I use to capture frames in the games I play, then I use Windows Movie Maker to convert the AVI files to WMV files. FRATS saves the captured frames as AVI files in a folder.

I can open AVI files with Animation Shop 3 and make animations, or transfer any of the frames into Paint Shop Pro 7 and save them as jpgs.
(I can touch up the colors also in PSP7)
Just let me know what exactly you need and it will be fairly easy to get you either animation files (gifs) or jpgs.

[Cutch]

Here's an example:
I made an AVI file with FRAPS. I opened the AVI file with Animation Shop 3. I changed each frame rate from 8 hundredths of a second to 15 hundredths of a second. (Slowed down all 30 frames). Now it looks like flycasting in slow motion. I can speed up or slow down the frames rates as I choose.
I can also take these 30 frames (pictures) into Paint Shop Pro 7 and make jpgs of each one, or all of them. I can also resize the pictures and touch up the colors if needed.

Check out this animation I made from a FRAPS AVI file:
Real World Flycasting in slo-motion

So, whatever you want, I think I can provide for you?

[Cutch]

Here's another one. I slowed down the frames to 20 hundredths a second and used both the forward and back swing to the cast. (which I didn't in the first video I posted.)

SLOW MOTION, FRONT AND BACK SWING FLYFISHING

[dcarp]

Cutch,

WOW! Those slow-motion videos are amazing. You're a master!

Dave

[Cutch]

Not really Dave,...I know just enough to keep me in trouble. LOL