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"Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:14 pm
by Daube
Hi all,

There's been some snow falling yesterday in Nizza (LFMN).
That's very rare, and snow always puts me in a good mood. Fired up FSX and went for my favorite short flight, Sion to Habere-Poche, with "Heavy Snow" weather them.

The ground and sky textures are default.
The plane is the default Baron (I love it)
The clouds are from HDE package of course.
The Mesh is freeware, LOD11 for the Alps here: http://c30s.alpes.gratisim.fr/
The ice... falls from the sky, as you can see :)
It has been one of the most scenic flight of the last few months, I have to say. Hope you like !

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Bonus shots for the 600 kb limit :P

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/daube_image918.jpg
http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/daube_image913.jpg

Comments and criticism welcome as usual.

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:12 pm
by a1
First and last shots are my favorites. ;)

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:16 pm
by B-Valvs
I love 3 and 4. The anlges and weather are great. However, I don't like how there are small parts of the plane cut off in many of these.

8-)

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:18 am
by Mazza
Can I get a bigger size of # 2 please  :o

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:58 am
by Daube
Thanks for the nice comments gentlemen :)

B-Valvs, I see what you mean for th cut parts, but sometimes when you want to make a shot really close to the plane, you get forced to "sacrifiy" some parts of it in order to emphasize the details of the other parts.
It makes an interesting variation in the angles, in fact.

Mazza: sure, let me upload it somewhere. I'll post the link here.

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:02 am
by Daube

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:10 am
by Frequent Flyer
http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/d ... age916.jpg and http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/d ... age918.jpg are really beautiful!
Are you sure your sun is default? It looks amazing (and my doesn't look like that)!
Terrific shots of my favourite flying region  :)

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:15 am
by olderndirt
For the default Baron, that looks very crisp and sharp.  What's your secret?

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:07 pm
by Daube
[quote]http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/daube_image916.jpg and http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/d ... age918.jpg are really beautiful!
Are you sure your sun is default? It looks amazing (and my doesn't look like that)!
Terrific shots of my favourite flying region

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:16 pm
by Daube
[quote]For the default Baron, that looks very crisp and sharp.

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:01 pm
by olderndirt
[quote][quote]For the default Baron, that looks very crisp and sharp.

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:00 pm
by Daube
When I save my shots, I don't set anything about pixels/inch.
I just care about the compression quality, I set it in order to match the forum rules, nothing more.

You might have to use NHancer. Or at least, you have to ensure that you are manipulating the FSX profile in the NVidia drivers, not just the global settings. 1440x900 is a good resolution. With an AA set to 8x and an AF set to 8x or 12x, you should be able to get nice screenshots.

What software do you use for saving/resizing your screenshots ? PAINT.NET is freeware and has always given me nice results.

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:22 pm
by patchz
[color=#000000]If my default Baron looked that good, I'd love it too. Very nice set Daube.

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:01 pm
by Daube
Thanks Patchz :)
By the way, the Baron was amongst my favorite planes back in my FS9 days, together with the Bravo. I used to fly those planes a lot ! Mostly because of their pleasant virtual cockpits.
And let's be honnest, even in FS9, the baron (and the Bravo) were not ugly at all. I really really liked them !

Re: "Default & Freeware" cocktail, with a little bit of ice, please :)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:02 pm
by olderndirt
What software do you use for saving/resizing your screenshots ? PAINT.NET is freeware and has always given me nice results.
Paint.Net has been my mainstay and I have Gimp.