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:: [[User:Bugman|Bugman]] ([[User talk:Bugman|talk]]) 15:43, 15 October 2015 (EDT)
:: [[User:Bugman|Bugman]] ([[User talk:Bugman|talk]]) 15:43, 15 October 2015 (EDT)


== Removing a section from [[Howto:Make_nice_screenshots#Colors_and_whitebalance|Make nice screenshots]] page ==
== Removing a section from Make nice screenshots howto ==
 
: ''Topic was moved to the [[FlightGear wiki:Village Pump#Removing a section from the Make nice screenshots howto]] ([http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php?title=FlightGear_wiki:Village_pump&oldid=89128#Removing_a_section_from_the_Make_nice_screenshots_howto perm])''
Hi Johan, what do you think about removing altogether the following section of the [[Howto:Make_nice_screenshots#Colors_and_whitebalance|Make nice screenshots]] page: http://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:Make_nice_screenshots#Colors_and_whitebalance
IMO, it is a very bad idea to urge users to enhance their screenshots with GIMP or Photoshop in order to "improve" them, as this will result in screenshots that do not reflect what can be achieved in FG. I don't think screenshots are by any standard the same thing as photography, and the only result of these tweaked screenshots will be false advertisement from our part. Nothing against users doing it by themselves if they want to, but "officially" supporting it is a bad idea to me. I also would be careful not to use altered screenshots in our articles the most we can for the same reasons above.
See the discussion in our forum starting with this post: http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27674&p=262281#p262271
 
Cheers, [[User_talk:Gsagostinho|Gsagostinho]]
 
: While I to a large extent agree with you, in particular with the sentiment that edited screenshots does not portray FlightGear in an honest way, I think it would be a good idea (in the longer term at least) to take it on the [[FGW:VP|village pump]] rather than here.
: Would it be ok to move this topic from here to the village pump?
: —[[User:Johan G|Johan G]] ([[User_talk:Johan_G|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Johan_G|contribs]]) 16:59, 31 October 2015 (EDT)
 
: Maybe I should add that I do understand that some want to take artistic freedoms and that there should be a place for that as well.  But the problem of course is, how will someone not familiar to FlightGear know the difference?  Preferably without water marks or the like.
: —[[User:Johan G|Johan G]] ([[User_talk:Johan_G|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Johan_G|contribs]]) 17:05, 31 October 2015 (EDT)
 
:: It's absolutely okay to move this to village pump. As for the artistic freedoms, I don't think the wiki or the offical website are the place for that, else we will be the single piece of software displaying bogus screenshots on their official channels. My point is: people have all the liberty to do whatever they want, but an official endorsement is another story. That wiki page I linked is basically asking for users to "improve" their images, and if everyone followed it there wouldn't be a single honest screenshot all around. I really believe we need a guideline for this, at least concerning the wiki and official website.
::Cheers, [[User_talk:Gsagostinho|Gsagostinho]]
 
::: By the way, I exchanged those screenshots from that page for better ones as the graphics of FG improved a whole lot since they were created, and the whole point of the page is to talk about nice screenshots anyway :) I also fixed some typos.
::: —[[User_talk:Gsagostinho|Gsagostinho]]
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