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Increasing the Factor you get wide angle up to 120 degrees. That's interesting as it covers a whole part of the scenery but also seems to make Objects appear far away. So use it for showing large parts of sceneries, or long Aircrafts etc...For an higher wide angle make a panorama. | Increasing the Factor you get wide angle up to 120 degrees. That's interesting as it covers a whole part of the scenery but also seems to make Objects appear far away. So use it for showing large parts of sceneries, or long Aircrafts etc...For an higher wide angle make a panorama. | ||
Decreasing the Factor you get a narrow angle and a Zoom-Effect. This means you can take | Decreasing the Factor you get a narrow angle and a Zoom-Effect. This means you can take far away objects virtually close to you. An interesting effect is, that it also makes the background more "dense". | ||
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This applies for FlightGear as well. So play a bit with the daytimes, especially Dawn/Morning/Afternoon and Dusk. Play as well with the seasons and locations. In the winter near the poles the sun is low, while near the aequator the sun is standing high in the sky. As an example this gives nice effects with the shaders on the water. | This applies for FlightGear as well. So play a bit with the daytimes, especially Dawn/Morning/Afternoon and Dusk. Play as well with the seasons and locations. In the winter near the poles the sun is low, while near the aequator the sun is standing high in the sky. As an example this gives nice effects with the shaders on the water. | ||
== Weather == | |||
Our weather has improved much in CVS and upcoming release. Much more realistic clouds, better sky and ambient colors and the possibility to set your own METAR, clouds etc. makes it more easy to create a stunning weather background for your picture. | |||
== Locations == | |||
The choose of the location depends a bit what you want to show. | |||
So what want you to show? Do you have already a theme for in mind? | |||
As an example for showing an aircraft just for presentation, use an "empty" background like the sky, sea or desert. | |||
If you want to show the Aircraft during operation you could choose some or our better airports like EHAM, LFPG etc. as background, or some of the more detailed sceneries like our Custom Sceneries. | |||
== Colors and whitebalance == | |||
As in RealLife, in FGFS the pictures has often to be corrected in colors and whitebalance. | |||
== Conclusion == | |||
Combining all this, playing with all this you should be able to create some stunning pictures. Try and play with as much you can, look at real images to get hints or try to copy a RealLife in FlightGear- this all will help to make you make a good picture! | |||