WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

[ReNo]

Nexus - the sharpen tool should only be used when it is needed. I don't know how those shots looked when they came straight out of the game (I've never taken screenshots in BF2), but you have gone too far with the sharpening here. Far too far. I'm sure you can notice the artifacts that oversharpening has introduced to the images - just look at the trees and it is hard to miss.

If you want to do your best in presenting your work, then try turning off all of the interfering screen clutter such as weapon models and the HUD. Its an easy step, but one that helps out quite a bit. If you do feel that the captured screenshots are too blurry or bland, then you can do little touch ups in photoshop with contrast/brightness tweaks or a very small amount of sharpening, but going too far doesn't do your work any favours.

[Defrag]

IMO photshopping screenshots of your maps is like false advertising. I remember one HL mapper released a series of beautiful screenshots back in the day (when I didn't really know much) that looked so crisp and detailed. I later found out he'd used PS to eye-candy his stuff up.

To me it's pointless. It'd be like photoshopping your photo and posting it on a dating website. It may fool people initially, but they'll only want to kick you in the balls when they meet you and see you've been misleading them.

[i3ad]

hello guys

iam following this forum for a long time now but i wasnt registered till now

i just want to pimp my new map is it final now and will be very soon available for download ! its named aim_station ... i know i know aim maps are not so popular and some of u will close the browser as soon as they read this sentence lol but pls take a look at the pictures and the map !!

i just wanted to learn some more things befor starting a big "normal" map

i put alot of work into that little map (maybe a lil bit too much)

just 2 pics of the final and a lil quicktime - vr -panorama

http://home.arcor.de/heierpages/baddy/s ... tation.mov

i will post more when its out

c&c pls

ah and btw its my second map ... this here was my first one :

http://www.lanmaniax.com/maps/html/aim_stalker.htm

[RD]

Looks pretty good, but theres not much cover is there? Could be awesome if the room was bigger, a bit brighter and bit more cover

How did you make that panorama?

The stalker one looks great =)

[Grinwhrl]

very nice

If thats a subway, you should add a yellow or cation style line to where the train boards.

[curman]

aim map

[insta]

aim map

It can be fun on LAN with friends

[General Vivi]

your rays look a bit akward you might want to work on those before makign it final. take my newest creation for example . i worked on the rays for jamesL's awp_monopoly map.

also are those custom models yours?

[mike-0]

that looks nice i3ad

[Oski]

i3ad:

Looks good. But its weird how those big supports, doesent actually support the ceiling. And I also think the pillars dont go very well with the support arches above the pillars. I think its the brightness of the textures on the arches. The contrast bothers me for some reason.

[i3ad]

first i wanted to make the map darker but i find out that it didnt work for an aim map so i brightend it up

as i said i have workt too long on this tiny map and i dont want to waste more time in that project

the custom models and textures are all mine yes ^^

thx for the comments so far

[FrieChamp]

Heh I like that 360° quicktime thing you did there, gives you a better impression than just screenshots

Looks pretty good, especially those "train departure" tables (it says "tren" on them by the way, spelling mistake?) but I think you put a few too many there.

[i3ad]

those sign are from hl2 and it says tren also hehe but thx

[Taylor Swift]

the sharpen tool is made to make it sharpen what the? is wrong with you unsharped people.

I mean my map needs that. over

[Skjalg]

the sharpen tool is made to make it sharpen what the? is wrong with you unsharped people.

I mean my map needs that. over

They are trying to tell you that your map(screens) really doesnt need it =)