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This article makes me appreciate the balance struck in GTA. IMHO this type of scene is better than any of the examples shown in the article: http://prod.hoste

This article makes me appreciate the balance struck in GTA. IMHO this type of scene is better than any of the examples shown in the article: http://prod.hosted.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/YjB4SamD3UmQ1HF7Qf1bsg_0_0.jpg http://prod.hosted.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/YjB...

ttoinou 9y ago
This picture is from a video game ?!
- NoodleIncident 9y ago
  Look at the white brick pillars in the background behind the car; they're exactly the same. Some other stuff like the soda bottle pops out as well. It does look nice though.
  - megaman22 9y ago
    I don't know if there's supposed to be some depth-of-field effect going on here, or what, but I find it really jarring that the resolution of the textures applied to objects in the scene are so different. The car and that one section of wall are super-sharp and high-resolution, then right next to them some of the trash is fuzzy, blurry lo-res textures.
    - vinistois 9y ago
      well, yeah. do you have any idea how massive the world map is in GTA??? Of course they have to scale the textures.
    - bananicorn 9y ago
      In this case it seems it's some sort of DoF-Effect, since the lines between the objects seem to blur too.
- distantsounds 9y ago
  Yes, there are mods out there that make GTA look like a photo-realistic adventure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cbL3HUqAJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cbL3HUqAJU
- wandererer 9y ago
  A more than four-year-old videogame, yes.
  - _frog 9y ago
    on last generation hardware too, though the screenshot in question might be taken one of the ports to more modern systems
    - driverdan 9y ago
      It's from a computer, not a console.
Promit 9y ago
I liked this enough to merit an addition to the write-up. It's not perfect but I'm seeing some great GTA 5 shots that are very nicely balanced overall. Doubly interesting given the substantial age of the game.
andrewf 9y ago
GTA's tone mapping is discussed at http://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2015/11/02/gta-v-graphics-study/ http://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2015/11/02/gta-v-graphic... - including a couple of interesting "filmic tone mapping" links

ttoinou 9y ago

This picture is from a video game ?!

NoodleIncident 9y ago
Look at the white brick pillars in the background behind the car; they're exactly the same. Some other stuff like the soda bottle pops out as well. It does look nice though.
- megaman22 9y ago
  I don't know if there's supposed to be some depth-of-field effect going on here, or what, but I find it really jarring that the resolution of the textures applied to objects in the scene are so different. The car and that one section of wall are super-sharp and high-resolution, then right next to them some of the trash is fuzzy, blurry lo-res textures.
  - vinistois 9y ago
    well, yeah. do you have any idea how massive the world map is in GTA??? Of course they have to scale the textures.
  - bananicorn 9y ago
    In this case it seems it's some sort of DoF-Effect, since the lines between the objects seem to blur too.
distantsounds 9y ago
Yes, there are mods out there that make GTA look like a photo-realistic adventure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cbL3HUqAJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cbL3HUqAJU
wandererer 9y ago
A more than four-year-old videogame, yes.
- _frog 9y ago
  on last generation hardware too, though the screenshot in question might be taken one of the ports to more modern systems
  - driverdan 9y ago
    It's from a computer, not a console.

Promit 9y ago

I liked this enough to merit an addition to the write-up. It's not perfect but I'm seeing some great GTA 5 shots that are very nicely balanced overall. Doubly interesting given the substantial age of the game.

andrewf 9y ago

GTA's tone mapping is discussed at http://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2015/11/02/gta-v-graphics-study/ http://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2015/11/02/gta-v-graphic... - including a couple of interesting "filmic tone mapping" links