DISTANT WORLDS - THE TRAVELERS' TIMELINE
A collection of images and videos from the members of the expeditionary fleet!
Greetings, Commanders! This thread shall act as the main stage to upload your photos and videos of your journey along with the 600+ other commanders who have signed up for the Distant Worlds Expedition.A collection of images and videos from the members of the expeditionary fleet!
Please read this thread carefully. Do not post any videos or screenshots about the Distant World's Expedition outside of this thread to prevent the exploration forums from being spammed. If you have any questions, please send me a private message!
All relevant information about the waypoints will be added and updated as it becomes available.
A section from my Compendium on screenshots and videos:
When it comes to taking screenshots, recording videos, streaming and sharing your content, there are hundreds of options available out there. By no means are you required to use any one setup but here are some services that I am familiar with and prefer:
STREAMING & VIDEO:
twitch.tv - One of - if not the - most popular streaming platform available. Twitch is a free-to-use hosting service for streaming of all types - games, movies and all other forms of entertainment. As Twitch is not the software used, it allows you to use whatever software you wish as long as it can be implemented into their site's hosting server.
YouTube - YouTube has integrated their own direct-to streaming service and, as it is powered by Google, is fairly reliable. The platform does not offer as many features as some of the software available for Twitch, however.
NVidia Experience/ShadowPlay - ShadowPlay is NVidia's built-in software for higher-end GPUs and can be accessed through the NVidia Experience program. It offers easy Twitch integration and a variety of basic features such as feed quality and speed as well as FPS overlays, camera placement and keybinding. Shadow Play can also be used to record video in HD and offers this without any restrictions.
Shadow Play is free to use, but requires an NVidia GPU.
X-Split Gamecaster/Broadcaster - These two programs are recommended by Twitch and offer a great variety of options for streaming such as overlays for music, cameras, FPS, 1080p broadcasting, integration with various other programs such as FaceRig, keybinding, AFK screens, various color options and more. You would have to explore the program or watch videos yourself to see it all as it is very extensive.
X-Split is free to use, if you don't mind a small logo placed in the corner of your stream or videos. Otherwise it costs roughly $5 USD/month.
Fraps - This is not a program I have used for a long time but it has always been free and attempts to stay relevant. I hear the name mentioned here and there so I did some research and it still seems to be a viable option as far as game capturing is concerned. Fraps can capture audio and video up to 7680 x 4800 with custom frame rates from 1 to 120 frames per second.
Fraps is free to use but places some text with their logo over your videos. Otherwise, it costs $37 USD to buy and updates thereafter cost nothing.
SCREENSHOTS:
Elite: Dangerous - F10 will capture a screenshot in-game and is the default key for doing so. If you are in Private Group or Solo, you can use Alt+F10 to capture a high-definition screenshot. 1920x1080 would be the normal F10 resolution(unless your monitor does not reach this size) while Alt+F10 provides a 7680 x 4320 resolution image. Screenshots done through the ED client are saved as a .BMP and generally must be re-saved as a .JPG or .PNG to be hosted through most file-sharing sites. Screenshots will be found in your Frontier Development directory of the "My Pictures" folder in your documents.
STEAM - Steam allows you to capture screenshots using the F12 key. Pressing this key saves screenshots to a folder in your Steam directory. The files will be saved with their date and screenshot number in .JPEG format. These images can be directly uploaded to all file-sharing sites as it is a web-optimized image. You will find these images in your Steam direction on the C drive.
TIP:
Unless you are playing on a Mac, all Windows-based machines come with the program Paint. Paint can be used to edit screenshots and, in the case of those created with ED, re-save them into the proper format. You can open the screenshot directly through Paint or drag the screenshot into the Paint window. If you want to emphasize something in the shot or size the image down, you can do that with these steps:
BE AWARE THAT PAINT's NATIVE SAVE FORMAT IS .BMP. WHEN YOU SAVE THE IMAGE, YOU MUST SELECT .PNG OR .JPG FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU.
HOSTING IMAGES AND VIDEOS:
puush.me - Puush is a very simple and well-designed hosting service that I prefer for screenshots. You download an uploading client, create an account and then can upload the files manually (one at a time, unfortunately). After uploading, the images are placed in a single folder that can be viewed by list or thumbnail. From there you can organize the images into a private or public folder and once clicked, the image will open with a URL that is both short and easily placed into IMG tags for posting on the forums. As far as I am aware, there are no limits to the image size or resolution.
Puush is free to use.
imgur.com - Imgur is a popular image-hosting website that allows you to keep your uploaded files for personal use or publish to the internet for all to see. You can upload up to 150 images at once and I am not aware of any limitations. I recently uploaded 1,700 screenshots from my Circumnavigation Expedition and they can all be viewed in one massive album. It took roughly 6 hours to upload them all, due to some issues with the site, but in the end, they are all there and available for view.
Flickr - A site that I know mostly for it's heavy photography content, flickr can also be used to host images from your exploratory adventures. I am not familiar with the ins and outs of this particular service but I hear the name a lot, so I imagine it is a reliable platform to use.
PANORAMAS
There are multiple ways to create panoramic images, but the way the debug camera in ED works doesn't always allow for perfect results. That aside, here are two programs I've used that do a decent job if you take enough images at the necessary angles:
Photoshop CS5 and Newer - File>Automate>Photomerge - Simple process that allows you to upload all necessary files and let the program do the work. Not too reliable considering it's an expensive product unless you pirate it.
Image Composite Editor- A free alternative offered by Microsoft. Upload your files and begin stitching them together. Has been more reliable than Photoshop so far but isn't too much better.
Hugin - A very in-depth, extensive program recommended by CMDR Third Nostril. I couldn't figure the program out but I hear good things.
POSTING IMAGES AND VIDEOS:
Posting images and videos is easy. Once you've uploaded them to the proper hosting site, you just take the image/video link and paste it into image/video tags, like so:
- Which waypoint was the screenshot taken at?
- Which system/planet were you in when you took the screenshot?
- A little blurb about the shot and why you wanted to share it
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), but over time I plan to add my pictures of the expedition to this album.
