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[astarionposting]

Hello! I started following your content a while ago and I definitely love it. Your shots are amazing! You were one of the creators that encouraged me to get the Otis_Inf injected camera, to try and get some good memories from my current gameplay (tho I don't normally post I just keep them for that, memories) Thing is I was going crazy trying to get shots from cinematics (changing angle and stopping at the right time) but I can't find a way, and I thought you would know because you totally master taking screenshots from the game. Could you give me some insight, please? Thank you!

Hello there! I’m definitely no master haha, as I am still learning new things about how the camera tool and everything works, but thank you for the compliment <3.

To pause the game, you must use the 0 key on the numpad to pause. Alternatively, you can change the keybinding in the camera tool menu if this doesn’t work for you. I think the default for injecting the actual camera is the “home” key, but I prefer to use numpad *. I then use the numpad keys to move the camera around, and the + and - keys to increase/decrease FOV to my liking.

A trick I use to get precise moments is to pause way before I know a reaction/animation is going to happen, and I set up my general angle and unlock the numpad, then use the numpad 3 key to move frame by frame, rather than unpausing and pausing again.

Another thing to do is when you are taking screenshots of cinematics and you have the game’s depth of field on (I usually keep it on for home I’m recording videos/gifs), it will sometimes not allow you to capture certain things in focus when moving around with the freecam. I’d suggest turning it off in the “video” settings of the game before and use the IGCS connecter to render your own depth of field at the angle you wish!

Hopefully this helps? I know at first all the different keys can be confusing, but once you know what does what, it becomes much easier. Just become familiar with the controls. I also make a lot of use of the field of view keys (I decrease it a lot to get a more close up shot with less lense distortion) and the rotating keys (for portrait shots, I believe my default they are numpad 2 and 3?)

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask again! <3

I also have a tutorial on how I set up my shots, as well as the keybindings I use to control the camera! Honestly just play around with the camera in camp with the companions and you’ll eventually figure out which angles/compositions you like most!

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