maybe it's common knowledge, but maybe not, and i figured it out independently so i'm gonna share!!!
we've got these emotes like /vexed, that come with these extra visual effects, right? and they're very nice visual effects. but maybe they're not what you're going for. unfortunately, if you pause motion, it pauses too, and you can't get a clean shot without it.
but!!!!!!! if you use the deep freeze effect, the extra visual effects don't freeze. so you can wait it out for a couple seconds, unfreeze yourself, and voila!
pause motion and you've got a clean shot!
other emotes i can confirm it works with (i'm sure there are even more) include /consider, /wow, /frighten, /gratuity, /allsaintscharm, and /loveheart !!!
Yoshi P mentioned wanting people to admire the scenery of the new raid. And I don't disagree with the idea. Raid scenery is amazing. I wish we had explore mode in raids.
Apparently you can /return to the beginning of a raid and go back. So I've been told anyway. I have not tested this. But that still depends on getting into the raid you want to pose in in timely manner
Would anyone be interested in a slow-mo run of the new raid? Not immediately when it comes out. Probably at least a month after it comes out but it's negotiable if there's interest. Everyone would need to a) progress there and b) be at least a little familiar with the mechanics so we can still run the fights in an okay time.
But the point would be to NOT take off running after every fight, to pose, read the lore scraps on the floor, to chill.
Would you be interested in a chill tour of the last Dawntrail Alliance raid?
Yes, absolutely
I'm interested but not committed
No
Voting ended onMar 20
Hell, it could be a regular thing in different raids too. Voting on where to do another walking tour. I just thought about it because of the live letter and made the snap decision to put this idea out into the universe. I do not know if I possess the capability to coordinate this or if people even care.
EDIT: I made a little discord. Don't worry about chatting. Will primarily be for lurking until it comes time to maybe get this little tour organized.
Also feel free to DM me if you wanna know if/when I can get this off the ground. If you don't want join an 87th discord, I get it believe me.
Check out the Fancy a walk? community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
FFXIV Gpose: Using the New Color Filter Intensity Slider to Add Vibrance
Hello! I'm far from an expert gposer, just someone who likes to play around and take screenshots of my elf. We've gotten some really great additions to the gpose interface with patch 7.3, and I thought this would be a good opportunity to point out some features that can make a shot pop a little more--if you're a vanilla gposer, if you don't use shaders, or if you just want to try something new.
I've been a fan of the Bright 4 color filter even before this patch. Though its applications are limited and situational, I've found it works really well with nighttime shots, and generally adding vibrance to shots that would otherwise be dark and muddy. But with the addition of an intensity slider for color filters, the usefulness of this feature is dramatically increased! If you just want to add a little bit of subtle vibrance to a shot, a carefully adjusted color filter can help.
Let's set up our shot first, a simple teatime on the garden deck during daytime with strong outdoor lighting. We have a lot of browns and neutrals in this shot, including Ariane's outfit, but also some pops of green from the lawn and garden, purple from the wisteria tree, adn blue from Ariane's clothing and the teacup. Here's the basic shot, no lights or filters added yet.
This is what the shot looks like with Bright 4 at full intensity. It's too much, so everything looks orange, and I would not have used Bright 4 for this shot before the update.
But now we can try a much lower intensity. Here's the original, and an intensity of 10, 20, and 30:
Bright 1 is another filter I recommend playing with situationally. Where Bright 4 adds warm vibrance and will make everything look orange at high intensity, Bright 4 has a green tint.
It's more limited in its usefulness, as a green filter will tend to make a scene look unnatural or unsettling, but it can have its uses, especially in shots with lots of foliage where the green is what you want to highlight.
Here's some low-intensity comparisons for Bright 1 as well:
I'm going to go with Bright 4 at an intensity of 15 for this shot, and I think I'll add some face lights as well. I like to pull the blue light forward just a little bit, to highlight the cool colors against the warm filter and make the whites look true.
And here's a side-by-side of the original shot and my final version. The changes are subtle, but they make a difference.
I hope this was helpful! Have fun exploring the new features!
