DEATH STRANDING PC: Virtual Photographers and Digital Artists Share Their Best Shots | GeForce News
Since the creation of screen capture tools, gamers have been taking screenshots and saving their favorite and funniest moments. For some, framing, composing and snapping a great shot is just as much fun as playing the game. And as in the real world, getting that perfect shot requires skill, a keen eye, and plenty of time and patience.
For the ultimate shot, PC gamers turned to engine modifications, game mods and Cheat Engine hacks to create their own virtual cameras and fully-fledged photo modes, giving them the tools and capabilities to create the type of scenes and shots previously reserved for developers using debug game builds and special dev tools.
Now, we call these advanced screenshotting pros Digital Artists, Virtual Photographers, Screenshot Artists, Games Capture Artists, and Gametographers, recognizing their achievements and status as pro and semi-pro in-game photographers. Likewise, developers and publishers recognized their talents, too, hiring Digital Artists as full-time employees for official screenshots and trailers, or as contractors for new batches of jaw-dropping screenshots that’ll promote the beauty and splendor of a new or upcoming game.
Best of all, this interest in virtual photography has led to the creation of official photo modes in the latest and greatest games, both on PC and consoles, opening the world of screenshotting to everyone. On Twitter, Instagram and other social networks, you’ll find burgeoning communities and thousands of individuals posting shots under #VirtualPhotography, #Gametography, #photomode, #ansel, #NvidiaAnsel, #ShotWithGeForce, #RTXON, and many other tags.
The latest game to launch with a fully-fledged in-game photo mode is the PC edition of DEATH STRANDING, which is out now, and is bundled with participating GeForce RTX GPUs, laptops and desktops for a limited time.
Together with our partners at KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS and 505 Games, we invited some of the best and most promising PC Digital Artists to take shots with this photo mode in the critically-acclaimed game ahead of its release.
Below, you can learn more about each artist, follow them on social channels, and gawp slack-jawed at their initial set of stunning shots, captured on GeForce RTX GPUs with max settings enabled.
André Revolution
André hails from Brazil, where in his spare time he snaps and shares Virtual Photography screenshots from PC and console games, primarily on Instagram; streams on Twitch; and posts videos about games, movies, TV shows and more to YouTube. Also be sure to follow him on Twitter for the very latest everything.
If you’re fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, check out André’s latest video, which takes a look at DEATH STRANDING‘s PC conversion and our included DLSS 2.0 technology, that dramatically increases performance and can also improve image quality.