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What is this effect called? (Official promotional screenshot - old)


Schokoladeka
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Rockstar Games released several screenshots to promote the game. They're heavily photoshopped, obviously. I'd like to know what this 'blurry' effect is called. It's some sort of directional bokeh motion blur (yeah I'm just saying words). It stretches the distant lights but also blurs them. I tried googling keywords but I haven't been able to figure it out.

 

Example: Look at the background. Distant lights are enlarged/stretched and blurred.

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Any idea on how to create such effects in Photoshop? At least the name of this effect, if there's one specific name at all.

 

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6 hours ago, JaeDan 101 said:

I think this effect is called "auto focus". Correct me if I'm wrong

No idea. I'll look into that, thanks.

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2 hours ago, Western Gunslinger said:

the effect of false advertising

 

I'm just curious. lol What exactly are they falsely advertising with some screenshots of a blue'ish background with a guy on a cell phone, a police car seeming to be chasing a semi, and a dude holding a gun, with his back to the camera?

 

"F**king Rockstar!! We thought you were gonna make the game more blue. FALSE ADVERTISING!!!" ;)

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13 hours ago, Schokoladeka said:

No idea. I'll look into that, thanks.

Here's an example of an auto focus:

 

The hot chick was in focused by the camera and the background is the blurry one

Auto Dslr Photo Effect : Auto Focus Effect for Android - APK Download

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1 hour ago, ChiroVette said:

 

I'm just curious. lol What exactly are they falsely advertising with some screenshots of a blue'ish background with a guy on a cell phone, a police car seeming to be chasing a semi, and a dude holding a gun, with his back to the camera?

 

"F**king Rockstar!! We thought you were gonna make the game more blue. FALSE ADVERTISING!!!" ;)

They purposely obfuscated the background with insane amounts of depth of field to hide the size of the city, spent hours trying to meticulously place stage lights around characters to create the illusion of better lighting, then rendered the scene at a resolution that was likely four times higher than the game was meant to ship with; all in an attempt to drum up hype for the game's release. It's the exact definition of false advertising.

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1 minute ago, D T said:

They purposely obfuscated the background with insane amounts of depth of field to hide the size of the city, spent hours trying to meticulously place stage lights around characters to create the illusion of better lighting, then rendered the scene at a resolution that was likely four times higher than the game was meant to ship with; all in an attempt to drum up hype for the game's release. It's the exact definition of false advertising.

 

No that's my bad. I misunderstood the thread. I thought that was a new release of an older set pics. So I didn't understand what he meant when he said false advertising. But those are old, pre release pics, so his comment makes a lot more sense in that light. 😆

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Mr Philips The Gey
22 hours ago, Schokoladeka said:

 

 

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Just to point out, this screenshot is absolutely fake. This is a scene from the mission named “PAC Man” which took place in Paleto Bay, and not near the Maze Bank Arena. The police car is also wrong, as the police cruiser from Paleto are the sheriff cruisers, Rockstar’s become like Madd Trevor...

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Just now, mr phillips the great said:

This is a scene from the mission named “PAC Man”

Your wrong, man

Look at the background, its the Maze Bank arena

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Mr Philips The Gey
32 minutes ago, JaeDan 101 said:

Your wrong, man

Look at the background, its the Maze Bank arena

Are you dumb or something? I’m saying, that is the exact scene, but the location was moved

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This one screenshot bring some good memories... I thought Grand Theft Auto V was going to be some real crime drama!

 

It looks really cool.

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Just now, mr phillips the great said:

Are you dumb or something? I’m saying, that is the exact scene, but the location was moved

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What you are looking for is called anamorphic bokeh. It is a characteristic of using an anamorphic lens where the shape of the glass bends light into an oval shape. An effect like that would be very difficult to replicate in just photoshop because the bokeh is created in-camera; or in this case, in-engine.

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Schokoladeka
On 2/28/2021 at 7:48 PM, pg1313 said:

What you are looking for is called anamorphic bokeh. It is a characteristic of using an anamorphic lens where the shape of the glass bends light into an oval shape. An effect like that would be very difficult to replicate in just photoshop because the bokeh is created in-camera; or in this case, in-engine.

That is exactly it. I googled "anamorphic bokeh" and it is what I was looking for. Thank you!

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MaddenedGhost
On 2/28/2021 at 11:53 AM, ChiroVette said:

 

I'm just curious. lol What exactly are they falsely advertising with some screenshots of a blue'ish background with a guy on a cell phone, a police car seeming to be chasing a semi, and a dude holding a gun, with his back to the camera?

 

"F**king Rockstar!! We thought you were gonna make the game more blue. FALSE ADVERTISING!!!" ;)

Lmao I am glad I wasn't the only one thinking about this.

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Kerminator369
On 2/28/2021 at 7:37 AM, D T said:

They purposely obfuscated the background with insane amounts of depth of field to hide the size of the city, spent hours trying to meticulously place stage lights around characters to create the illusion of better lighting, then rendered the scene at a resolution that was likely four times higher than the game was meant to ship with; all in an attempt to drum up hype for the game's release. It's the exact definition of false advertising.

shh dont criticize V when he's active

 

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