User blog comment:Unownshipper/Multiplayer Image Initiative/@comment-3967731-20141007224131



For anyone who starts taking images but can't remove the HUD, keep this in mind: there are ways of improving your initial image before you crop it. Look at the example image here, the entire right half is unusable because of the clock, the combatant's arm and weapon, and the player tracker, but the center left region (below the EVE and Health bars and above the ammo counter) is pretty good (if only the crosshair was smaller). Cropping an image to just this quadrant would make it small, but it would still be a nice, HUD-free image.

The pistol is the best weapon to be holding while taking pics as it has a VERY small crosshair (the Elephant Gun is good too, but the player'sleft arm is more prominently in the frame).

The other 5 weapons (the Shotgun, Machine Gun, Crossbow, Grenade Launcher, Nail Gun) are poor choices as they either take up too much of the frame themselves, have crosshairs which are too large, or the left arm is too prominent.

Similarly, Plasmids like Incinerate!, Insect Swarm, Electro Bolt, Houdini, & Aero Dash aren't good to be holding as their effects (incinerate's flames, insect swarm's bees, etc) bleed into the otherwise usable frame.

Telekinesis is best as it has to effects, but Winter Blast and Geyser Trap are ok too (especially if you're holfing the pistol).

Hope this helps.