Major League Baseball 2K11 Screenshot Roy Halladay (Hi-Res)

[Woodweaver]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K11 Screenshot Roy Halladay (Hi-Res)

It looks overly-smooth because of the Blur-Effect 2k uses during replay still shots. They have been using that technique for a while now. It's suppose to give off this realistic effect when a close-up is used. (Everything blurs-out except the actual image)

What you're describing is a Depth Of Field blur that is probably accomplished via a shader. In fact, this type of post processing does not remove aliasing. Actually if you apply DOF to a frame along with anti-aliasing you can often get other strange "halo-like" artifacts....

That being said, I can see some aliasing around the edges of the numbers on the back of the Jersey, but not much. All things considered, this looks like an improvement!

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K11 Screenshot Roy Halladay (Hi-Res)

What you're describing is a Depth Of Field blur that is probably accomplished via a shader. In fact, this type of post processing does not remove aliasing. Actually if you apply DOF to a frame along with anti-aliasing you can often get other strange "halo-like" artifacts....

That being said, I can see some aliasing around the edges of the numbers on the back of the Jersey, but not much. All things considered, this looks like an improvement!

Thanks for clarifying my post Woodweaver. Appreciate it

[jeffy777]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K11 Screenshot Roy Halladay (Hi-Res)

I don't remember the last time I actually looked at the details of a glove while playing a baseball game and I play them all the time. Usuually the camera is zoomed out too far to focus on such things anyway.

[SoxFan01605]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K11 Screenshot Roy Halladay (Hi-Res)

I don't remember the last time I actually looked at the details of a glove while playing a baseball game and I play them all the time. Usuually the camera is zoomed out too far to focus on such things anyway.

Yeah, everyone has different things.

I think the thing with the gloves and other gear (at least for me anyway) isn't that it's something I'd normally focus on, but that the textures are so poor they draw attention to it. In other words, when it's right, you don't pay attention...and 2K's aren't right.

It's the same with the color palette and fonts. I don't spend too much time firing up a game and trying to pinpoint the difference in shades of red or blue, but when a team's colors aren't right, I immediately notice. If the numbers take up an entire players back, I notice.

That said, I can certainly look past it if the game is up to snuff. The rest of the visuals are fine, with the stadiums taking the biggest step forward and looking mostly great last year IMO.

[Tyrant8RDFL]

Nice image. I hope the game turns out nice also.