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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · Oct 30

Hello Bluesky...

For anyone who doesn't know me; I'm Mik, I run TheFourthFocus, and I like to write about virtual photography and in-game photo modes 🎮📷

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 19h

Ghost of Yōtei 🍂

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 1d

Ghost of Yōtei | Atsu〽️

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 1d

Yes, it is definitely good to see photo modes in more genres of game.
Ayasa is by the same people I think, despite there being no similarity in studio names. Same sort of PM setup 👍

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 2d

Let there be bokeh | Forgotten Eras

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 2d

It has certainly been implemented quite a number of times now. I don't think I've seen the auto-focus work properly in any of them 😆

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 2d

Thanks!😄
It's actually an adaptation of the "Advanced Photo Mode" blueprint from the Unreal Marketplace. Interesting to see it in a 2.5D setting though, same as it was with Ayasa: Shadows of Silence in fact 👍

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 2d

Forgotten Eras ⚔️

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 3d

Forgotten Eras ⚔️
A 2.5D Metroidvania platformer that also happens to have a photo mode 📸😉

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 4d

Ghost of Yōtei 🗻

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 5d

Thinking of taking some horror-themed shots this season?
I recently wrote a piece for Epic Games about how to do exactly that, check it out...

✍️Framing Fear in Photo Mode | store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/framing-fear-in-photo-mode

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 6d

Behind a mask...👹
Haha, only joking. They are sometimes ok actually and not always vacant and detached. Atsu does look where she's focusing plenty of the time it seems

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 6d

Ghost of Yōtei ⚔️

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 7d

Thanks! It always surprises me to see what the runtime ends up at on these, it feels like they're going to be shorter 😅

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 8d

Birds suddenly appear...🐦

I never once saw this idle animation in Tsushima but have had it twice already in Yōtei. It must be more common now | #GhostofYotei

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 9d

GHOST OF YŌTEI // PHOTO MODE EXPLAINED
– Sharpen up your Ghost of Yōtei photography with this detailed explanation of every photo mode feature made easy to understand from a photographer's perspective –

🔗 youtu.be/RX1Mk923wpk | #GhostofYotei

Ghost of Yōtei Photo Mode Explained

YouTube video by TheFourthFocus | Virtual Photography

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 11d

But...which is better? 🎭
#GhostofYotei

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 13d

Ghost of Yōtei Collector's Edition collected
#GhostofYotei

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 26d

Turns out that strong press kit images = better YouTube thumbnails.
These look so cool😎👍

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 27d

📣 ICYMI : Formula Legends also includes a nice little photo mode, here's my preview of it | youtu.be/5VaCdKQS6Dc

Formula Legends Photo Mode Preview

YouTube video by TheFourthFocus | Virtual Photography

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · 27d

🚥FORMULA LEGENDS OUT NOW🏁

I had the pleasure of working with 3DClouds to create the recent press and promo shots for the game, here are a few of them

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · Aug 31

Great to hear and I'd be interested to read that if it is every made publicly available 😊

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · Aug 31

Hi Alex and thanks for asking, it sounds like you might have an interesting dissertation

I would recommend checking some of the previous issues of "The Photomode" digital magazine as they did a few dev Q&A's. Some are available separately on the website too:
thephotomode.com

The PhotoMode

The first free virtual photography e-magazine.

thephotomode.com

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · Aug 31

Probably a fair comment but I don't think there is any real way to make a perpetually functional tool due to the different way that games implement things, it's then up to the creator on whether to provide free updates or not

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Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · Aug 22

😎👍

Mik | TheFourthFocus @thefourthfocus.com · Aug 22

That was the twist I tried to put on it with the composition, angle, and lighting. The in-game reality is quite the opposite and she's struggling to get free 😉

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