Altair: How sweet. You actually care about the consequences of your actions. Maybe if you would’ve the first time we wouldn’t be here.
Sirius: You’re not being fair.
Altair: None of this is fair. Just do it already. I don’t want to feel anything for him anymore.
Sirius: Your call, sweetheart.
[gunshot]
Sirius: Is this really what you want?
Altair: What’s the problem? It’s not like you haven’t done this before.
Sirius: It’s not me that I’m worried about.
Foxglove: Maybe at first… but, I left, didn’t I? I died because I left with you. That has to mean something, right?
Altair: … you’re not even real. How can any of what you say mean anything? Maybe if you were here, but you’re not and you’ll never be here again.
[pushes away]
Altair: You’re just the ghost that haunts me. I’m tired… I’m so tired of being haunted by you Foxglove. I just want to be free.
Foxglove: What about Perseus and Andromeda, together forever in the stars? That’s supposed to be us.
Altair: You could never be Perseus. He saves Andromeda from her monster… he doesn’t become the very thing that tortures her…
[gun cocking in the distance]
Altair: Goodbye.
Foxglove: What is that exactly?
Altair: A lie. Everything we had… it was never real.
Foxglove: You can’t actually believe that.
Altair: What else am I supposed to believe? I’ve read the e-mails. I’ve seen the bank statements. You were fudging hired to keep an eye on me… just another pawn in my father’s endless game of manipulation.
Foxglove: Altair… what are you doing?
Altair: Let go of me. You have no right to question anything I do.
Foxglove: What are you talking about?
Altair: I know what you really are.
Altair: Avoiding danger has gotten me a whole lot of a heartbreak. Maybe it’s time to embrace the darker side of life.
Foxglove: That’s insane. Are you even listening to yourself?
Altair: I don’t see the problem with it.
Foxglove: Jeeze it’s cold out here. Can’t we go inside?
Altair: I like the rain. The darkness, the thunder, the sudden flashes of light–it’s all so dramatic.
Foxglove: Is that why you’re wearing all that black?
Altair: I’m trying something different.
Foxglove: Black is a dangerous color…
I’ve been talking to a few people over the last month about how I edit my photos. I thought it would be nice to share with you all what I do and use! I hope, if you read this, that this is helpful for you. If you would like to know more it’s below the cut! It’s VERY LONG. So be prepared.
I’m going to start off by showing you a couple of photos to kind of break down the difference in exactly how much work I put into these shots. Although I now have a set of 2 (and a 3rd I am still working on) what I call “Frankenactions” that I use, I tend to spend anywhere between 2-10 minutes depending on the screenshot in editing.
Example 1:
As you can probably already tell… what I do and how I edit is pretty different based on which save I am in. They all have different feels to them. I love for “The Ghosts of Flora Wren” to have this very dreamlike quality to it where the edges are soft, the colors dramatic, and it is all very dark and haunting. Below is what I use for each save (including my new vanilla AU):
The Ghosts of Flora Wren:
Reshades: Silent Hill | Pastoral Haunting
I switch between these two based on the mood of the scene. As a warning… these two are pretty hard on your computer. I can’t really be in game shooting for more than an hour before everything starts lagging and I just generally hate my life.
Actions: Pop! | Yogi Bear | Averia’s Preview Picture Action | Wooldrawn’s Action Set
Here’s where it gets tricky. I don’t use all of the elements from any of these! I start by using “Smooth” from the Pop! Action set, then I use Averia’s Preview Picture Action w/ Topaz, I use the “Color Balance 1″ and “Resize” from Cowplant-Pizza’s Yogi Bear, and then I finish off with “A lil dramatic tbh” from Wooldrawn’s action set.
Extra:
A lot of these images become very dark. If they are too dark I will duplicate the layer, change it to “screen” and lower the opacity until I’m satisfied. I sometimes will up the saturation and adjust brightness/contrast as needed.
Example 2:
Nova BPR and “Rainy Days and Lemonade” Alternative Universe:
Reshades: Whiisker’s Prismatic | Cowplant-pizza’s Breakfast-Tea
Prismatic is pretty much my go to. I love this preset. It is easily my favorite that I use so far.
Actions: It’s honestly the same as I’ve been using for Flora Wren! So all of those you can find above. ❤ I have been experimenting a little to come up with something I like just for these sims… but so far I can’t find anything that I like better.
Example 3:
The Torches:
I think I’m finally at a point where I like how these screenshots look? It’s been a process. I want them to be bright, colorful, and fun.
Reshades: Picky Pikachu’s Cinematic
Actions: Pop! | Clean and Clear | Pink Cotton | Wooldrawn’s Action Set
Again I use “smooth” from Pop!, then I will use ONLY the Topaz setting from “Clean and Clear”, I run the whole “Pink Cotton” action. It makes everything soft and bright, and finish off with “a lil dramatic tbh” from the last set.
Others:
I have been playing around a lot more and there have been times I’ve used specific things for certain effects and only use it once. Here are some other good ones to look into!
Brindleton Bay Action – I used this for Kiku’s murder scene.
Au’Natural Action – I love this one. It’s a very good “simple click and go” that does something almost similar to the nonsense I do above. It’s not quite as dark, crisp, and dramatic as I would like though. So if you don’t have the patience for what I do GO HERE.
Cowplantpizza has been releasing a lot of reshades recently and they are all amazing. So just go ahead and download all 3 from her blog.
Hmm, yes and no. The main issue with this statement is that she is technically family of the victim and family of the murder suspect… I mean, she should have been questioned at some point about both Foxglove and Valerian. She wasn’t. Even if it was vague, do you know why someone would want to do this?
There is so much more I could say about this, but…I think I’ll leave it at that.
Clover: Why do men suck so bad?
Altair: I wish I knew.
Clover: We should just become lesbians. It would be less complicated.
Altair: Clove, you literally carry around a picture of Dates Juiceton in his The Rock Candy uniform in your purse for “in case of emergency.” I don’t think you could be a lesbian if you tried.
Clover: How dare you use my love of The Rock Candy against me.
Berrybloomsims 