How do you make cool screenshots in halo reach with effects?

Answer 1

Okay. For the last few weeks, I've been making screenshots for the Bungie All Stars. It wasn't until this week I actually won, and so I've decided to show you how to do shots like me.

(I'm sure people have done effects like these before, but a lot of people don't know how to do them.)

Screenshot 1.

This can be the most colourful shot that I show you on here, and best of all, it's very simple.

All you need is a bunker Box in forge world, the Next Gen FX, a light or two of your choice and a buddy to help. Maybe even some landmines.

Place your spartan in the bunker box and make sure there are Land Mines placed all around the outside of it. Any lights that you have should be placed on top of the bunker out of sight.

Have a friend shoot the landmines around the bunker.

Go into theatre mode and wait for the explosion. You don't want the big explosion, rather the light afterwards. When you get that light from the landmine exploding, look through the glass and capture when you're happy.

Here is another example of the effect.

Screenshot 2.

This effect can be made on any map with water. You don't need any other effects at all.

In theatre mode (When you're happy with whatever you want to capture), take the camera into some water. It takes some fiddling, but if you go near the surface of the water you can get the desired effect.

Screenshot 3.

This is easy. You will need a buddy to help, a plasma pistol, and the pen and ink FX.

Shoot the a overcharged plasma pistol shot at the ground around the object you are taking a shot of. When you go into theatre, pause it when the plasma bolts hit the ground and try and get the camera into the blue electricity. This will make a effect like above. Works well with Spartan models up against rock walls.

This is my favourite and newest effect I've discovered.

Screenshot 4.

This is really difficult. You will need a light of your choice, pen and ink FX, a buddy, a plasma pistol, and some rocks.

Place the light above the object you want to take pictures of. Now (with pen and ink on) have a buddy shoot a overcharged plasma pistol shot at rocks all around your subject (It takes multiple attempts.)

Now the irritating bit.

In theatre, just like the one above, pause when the overcharged plasma pistol shot hits something (In this case, a rock.)

Now, you'll have to go in slow motion here. When the shot hits the rock, there will be the usual blue electricity around it. You need to ignore that and find the small transparent pieces of rubble that fly out from the center.

Now with your camera, fly as close as you can to the rubble and look through it. This is a very tedious process as these rubble pieces can go anywhere and they are hard to look through.

With enough time, you will get a shot like mine above.

I hope this helps someone.