The Orton Technique

Another interesting photo technique (named after Michael Orton). To be perfectly honest, I’m not that big fan, it makes images a little bit ‘cheesy’. However, it should be interesting for every graphics programmer, as the idea behind it is almost exactly the same as behind fullscreen glow/bloom effect. Basically, it’s a blend of two images, the original one & overexposed/blurred layer. Sample result:

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Riddlemaster 2010-01-27 21:00:10

I hate bloom :) but still… it would be great if games looked like this - great picture ;)