A cleaned-up Photo Mode interface, free of clutter and with less obtrusive guides. 16:9 AND 21:9 compatible. Enhanced for ultrawide monitors to correct the position of vertical guides. 2.2 & Legacy options available.
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Changelogs
Version 1.1.1
Hotfix: the Margin attribute was moving the Options panel inconsistently between saving and loading games. I have switched to using the Anchor Point attribute which appears to be a much more reliable solution. Legacy versions did not require an update.
Version 1.1
Aspect Ratio guide has been further reduced, from 30% width to 10%
Options Panel has been reduced to 60% of its size
Options Panel has been relocated to the top-right corner of the screen
Input Reminders along the bottom of the screen have been removed
Version 1.0
Initial Release
Note: We're 4 months (and 2 versions) into the new PhotoMode interface, so I have moved the Legacy files to the "Miscellaneous" section. They will remain available, but I intend to delete my 2.13 install soon so support will be lighter for those files.
This very lightweight mod corrects some issues I have with Photo Mode:
The vertical guidelines for ultrawide resolutions divide the shot into fourths, not thirds
The guidelines are a little too strong and the aspect ratio overlay is ridiculous
There's a lot of little thematic elements that are unnecessary and (in my opinion) distracting
The options panel on the right dominates almost a third of the screen
The input reminders at the bottom are unnecessary if you've been engaged in Photo Mode long enough to be interested in a mod like this
The changes are as follows for all users:
The guidelines are set to 75% opacity
The 2.2 aspect ratio overlay is set to 50% opacity and 10% width
Thematic text and logos around the guides and border have been removed
The input reminders have been removed
The options panel on the right can be reduced to 60% or 80% of its original size and moved to the top corner of the screen, depending on the file downloaded
Additional changes for Ultrawide users:
The vertical guides have been set to 1/3 and 2/3 (see Rule of thirds)
Additional guides that correspond to 1/3 and 2/3 for widescreen (16:9) have been added with an opacity of 50%
This mod only makes changes to a single inkwidget and should have no compatibility issues unless you've installed something that specifically makes structural changes to the Photo Mode interface itself. Adding NPCs to Photo Mode does not conflict with this.