Microsoft Flight Simulator’s re-creations of macOS wallpapers look just as good – The Verge

” Flight Simulator is a make your own fun video game and I was searching for interesting things to do while flying around,” Birchler told The Verge. He pointed to this video as inspiration, where a group of photographers scouted and re-created the images themselves face to face. “They generally did the same thing, but in real life.”

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Check out the side-by-side re-creations below or see them all directly on Birchlers blog.

To re-create these images, Matt flew to each place, then used Flight Simulator to place the camera, set the focal length, and change the time of day with in-game controls. With a little post-processing magic in Adobe Lightroom, he created the images listed below.

” Flight Simulator is a make your own fun video game and I was looking for intriguing things to do while flying around,” Birchler informed The Verge. He pointed to this video as inspiration, where a group of professional photographers searched and re-created the photos themselves in person. “They essentially did the same thing, but in real life.”

In lieu of a multiday treking trip, I believe this is a quite excellent replacement. Its a good reminder that we can all take the tools offered to us and use them in unforeseen, creative methods.

Left: Matt Birchler Right: AppleImage by Matt Birchler.

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Numerous of us are finding cool things to deal with while stuck at home, and I think Matt Birchler takes the cake this week. He, like much of the internet, has actually been taking off in Microsoft Flight Simulator, and he utilized the definitely unreal information in the video game to re-create a few of the more renowned wallpapers from recent releases of macOS.

Left: Matt Birchler Right: AppleImage by Matt Birchler.

Left: Matt Birchler : AppleImage by Matt Birchler.