PHOTO MODE

Requirements

Description

This mod adds a fully functional Photo Mode and Photo Gallery to Skyrim, inspired by later Bethesda games.

Features (Photo Mode)

Photo Mode can be accessed from:

Photos will be saved in My Documents/My Games/Skyrim Special Edition/Photos or your game screenshot directory.
Photos may also show up as loading screens (fullscreen images or as 3D paintings with an oil paint filter applied).

Supports both gamepad, keyboard and mouse navigation. Auto Input Switch is recommended.

Settings

Camera
- Image composition grid overlays
- Adjust field of view
- Change view roll (tilt camera)
- Save camera position state
Time
- Freeze, speed up or slow down time
- Control time of day and timescale
- Select and override current weather
Player/NPCs
- Show/hide characters
- Set facial expressions, phonemes and other modifiers
- Select and play any idle/animation
- Select and play any effect shader or visual effect (set yourself on fire! or any custom VFX)
- Change actor rotation and position
- Select NPCs by opening the console menu and clicking on them. Click anywhere else to target the player
Filters
- Adjust brightness, saturation and contrast, apply a tint to your image
- Select and play any imagespace modifier
Overlays
- Apply any custom overlay of your choice such as frames or logos
- See below on how to create your own custom overlay packs
Any overridden game settings will be reset on menu close.

Favorites

Save favorite idles, weathers and so on by clicking the star button next to each entry or pressing Ctrl-F
Favorites are saved in My Documents/My Games/Skyrim Special Edition/Saves/PhotoMode

Features (Photo Gallery)

Photo Gallery can be accessed from:

Browse all photos stored in My Documents/My Games/Skyrim Special Edition/Photos or default game screenshot directory.
Delete any selected photo and associated loading screen textures.
You can also keep the photo but toggle off its loadscreen textures.

Styles/Fonts

Adjust background color, border size, icon scale etc by editing Data/Interface/PhotoMode/styles.ini.
Color values should be hex (#FFFFFFFF) or RGBA values (255,255,255,255)

Creating Custom Overlays

Overlays are full screen resolution (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) PNG files placed in Data/Interface/PhotoMode/Overlays
These are scaled down to native resolution in game, so one 4K overlay should fit all 16:9 screens
Folder structure must be followed:

FOLDER_NAME (used in CATEGORY slider)
OVERLAY_1.png
OVERLAY_2.png

eg.

EFFECTS
VIGNETTE.png
NOISE.png

Compatibility

FreeFlyCam
- PhotoMode's view roll and Q/E keys used to navigate tabs do not work
- Solution - remap PhotoMode tab navigation keys in MCM, and use FreeFlyCam's view roll feature
Immersive Equipment Display
- Default hotkey to access IED is Backspace, which will trigger IED during text input
- Solution - remap IED's key to something else
Screenshot Helper
- Compatible
Skyrim Upscaler
- Compatible. Requires version 1.1.4 or higher
This mod has not been tested on 21:9 screens so there may be some oddities with the UI.

Source

Credits

Heavily inspired by registrator2000's implementation of FO4 Photo Mode
Penta-limbed-cat and mlthelama for their work on implementing menus with ImGui
LonelyKitsune for their advice on weather overrides
dylanjames and everyone else in r/SkyrimMods who helped with feedback and testing
KosherKobold for their work on implementing Camera Position serialization
AnticOwl for their work on implementing IGCSDOF
Fuzzlesz for their code on injecting menus into Sky UI 6

Photo Mode

Gallery