As you know when people are trading skins they normally attatch a screenshot of the item that they are putting up for trade. More often than not, the screenshot will just be a boring old regular screenshot and that's where this guide comes into play teaching you how to make your screenshots look a lot more appealing in just 4 simple steps.

You may not think that it makes much difference but your in game settings can make a lot of difference when trying to make your screenshots.

These are the settings that I suggest you use:











The difference that the video settings make:

Low settings:










High settings:

There are a lot of maps that are great for taking screenshots on (even the ones made by Steam). All that is really needed is good lighting so your skin can really shine.

Here is a list of great community maps. Credit: TheLegend351

Now that you have changed your video settings and have found a map that you like, the next thing to do is set up the game.

Simply click "Play", then "Offline with Bots", select the map and start the game.

Once you're in the game open the console and enter the following commands by pasting them in:
(Note: You can copy it all and paste it all at once).

sv_cheats 1;
bot_kick;
mp_warmup_end;
mp_freezetime 0;
mp_roundtime 60;
mp_roundtime_defuse 999;
mp_roundtime_hostage 999;
mp_buy_anywhere 1;
mp_buytime 999;
sv_infinite_ammo 2;
mp_startmoney 16000;
mp_restartgame 1;
mp_ignore_round_win_conditions 1;
cl_drawhud 0

These commands will enable cheats allowing you to fly to great places on the map, it will also kick the bots, disable the HUD, allow you to buy any weapon in any location at anytime and the game timer will be set to 60 minutes giving you more than enough time to get that perfect screenshot.

Now we have all of the settings in place, we need to create 3 keybinds.
(Note: You cannot bind these to keys that already have a use in CS).
Personally, I use I, J and K.

bind replacethistextwithakeybind “mat_proxy 1”
bind replacethistextwithakeybind “host_timescale 1”
bind replacethistextwithakeybind “host_timecale .25”

Now this is where the motion blur and the binds come into play.

Firstly, you want to shake around REALLY fast and hit the key that you binded "map_proxy 1" to and when you stop shaking you will realise that the blur effect is still apparent.

You can use the other two binds to alter the speed of the game to help you capture the perfect screenshot at the perfect time.

Now you know what little effort is needed to take the perfect screenshot and now you can take amazing screenshots all the time.