Photo to Background: Need Answers/Opinions

[sirbgb]

I cannot draw. Sad but true, so I have chosen to try and make a game with real photos. I am using photoshop to edit my images. Please let me know your opinion on how to make photos look like good backgrounds. Please include (photo angles, photoshop effects, best color mode, etc.) Also, not to throw in another topic, but do you think photos are better for 1st person, or the standard (see your character) view? All help is appreciated, as it will help me start my game sooner.Ã, 

[m0ds]

Just some simple tricks rather than actual ways of making them look like drawn backgrounds (which I would imagine could be quite hard to achieve, but the guys that made V - the AGI game did a good job of converting photos to backgrounds)

- Resizing a photo to 320x200, when enlarged looks quite cool
- Always make sure the horizon is level, photos taken at slightly skewy angles don't look so nice. You can always rotate them in photoshop and then crop to 320x200, 640x480 etc...