I’m not saying color grading is a bad thing, but I personally prefer natural lighting in games over “cinematic” filters.

See more examples: https://imgur.com/a/z6zyTo4

  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think the original is that bad honestly, but I do install reshade in just about every game I play so I can understand. Bottom picture has too high contrast though and levels need adjusted.

    • apinanaivot@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s a matter of taste. I set the contrast so that the brightest pixel in the scene is 100% white, and the darkest 100% black, so there is the highest possible dynamic range (and nothing is over or underexposed). The vanilla kind of looks like there is mist everywhere since it’s so washed out.

      • IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        But nothing in reality is 100% black except Vanta Black paint. A painter who makes realistic paintings will never use pure black except for mixing.

        • emptyother@programming.devEnglish
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          1 year ago

          But pc screens cant show pure black either. By using the full range of colors, we have more range to show different shades of black without creating a banding effect.