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

    • pwnstar@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      Yes.

      There is literally no white point reference either, so the altered image is just assumed.

  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    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
      57·
      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.

      • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        You may prefer that contrast but I wouldn’t call it “natural lighting”

        I don’t mean this negatively at all but it reminds me of the photo edits I would make when I first discovered that stuff looks cool if you crush the blacks a bit. That’s not how stuff looks with our eyes but it does look nice

      • IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social
        6·
        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
          21·
          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.

  • PotjiePig@beehaw.orgEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    The first one looks natural to me. The second grade looks like a 1st year film school grade where they think the full range has to be used at all times. In a soft well lit room the contrast would never be that high.

    The intention was clearly to make it look like a warm interior, adding all those grungy green tones make it look like she’s standing by a window. I dunno the context of the room, but number 1 looks way better to me…

    Edit: Final thought - crushing blacks like that, from a game perspective means you may miss details that may have been meant to be seen. But power to you! Options are always better.

  • Cloudless ☼@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Fallout New Vegas is only playable with the piss filter disabled (via mods).

    Starfield looks ok, I think the colours add a bit of alien atmosphere.