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The power of color adjustments

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 8:48 pm
by brewster
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A few days after I released Cock Hero Boss FIGHT, I decided to mess around with cyberlink colordirector, and was blown away by the results:

The "before" is on the left half, the "after" is on the right.

Wished I would have used it prior to release.

Re: The power of color adjustments

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 9:00 pm
by optiknerv
Dare I say it the before looks better. It is more natural lighting. The after looks too 'shiny' and slightly orangey.

Re: The power of color adjustments

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:23 am
by book_guy
Oh I'm ok with the right side, because there are tits and a hot chick's face, whereas all you get on the left side is a hint of pink and a few knees. :)

No, seriously, I personally prefer the "manufactured shiny" look on the right, I think. Might not in heavy doses, but there's a certain hotness to images that are "candy clean." So to speak.

Re: The power of color adjustments

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 3:39 am
by elvisomar
If your monitor is not calibrated properly, none of it will make a whit of difference. And no matter what you do, you can't ensure that all of your potential audience have their monitors calibrated.

As a professional designer who regularly does photo image correction for print, I keep my monitor very well calibrated for color. But no matter what I do, I cannot stop a client from saying, "All your images look too dark, or too light." When it's feasible, I ask them to check their calibration. When it is not feasible, I suggest that they trust my experience. (And for the record, ease of color calibration and the ability for a monitor to hold calibration, is another area where Apple has considerable superiority over a PC-based machine.)

Brewster, from the screen shot you supplied, I think the original image was a little too blue and dim. I think your corrections here for color were good, but you may have overdone it on the contrast.

To you, Book Guy, while I definitely prefer to see a model's face, the feature I admire most about this model is her abdomen. It looks delicious. ;-) To each their own, I suppose.

Re: The power of color adjustments

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 4:30 am
by alchemi183
Brewster, if you felt like it you could always re-release it. I'd download it again. If not, at least you know about that feature for any future releases. :)

Re: The power of color adjustments

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 8:23 pm
by book_guy
elvisomar wrote:To you, Book Guy, while I definitely prefer to see a model's face, the feature I admire most about this model is her abdomen. It looks delicious. ;-)
Like I said, "candy clean" ... and delicious candy too.