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And I completely disagree with the complaint and his examples. Too saturated makes things look unrealistic and plastic. I prefer scenes that make me think "holy

And I completely disagree with the complaint and his examples. Too saturated makes things look unrealistic and plastic. I prefer scenes that make me think "holy shit, this looks like real life" instead of "yawn, another movie turned into a comic book". There are ML-efforts underway to make games look more realistic. And they do that by reducing colors and reducing contrast. Because Caucasian people don't look orange in real life, we look a pale beige with a hint of pink.

fock 5y ago
I'm very fortunate not to live in the deserts of the US (like new Dexter) and to actually live somewhere, where trees will be green in summer and new cars and houses have color. Just for your point that everything is unsaturated; in fact, real-life colors in the greens are seldomly represented in a "realistic way": https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/pointers_gamut https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/pointers_gamut
- astrange 5y ago
  Modern TVs are much better at it than an article from 2014 would suggest. Though computer monitors aren't; you shouldn't watch a movie on a computer anyway since it has to fit 24fps into a typically 60fps display.
- CamperBob2 5y ago
  Lots of complaints about the new Dexter, but if you live in the Pacific NW and you look out the window in the winter, that's pretty much what you see. They are being raked over the coals for getting the look too right.
Retric 5y ago
These movies don’t look even vaguely realistic though. It’s winter in North America right now, but walk outside even vaguely close to noon and colors pop in a way they just don’t in these films. The article brings up a great point, it’s just lower effort to make dull films which minimize how much people notice digital effects and mistakes in general. In full sunlight you notice where shadows are which stands out if you want to stitch together shots across hours. Makeup and wardrobe mistakes similarly standout when things aren’t simply a big blur.
NikolaNovak 5y ago
I see what you're saying, but I don't think it's talking about other extreme of hyper-saturaed sitcom rainbows. While agreeing overly saturated is unrealistic, so is undersaturated or colour tinted. My 'real world' experience is frequently nice and bright and contrasty and colourful. My wife has a bright red xmas sweater on right now, I'm wearing blue, my daughter's toys are... every colour of every gamut. Kitchen is white with lime green accents. Our car is a very bright orange. Even in winter, the evergreens around us are reasonably green. And then we go to Maritimes and the North east where every house is a beautiful vibrant colour, and yet movies always try to make them look bleak through desaturation.

fock 5y ago

I'm very fortunate not to live in the deserts of the US (like new Dexter) and to actually live somewhere, where trees will be green in summer and new cars and houses have color. Just for your point that everything is unsaturated; in fact, real-life colors in the greens are seldomly represented in a "realistic way": https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/pointers_gamut https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/pointers_gamut

astrange 5y ago
Modern TVs are much better at it than an article from 2014 would suggest. Though computer monitors aren't; you shouldn't watch a movie on a computer anyway since it has to fit 24fps into a typically 60fps display.
CamperBob2 5y ago
Lots of complaints about the new Dexter, but if you live in the Pacific NW and you look out the window in the winter, that's pretty much what you see. They are being raked over the coals for getting the look too right.

Retric 5y ago

These movies don’t look even vaguely realistic though. It’s winter in North America right now, but walk outside even vaguely close to noon and colors pop in a way they just don’t in these films. The article brings up a great point, it’s just lower effort to make dull films which minimize how much people notice digital effects and mistakes in general. In full sunlight you notice where shadows are which stands out if you want to stitch together shots across hours. Makeup and wardrobe mistakes similarly standout when things aren’t simply a big blur.

NikolaNovak 5y ago

I see what you're saying, but I don't think it's talking about other extreme of hyper-saturaed sitcom rainbows. While agreeing overly saturated is unrealistic, so is undersaturated or colour tinted. My 'real world' experience is frequently nice and bright and contrasty and colourful. My wife has a bright red xmas sweater on right now, I'm wearing blue, my daughter's toys are... every colour of every gamut. Kitchen is white with lime green accents. Our car is a very bright orange. Even in winter, the evergreens around us are reasonably green. And then we go to Maritimes and the North east where every house is a beautiful vibrant colour, and yet movies always try to make them look bleak through desaturation.