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Eyepainter
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Episode III: The Eyepainter Fanedit (Released)(Trailer online)
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Date created
9-May-2021, 7:19 PM

Artan42 said:

If you could reduce the blue from the HDR a smidgen, I think it’s the best looking one overall and fits RotS as a film.

I hope I can. I think a lot of what makes the skin tones look better in the HDR is because the grade has been tinted to the opposite color (green being the opposite of violet by computer standards). If I change it too much, the skin tones will end up with that weird red-violet hue again. I just did a minor little adjustment and moved the dark and shadow levels from green to yellow to see if that made any difference. Here’s a comparison between the two adjustments.

Here’s the entrance hall shot:

HDR Grade Adjustments_1 72 1

…And here’s the adjusted version:

HDR Yellow Adjustment_1 72 3

Here’s the first still showing the skin tones:

HDR Grade Adjustments_1 72 3

…And here’s the adjusted version:

HDR Yellow Adjustment_1 72 6

Here’s the fancy water ball:

HDR Grade Adjustments_1 72 5

…And here’s the adjusted version:

HDR Yellow Adjustment_1 72 9

Here’s the close-up shot:

HDR Grade Adjustments_1 72 7

…And here’s the adjusted version:

HDR Yellow Adjustment_1 72 12

As you can see, the purplish-red skin tones are coming back somewhat in these stills. However, I do believe it’s a small improvement over the previous HDR grade. If nothing else, it looks more natural.