Doctor M: It's not that they are too pale, it's that the faces take on an odd coloration with those adjustments. I think Harmy described it well, it's like they look sick or something, at least in certain scenes.
I'm not saying the degree of red in the faces in the other screen shots is exactly right. But if the choice is between the faces being a *little* too red, or looking sickly, I'd say lean towards a little red. Since that's a natural coloration in caucasians if the blood is near the surface (when blushing, for example) or they've been in the sun a bit too much. It looks more natural and should also be closer to the colors as they appeared in theaters, I would think.
Ideally, they would be light (fair), with maybe just a very slight touch of redness due to the sun exposure, but also not greenish or with odd darkish tinges to the skin. But it may be hard to get that just right with the GOUT DVD set as the source. Hopefully we can get it close.
Maybe somewhere in between dark_jedi's latest settings and yours?
And some scenes which maybe should be more blue may also need the blue boosted separately to get the correct appearance. This way other colors aren't overemphasized by a general boost in saturation to try to get the blues up where they should be.
Post #464340
- Author
- Dunedain
- Parent topic
- GOUT, Automated Theatrical Colouring, and a Reference Guide
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/464340/action/topic#464340
- Date created
- 15-Jan-2011, 10:53 PM