OMEN!-_-! said:

Nice regrading there You_Too! It's like a lighter version of Harmy's screencap. The thing is, to me, just like with Harmy's version, the flesh tone is too 'normal' in this particular scene IMHO. I don't know how reliable the GOUT is as a source of regrading, but luke's warm flesh tones don't seem to fit with the extremely cold environment he's in. The whole scene just looks a little too warm and reddish IMO.

That's of course like you say, a taste-thing too. I just wanted to show how photoshop would balance the colors in that shot. If aiming for a neutral look, it can sometimes prove useful to do it that way. I, like you, understand though that they wanted it to look more "cold". Personally I'd prefer the original version, whatever that looks like! haha

OMEN!-_-! said:

The original theatrical fellowship of the ring colour palette comes to mind as an example of this later type of grading, where many locations feel different due to having their own unique colour grading.

Don't get me started on it! :)

I love the grading of all three Lord of the rings movies, but I get totally sick of the thought of how they could mess up Fellowship's extended blu-ray release. It had a green tint over the whole movie, especially provable by taking a color sample of the brightest whites, which had more green in them than red and blue. There were lots of other color errors in it as well.

Otherwise I love the idea of using color grading in new movies to make different scenes feel the way the director wants.