!Dark shots! (Screenshots not âbrightâ)
I cannot speak for everyone else⊠(though most shots I have seen are fluorescent ansel snaps) my method is using a camera and taking a photo.
My normal method, previously, has been to use my old android phones camera - a very bad idea for a huge range of reasons; mostly due to dodgy focusing (added after an update when new model launched), and a tiny, color saturating, sensorâŠ
The above shots were from a consumer class camera using kit lens. The forest lighting was enough to throw the âauto white balanceâ off a little. Otherwise sett8ngs were full manual (my normal photography technique)âŠ
I dont recommend this technique to anyone- especially as most screens are six bit panels or have horrendous colour accuracy.
The screens I use are colour calibrated. I prefer less than 2 JNCD (just noticable colour difference) and great contrast/blacks.
Whilst the In Plane Switching (IPS) panel featured above is better than most typical consumer panels, vs the loungeroom reference (plasma), it is lacking in the purplesâŠ
Both screens crap all over the best Twisted Neumatic (TN) panels that make up 90%+ of screens sold.
Whilst I have a nice series 9 samsung (top of the line) its TN screen is outclassed by vastly cheaper IPS panels, and is basically just good for competitive gaming (has low latency).
Why dont I just take screen grabs?
I do- but they are a nightmare, based on my present infrastructure, to put on the net.
A camera with wifi/or a wifi SD card just proves easier.
(I did have to log in twice; once on my old android phone to create the message, and then I could edit the post on the ipad and add photos. These forums dont work on the worlds largest consumption platform (ipad). No button to create a post. Crazy.
WH mods know this and consider having a major market segment unable to use the forum an acceptable tradeoff.
I personally like the forum tools/software.
I do find it hard to believe that anyone has built a web technology (ie forum frontend) that wouldnt render on iOS⊠but- not my problem ![:wink: :wink:](https://forum.kingdomcomerpg.com/images/emoji/twitter/wink.png?v=6)
I probably will use a different approach in future.
So- why so dark?
Well these are calibrated screens.
When the game had a brightness slider- I left it dead centre/default. (Was the correct position)
These here represent fairly closely what I see.
They lack major sharpness- but that isnt their design.
They do show the variation in trunk shape.
Whilst my camera missed proper exposure in shot 1 (i had iso @100), a slight bump to ISO (sensor equivalent sensitivity akin to âonce upon a timeâ film grades) corrected the shots.
Samsungs OLED screens running Basic profile are some of the most colour accurate high contrast screens on the planet.
Proofing the forum on the Note/iPad shows correctly how the game looks⊠(sans sharpness)
Monitors set correctly is one of the best free tweaks a person can do for their setup.
As is physical ergonomics.
And speaker placement/calibration.
I have the good fortune of having been a professional calibrator and have most tools only a step away/at hand.
The last shot of the forrest, with an absense of âwhiteâ, the forests âcoldâ colour is (slightly) overdone.
I notice it, but many wouldnt.
Most wouldnt own a screen that has true colour output, nor have the time/knowledge to make use of.
The first time the Warhorse logo fired up on the reference plasma, the perfect playback (colour) made me really smile.
Warhorses effort in the art department- having a solid emphasis on real world design (especially light/colour), makes this my go to âpeaceful nature experienceâ.
Same reason I love Forza Horizon 3s (set in Australia) landscape and colour accurate design.
Some stuff just stands out because it doesnt, erm, âstand outâ.
Gaming monitors seem to offer black crush modes that help see opponents in the dark. To each their own.
My experience with a gaming on colour accurate monitors kicked into a new gear, in the era of LCDs, when a ruby buried in the mud of the sewer floor in the opening Oblivion dungeon, a path I had walked fifty+ times, just magically stood out.
Vs TN/6 bit and âcheapâ panels- the ruby was a murky brown-red that was unnoticeable in the darkness.
Colour and contrast are WAY MORE important than resolution.
Of course selling what consumers need vs selling what you have to sell- we all get sold crap.
Selling 4k was the easiest way to sell âbig screensâ.
The chips that drive these screens make a huge difference.
Last week I saw my first 4k screen with a paultry 150 lines of motion resolution. (Standard low level motion resolution sold for decades)
Truly consumers have proven their stupidity by allowing this to happen.
(You know people buying these things actully brag about owning 4K)(good for them!)
Id take a 720p panel with full motion res and true colour over most 4k sets presently selling.
I suppose I buck the trend.
I have A LOT of hifi (actual high fidelity) from the 60s and 70s.
I often buy electronics based on weight.
Crazy