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Finally! I figured out what's bugging me!
By:Quirel
Date: 10/7/14 4:20 am
In Response To: Agreed. *more comparison pictures* (Gravemind)

Back when that image was first revealed, I complained that it didn't look right. I've never seen a snowscape tinted reddish-orange like that, even if winter sunrises and sunsets can be spectacular.

Well, I just realized what's wrong with that picture: I don't see any shadows. If that reddish hue is caused by sunset and not some stupid camera filter, there ought to be long bluish-black shadows. This is either a filter, or a generic DOOM-ey red haze that doesn't even obscure distant objects like it ought to.

343i, please get rid of those post-processing filters or whatever is leeching the life and color out of Halo's environments. Bungie spoiled us and delivered every color of the rainbow in wonderfully vibrant hues. You're delivering tans and rust-reds and duns and earth tones as if you're embarrassed to be slumming with the rest of the spectrum.

You didn't hire set designers from the Star Trek movies, did you?

And would you look at this? Seriously, take a look. Over here. Look. At. It.
I live in a desert, beset on all sides by sagebrush and Russian olive trees, and the Columbia Basin is much more colorful than this.

You know else is that drab and lifeless? Boring, static stuff like the Mona Lisa, and even that overpriced rag is covered in five centuries of grime. Why would you intentionally try to paint the world in fifty shades of shit brown?


"For the love of God, would someone hose me down with Windex?"

You know what I'm going to do tomorrow? On my way to work, I'm going to take pictures of the land I'm driving through so we can compare the color balance. The skies will be blue, clouds will be white, the sagebrush will be sage...

*Checks tomorrow's weather*

Yup. Should check out.

And, I'm off to bed.


Messages In This Thread

First image of new Coagulation.Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)10/6/14 1:58 pm
     Salivation! *NM*CARDO 8 ATL10/6/14 2:00 pm
     Re: First image of new Coagulation.Jironimo10/6/14 2:02 pm
     Re: First image of new Coagulation.CARDO 8 ATL10/6/14 2:02 pm
           Re: First image of new Coagulation.SEspider10/8/14 12:15 pm
     It could stand to be more colorfulArteenEsben10/6/14 4:14 pm
           This.Nikko B20110/6/14 4:48 pm
                 Re: I always loved the colors.Hyokin10/6/14 6:02 pm
                       Re: I always loved the colors.The BS Police10/6/14 7:49 pm
                 Agreed. *more comparison pictures*Gravemind10/6/14 9:56 pm
                       Finally! I figured out what's bugging me!Quirel10/7/14 4:20 am
                             Re: Finally! I figured out what's bugging me!Gravemind10/7/14 1:52 pm
                       Re: Agreed. *more comparison pictures*Jironimo10/7/14 10:17 am
                             Re: Agreed. *more comparison pictures*Gravemind10/7/14 1:21 pm
                                   Re: Agreed. *more comparison pictures*Jironimo10/7/14 3:17 pm
                                         Re: Agreed. *more comparison pictures*Avateur10/8/14 12:41 am
                                               Re: Agreed. *more comparison pictures*Masterz133710/8/14 2:38 pm
                             Re: Agreed. *more comparison pictures*Quirel10/7/14 2:53 pm
           No saturation needed, just a white balancedavidfuchs10/6/14 9:20 pm
                 That actually looks really good *NM*TDSpiral10/6/14 10:15 pm
                 Re: No saturation needed, just a white balanceArteenEsben10/6/14 10:23 pm
                       Re: No saturation needed, just a white balanceTDSpiral10/7/14 1:19 pm
                             Nice.Gravemind10/7/14 1:23 pm
                             I love you, man. *NM*Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)10/7/14 1:31 pm
                             Looks great! *NM*ArteenEsben10/7/14 9:53 pm
                             Now that looks like an actual map for Halo. *NM*robofin11710/7/14 11:58 pm
                             Re: No saturation needed, just a white balancethebruce010/8/14 11:01 am
                                   I'm with you.Louis Wu10/8/14 11:57 am
                                         I'm with both of you.SEspider10/8/14 12:58 pm
                                               Re: I'm with both of you.uberfoop10/8/14 1:08 pm
                                         Re: I'm with you.Gravemind10/8/14 3:45 pm
                                               Re: I'm with you.Louis Wu10/8/14 5:22 pm
                                                     *boots up Xbox version of HCE*Gravemind10/8/14 5:46 pm
                                                     Re: I'm with you.uberfoop10/8/14 5:59 pm
                                                     You clearly missed out on the beauty of Halo PC *NM*ArteenEsben10/8/14 11:33 pm
                                   I agree with you as wellTDSpiral10/8/14 7:43 pm
                                         Prefer this version much more :) *NM*thebruce010/8/14 8:10 pm
                                         Wow, even better! *NM*ArteenEsben10/8/14 11:49 pm
                                         Even nicer. *NM*Gravemind10/9/14 12:01 am
                                         Love it. *NM*Louis Wu10/9/14 1:19 am
                             That's great, TD *NM*CARDO 8 ATL10/9/14 12:15 pm
                 Re: No saturation needed, just a white balancethebruce010/7/14 9:26 am
           Ditto *NM*SEspider10/8/14 12:17 pm
     Just never goes out of style does it? *NM*Grey Wolf10/8/14 2:21 pm
     Art DirectionCody Miller10/8/14 10:06 pm
           Re: Art Directionthebruce010/9/14 10:41 am
           Re: Art DirectionMasterz133710/9/14 1:00 pm
                 Re: Art DirectionQuirel10/9/14 1:43 pm
                       Color Pallete.gamerguy200210/14/14 11:09 am

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