Thread:ARTaylor/@comment-47881-20120902172219/@comment-47881-20120905173741

ARTaylor wrote: But I'm still not sold on captions. After all, is a page like Liara T'Soni really hurt or hindered by a lack of captions? Honestly, I'd like to know what's going on on those images without having to read the texts besides them.

ARTaylor wrote: And I'm not really comfortable with color correction. I prefer to upload plain screenshots and present the images as the producers intended them to be seen, the way they look on TV, DVD, and Instant. It's not "color correction" per se, you're not changing green to blue; "it's "color enhancement" or "levels tweaking". Basically, when you capture a screenshot, the final result will vary depending on what kind of software you use. Different softwares have difference default settings, which will make different looking screencaps. The same also happens with TV sets. How do you define "images as the producers intended them to be seen"? Because I can also adjust the levels of my TV set as I deem fit, and on some TVs and even DVD players, some colors pop more than on others. So this is really a moot point.

This is definitely not an image "as the producers intended them to be seen". It's a screencapture from a youtube video ripped by someone who recorded it from a TV broadcast, which was undoubtedly affected by the settings of this person's equipment. I can grab a HD version for you without tinkering with it and you'll see how different it will look. So, where do we draw the line? We can't improve the lighting on images that vary according to screencapturing software anyway and just should use them as they come out regardless of the quality of its source, and accept them as how the producers intended them to be seen?

ARTaylor wrote: The only time I would color correct would be for a specific mention in the background section, like in the image you showed me if the character was shrouded in darkness and color correcting could reveal who it was. That's not the case here. The tweaked version is closest to what he looks on screen that the untainted version. If he was shrouded in darkness, it would be impossible to unshroud him with simple half tones tweaking. That would require Photoshopping, which is not what I'm endorsing. This was one of those examples where different software renders different screenshots (the first one was uploaded by someone else; even if I hadn't enhanced the half tones, mine would still be different).

ARTaylor wrote: Honestly, it looks weird to see the images you uploaded for after watching an episode. Have you seen them on DVDs or HD? They're certainly different from the earlier broadcasts.