What is the most stupid filter/post processing/effect ever?
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What is the most stupid filter/post processing/effect ever?
Film grain
11%
 11%  [ 10 ]
Motion blur
40%
 40%  [ 36 ]
Chromatic aberration
38%
 38%  [ 35 ]
Depth of field
3%
 3%  [ 3 ]
Lens flare
3%
 3%  [ 3 ]
Subsurface scattering
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Other (Name it!)
3%
 3%  [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 90

ixigia
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Apr 2024 19:06    Post subject:
LeoNatan wrote:
You guys also forgot one of the major post processing that used to plague games until HDR become a thing: color grading / aka “feels gritty” / aka pissvision Laughing


Oh yeah, that too grinhurt

So many games from the cursed 360 era had that visceral(tm) silly yellow/brown-ish/sepia palette, it could be found everywhere from first-person shooters to third-person to racing games. RE5, NFS Most Wanted, GTA IV, pre-Skyrim Gamebryo titles, Deus Ex HR, DiRT, Flatout UC and several other console titles.
One of the most hilarious cases was F1 2013's "classic" mode with the heavy piss which was the gaming equivalent of the Mexican movie filter and spawned the derp variant
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W123




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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Apr 2024 19:54    Post subject:
Chromatic Abomination for sure.

LeoNatan wrote:
You guys also forgot one of the major post processing that used to plague games until HDR become a thing: color grading / aka “feels gritty” / aka pissvision Laughing



My favorite are the games like RE2 remake that intentionally add a grey filter to the image so you don't get true blacks. Demons Souls PS5 did some similar fuckery though in that case not sure if it was a bug or not.


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Cash




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Apr 2024 04:38    Post subject:
Now do one for the most smart...smh
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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Apr 2024 08:50    Post subject:
W123 wrote:

My favorite are the games like RE2 remake that intentionally add a grey filter to the image so you don't get true blacks. Demons Souls PS5 did some similar fuckery though in that case not sure if it was a bug or not.


This is annoying as fuck but it is easy to work around it - just crush the grey levels to black.
Quite a few horror games did this - the one genre where true blacks in a dark room matter most. Often combining the grey mess with film grain too.

For me, the three contenders for worst postprocessing are:

- Motion Blur
- Chromatic Abomination
- Vignette

Motion blur would be the worst but in 99% of games it is possible to turn it off.
So I voted for CA...it gives me eye cancer and you can't always turn it off.
Vignette is also really bad. There was a time between 2010 and 2014 where so many games had Vignette and there was no way to disable it.
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Amadeus




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Apr 2024 11:38    Post subject:
"Subsurface scattering"

wat? thats not a post processing effect and actually amazing tech. should have placed vignette in there instead

anyway, obviously motion blur but I have to say all effects have their use case if used correctly and in moderation

including motion blur, which btw is a game changer if its a nice motion blur and you dont get too many FPS

what it does in cyberpunk is pretty great imho, I remember turning it on when I only got 60fps at 4k on my 3080 back in the day and it was dramatically smoother, though maybe the OLED panel helps (or rather making it worse because low framerates are more jarring on an OLED)

I still prefer real 120+ fps but when that is not available, motion blur can save the day. I do get why they love it for consoles

though vignette I always hate. and film grain and chromatic aberration I'd rather do without, even though they sometimes really make an effect or mood, ie Film grain in Silent Hill
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qqq




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 11:07    Post subject:
Funny thing. I was reading about the dev process for Into the Spiderverse movie. Ideas, techniques, etc. I reach a line that says "To create depth of field, another technique was used: deliberately misaligned colors, as if the colors had been slightly misprinted, as happens with ink printing in real comics." Oh look, deliberately misaligned colors has a hyperlink, let me click it and see where it goes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration

Laughing Their artists thought reproducing defects that nobody wants or likes in real world is cool and fun. It's the same way it happens in games, the exact thought process that gives us CA
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|DXWarlock




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 15:16    Post subject:
@qqq
While I despise CA in games, not as much as DoF (dont decide how my eyes should focus or what on).
In a comic movie I can see the intent and desired reason based on fanout/print registration issues in comics. I dont agree with adding it, but at least I can see the history of why someone, even if in unneeded cross media nods, would think they would want to add it.
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 15:34    Post subject:
The funny thing about chromatic abortion is, while lens technology and design has advanced so much in the recent decade, practically correcting most perceptible distortions, you have a generation of ztards that went back to photographing with film, deliberately looking for lens defects; err, sorry … “character”. I blame video games for that shit. Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 16:48    Post subject:
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|DXWarlock




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 17:10    Post subject:
Some people want the visceral experince of music, as apposed to audio fidelity being the main factor.
For example my cousin loves vinyl, because he (we) grew up watching my grandfather play his favorite music in his lounge on a record player. And the smell (old collections of records have a smell), sound, and ritual of it is part of the appeal to him.
I myself dont care. an MP3 played on my not flat toned garage shop setup is just as good to me. But to him there is a connection to it.

When it comes to music telling people "You are doing it wrong" is the most missing the mark comment you can make on such a personal and subjective artform and experince: How dare you enjoy an artform in ways other than my clearly superior approach to it.

As the saying goes: Most audiophiles dont use thier equipment to listen to your music, they use your music to listen to thier equipment.


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LeoNatan
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 17:14    Post subject:
garus wrote:
LeoNatan wrote:
The funny thing about chromatic abortion is, while lens technology and design has advanced so much in the recent decade, practically correcting most perceptible distortions, you have a generation of ztards that went back to photographing with film, deliberately looking for lens defects; err, sorry … “character”. I blame video games for that shit. Laughing


Nothing new, same with vinyl-tards Laughing Buying vinyls that were made from digital audio and somehow made better xD

Who are you to define what makes them feel fun? lol wut It’s their alternative fact! Laughing
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|DXWarlock




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 17:15    Post subject:
There is no 'universal fact' in personal music experiences....its the epitome of subjective.
(yea yea..im ignored, doesnt mean I cannot point out his derpness of opinions)

LeO OpInIoNS
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diaboliquin




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st May 2024 21:07    Post subject:
Fucking BLOOM!

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