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06/11/2010 01:36:16 PM · #1 |
I am trying to figure out whether to postprocess my shots using Nik Color Efx, "Pro Contrast" filter. To me, on my PC, I think they look better afterwards. But on the Mac, it may not be an improvement at all.
I'd be curious to hear your opinions, since I need to do this with a set of headshots (and for my future reference).
The two comparison shots are here.
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06/11/2010 01:38:04 PM · #2 |
| Version 2 I think shows better skin tone. |
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06/11/2010 01:38:32 PM · #3 |
Version2 feels warmer, and IMO has better skin tones than the first.
Just my 2 cents worth... |
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06/11/2010 01:43:49 PM · #4 |
Thanks...are you guys on Macs or PCs?
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06/11/2010 01:43:59 PM · #5 |
| #1 looks a bit pasty and pale to me. #2 has an appropriate pinkish tone to the skin and more details. I'm on a Windows machine with a monitor that has been calibrated, though not in a long time. |
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06/11/2010 01:47:54 PM · #6 |
I'm currently on a PC (uncalibrated monitor) but can check on calibrated PC and MAC this evening if you still need more input.
Message edited by author 2010-06-11 13:49:04. |
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06/11/2010 01:48:08 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:
Version2 feels warmer, and IMO has better skin tones than the first.
Just my 2 cents worth... |
PC with a calibrated monitor (Spyder3 Pro) |
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06/11/2010 01:57:46 PM · #8 |
| I'm on a mac, safari, I agree #2 is warmer and more natural, but #1 seems a bit sharper, but that's my personal feeling that the cooler the color the sharper. It's a mind thing. But #2 seems more natural. |
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06/11/2010 02:05:24 PM · #9 |
Ok, thanks. Both my monitors PC/Mac are calibrated with an EyeOne.
#1 clearly look better on my PC--just has more contrast, colors seem light and natural to me. But I've long suspected that my PC monitor (a Dell 30") is so "strong colored" that despite calibrating, it gives me a false sense of color.
So I'll just have to "compensate" in my brain and trust the shots without the pro contrast filter from Nik (on of the Color Efex). I like not having to use anything but lightroom anyway. Anyone else use that filter by the way?
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06/11/2010 02:08:36 PM · #10 |
PC, non-calibrated, but carefully adjusted monitor..
Second is warmer and the first does look a bit pasty.. |
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06/11/2010 02:15:52 PM · #11 |
| Do you believe me now? ;-P |
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06/12/2010 02:19:48 AM · #12 |
| Skin tone is much better on the second. i loove the Nik "pro contrast" filter in small doses like that. btw it looks better on both my calibrated macbook and my uncalibrated dell second screen. like in your case the dell screen is much more contrasty. |
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06/12/2010 03:03:51 AM · #13 |
| My name is Mac, I am a PC and I like #2. |
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06/12/2010 03:14:54 AM · #14 |
| I liked the second version best too. I use a PC. |
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06/12/2010 08:08:17 AM · #15 |
| ON my PC, the second one has better skin tones, but the shirt looks better in the first one. ;-Þ |
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06/12/2010 08:32:03 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
I'm currently on a PC (uncalibrated monitor) but can check on calibrated PC and MAC this evening if you still need more input. |
On MAC (calibrated) version 2 is still better. ;o) |
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06/12/2010 08:34:43 AM · #17 |
On both my calibrated monitors version 2 looks better. When I put v1 on one monitor and v2 on the other I barely see a difference but there is one. The difference is seen in his forehead, mostly.
PC. |
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06/12/2010 08:36:42 AM · #18 |
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06/12/2010 08:37:51 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by karmat:
PC. #2 looks better. |
Yep. |
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06/12/2010 12:52:13 PM · #20 |
| My MAC likes #2 better. #1 looks a bit pale. |
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06/12/2010 01:02:59 PM · #21 |
Wow... I think this is the most agreement I've EVER seen out of a group of DPC'ers about a photograph...
Amazing. |
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06/12/2010 01:06:49 PM · #22 |
Yes, the agreement is amazing, but the great support DPCer's give each other is characteristically DPC!
Thanks everyone!
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06/12/2010 01:16:53 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
Yes, the agreement is amazing, but the great support DPCer's give each other is characteristically DPC!
Thanks everyone! |
Too true! :) |
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06/12/2010 01:21:08 PM · #24 |
Both look good on my calibrated mac screen. I also agree that the second one has a more natural skin tone to it. It also appears in the first one that highlights might be clipping on his forehead.
I do like the Pro Contrast filter in ColorEfx, but it, for me, only suitable for certain images--it can have a very slightly edgy appeal in some shots, and in others it just doesn't work. I don't consider it a standard workflow item, but it has its uses. |
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06/12/2010 01:34:31 PM · #25 |
| Both look decent but 2 is warmer... Im on PC laptop... |
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