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[Musicguy]

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[CobraVerde]

I'll wait for them to fix the color timing on The King & I.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by CobraVerde

I'll wait for them to fix the color timing on The King & I.

What's wrong with it, CV?

(I haven't seen it for myself, so I'm asking as an interested pre-buyer.)

[CobraVerde]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

What's wrong with it, CV?

(I haven't seen it for myself, so I'm asking as an interested pre-buyer.)

Here's a comparison. Not only did the teal it up, whites are now blue and the whole image has a dark dreary veil over it (due to the heavy blue filter, most likely).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xqy6g8g4zi...comparison.mp4

Look at the Captain's white suit, and the white lace collars and gloves that are now turquoise.

[MacEachaidh]

Ahh, thanks for the info, and ... bummer.

I'm a burgeoning tealophobe, so this is hugely disappointing. I'll join you in the waiting room, if I may.


(By the way, the link doesn't work for me. But I hear what you're saying. It sounds like what they did to Cleopatra.)

[CobraVerde]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Ahh, thanks for the info, and ... bummer.

I'm a burgeoning tealophobe, so this is hugely disappointing. I'll join you in the waiting room, if I may.


(By the way, the link doesn't work for me. But I hear what you're saying. It sounds like what they did to Cleopatra.)

I'll try again-
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xqy6g8g4zi...comparison.mp4

That one works, sorry. And yeah, it probably looks different in motion - it's not so much the teal that bothers me, as is the general lifelessness/darkness of the image. But that's what blue filters do.

[MacEachaidh]

Yep that one works, thanks. The difference is kinda shocking, isn't it?

And I agree with you about the teal overall, so yeah, my objection isn't due to some purist conception of the palette, but the effect it has on the visual tone. Though I particularly dislike what it does to shadows, skies and skin tones — to my eye they look far from natural. And it's a shame, when you have such colour-rich source material.

I can't get why they do it. It doesn't improve the image, so why? I have a theory that it helps control bloom and bleed, particular at the warmer end of the spectrum, but I've never read anything to confirm that. Or, indeed, any other explanation.