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RE: #qcensus2018 Campaign - Graphics Breakdown
It was joyful to read step by step creation. There is one thing caught my eye tho, where you expand the robot background and the part between the overlay. I wonder if that shinier thin line was intentional.
And I'd like hear more about color proofing on an ipad. I have a non ips screen unfortunately :facepalm:, I did a little search after I read this post but couldn't find anything related. Is there any article or tutorial that you can forward.
Hi @oups - first of all, yes - the "shinier line" became intentional. At first it was an artefact - but I liked it immediately. This is what Bob Ross would call a "happy accident". I never once thought to remove it, but I did look at it more than a few times, and it was actually what I used as my "visual anchor" to track the gradient and texture overlay in the sense that it helped my see more clearly. I could have removed it, but that type of "bright spot" had the added effect of psychologically dimming the rest of the already very bright composition.
As far as proofing goes, I am planning on publishing a series of "best-practice" articles about things like color-balance etc. where I will discuss this in great detail. Until then I can explain it for you: I actually use three monitors. One of them is 1920x1080, and it is my general workspace that is a bit more "contrasty" than normal, which forces me to be careful with oversaturation. Then I have another monitor rotated 90° - this allows me to see subtle pixel artefacts by merely moving to the left and right. Finally the iPad pro. With its P3 display, it actually has a colour gamut that is very close to the way things appear in the "real" world of light. By looking at my work on the iPad, I see how it will appear "in the most optimal situation". The other two monitors serve as screens that provide two different "colorimetric interpretations", and by moving the piece between the monitors I am able to find a happy medium.
"psychologically dimming the rest of the already very bright composition." makes perfect sense, I would probably try hard to expand that robot background as realistic as possible and apply that overlay straight. It's nice to know behind the scenes. Thanks for answering my questions, I should take more time on ipad.