Improving the look of graphics with TV/Monitor settings

[bradbear117]

As a camera operator/video editor I am really into colour grading and have been experimenting with picture profiles for games on my tv this week. Our modern tv's actually give us a nice array of options to tweak so that we can achieve a fairly decent grade which improves the look and feel of a game completely. I can't believe I've never tried it before!

I have been playing Enslaved on the 360 and I just felt the grfx were too bright, especially in the greens. So I turned the colour intensity way down as well as the contrast and dropped the brightness a slight bit. I also turned sharpness off completely so it looks like a pseudo anti-alias effect but kept noise on because a bit of grain can actually be cool for a more gritty look.

This is the look I have achieved. Way more real looking aiding in the immersion factor! Give it a go if you have the time.





I also recommend playing Enslaved if you haven't already. Its fantastic. Reminds me very much of the Prince of Persia Sands of Time and The Last of Us.

[Hagan]

My monitor has a number of preset options available, but none give me more or less what I'm looking for... until I found the User setting.

I adjusted the hue, saturation, colour sharpness, brightness and gamma using various windows and colours from sites the get the best looking array of colours.

The monitor supports really dark blacks, none I'm quite used to, thus bright light and dark shadow (among other things) work so well together. My old monitor's black is more of a dark faded grey by comparison. My monitor has a Super Resolution setting, but lines/edges look too aliased or jagged; there's a point where too much sharpness gives off a pixelation feel.

The default settings leave the image looking too "brown" or "orange", instead I made it bluish and adjusted it from there.