Many music videos from the late nineties,
six underground by the sneaker pimps being the most salient example to me, have a distinctive cinematographic feel and style to them, with very high contrast (super dark blacks and popping-out, almost oversaturated whites); a lot of murky brown/green and pops of red/blue. Does this style have a name? Is it a film effect or some kind of post-processing, or both? digital? Why was it so prevalent in the late-nineties, and, correct me if I am mistaken, mostly just for music videos?
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posted by zingiberene
on Jan 8, 2013 -
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When I log into my MacBook Pro, the graphics contrast suddenly increases — by a whole lot. What the heck is going on?
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posted by neckro23
on Jan 26, 2012 -
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I have a computer hooked up to my TV (a normal CRT), but any video played from the computer is too dark. Turning up the brightness or contrast settings on the computer just makes the "black" parts of the picture look grey. What setting am I looking for to fix this?
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posted by hayvac
on Nov 13, 2009 -
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DarkroomFilter: At what part of the developing process am I screwing up my negatives?
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posted by zvs
on Jun 27, 2009 -
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After a few disagreements, the mister and I have decided to buy a HDTV. Question about contrast ratios inside.
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posted by muddgirl
on Jan 1, 2009 -
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I want to calculate the average contrast, luminance and any other interesting photo statistics (things that might be useful/important in psychophysics) for a bunch of images. I've heard that both Matlab and Photoshop can do this. I'm still trying to avoid learning Matlab, so Photoshop is preferred (I tried google, and some image manipulation books I found in the library, but neither were very helpful).
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posted by doctor.dan
on Dec 22, 2008 -
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What do I need to know when choosing a wall-mounted projection screen for my living room?
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posted by cortex
on Dec 20, 2008 -
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Long ago, I recall seeing a link (maybe on MeFi, but I can't find it) for a website that displayed some pretty impressive technology used to bring out the detail from shadows in photographs. I seem to recall that there was an online version that you could use for testing (upload your photo and it would lighten the shadow areas). Does anyone remember this, and if so, do you know the URL?
posted by oissubke
on Dec 27, 2003 -
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