I’ve Been Messing Around With Screenshots In PS Express And I Realized Some Interesting Things About

I’ve been messing around with screenshots in PS Express and I realized some interesting things about this shot specifically:

Here is the unedited screenshot.

Now of course I wanted to check for the yellow and blue in this shot. It’s a bit subtle in the unedited version, but when I up the saturation for the yellow and blue tones you’ll notice that Will’s side is yellow and Mike’s is blue.

With the yellow pulled up and teal pulled down

With the yellow pulled down and the teal pulled up.

Admittedly there is a lot more teal than blue, which is interesting considering that teal is closer to green. There is actually a lot of green in this shot as well, here is the image with the saturation pulled all the way up which really emphasizes all of the green.

What was also interesting to me was just how much Will was in the light and Mike was in the dark, and how their costumes contribute to that. Will is dressed in light colors, while Mike’s black pants specifically really brings him into the shadows a lot more.

Here’s what it looks like when I crushed the blacks. Will is still pretty visible while Mike is almost completely lost.

Just thought this was a fun little study. It’s interesting to see how color grading and post ends up contributing to deeper meanings as well.