#also don't make your first model with Cool Textures you will regret it

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i have played through pokemon scarlet up until just after obtaining koraidon. below are my opinions, in the order in which i developed them:

the character customization is so good! my only complaint is that the closest hair style to my hair style is the hairstyle of a certain very spoilery umineko character, so when i look at my player character, i think "oh thats (umineko character)" instead of "oh thats me". this is partially due to the fact that i have a similar hairstyle to that umineko character(messy brown medium-long wavy hair) it's just that mine is longer.

the graphics are good actually! I mean they're also terrible. let me explain. the animations, textures, and models of the pokemon are all great. the textures and models of the landscape are marginally better than pokemon: legends arceus, which is damning with faint praise. but still, the game overall looks amazing. there are occasionally lag spikes and clipping, and scene transitions are kinda awkward, but that's pretty easy to ignore.

i can't tell if nemona is supposed to come off as unhinged but she very much does come off as unhinged and i love her for it. like it could just be bad writing, but im just gonna say she's canonically autistic and move on with my life. also, in a similar vein, penny is canonically trans, though i have not been introduced to her in-game yet.

speaking of nemona, they've done a great job of fixing gen 7/8's cutscene bloat. I played some pokemon: legends arceus earlier the same day, and i can confirm scarlet has no scenes where character says something, there's a two second pause, they make a facial expression, there's another two second pause, and then the conversation continues, multiple times per cutscene. additionally, making nemona very fast helps prevent the hau situation from gen 7. i haven't played sword/shield so idk if they fixed it too, but given that pla has the same issue i doubt it.

they didn't abandon the tree theme, clavell is named after cloves. sure he doesn't have the title of professor but he introduces you to the world of pokemon and gives you your starter, so he fills the role of professor

all the new pokemon designs are so good! this comes mostly from my experience with showdown and stuff, but sprigatito is in fact the cutest first-stage starter so that's a plus, and the final evolution isn't bad, im sure it'll grow on me. maybe ill regret not picking fire crocodile, its final evolution looks like a pseudo-legendary and is awesome. but besides the starters, this generation also has maushold, who has instantly become one of my favorite pokemon, dudunsparce, the dunsparce evolution we didn't want, but that we deserved, and the past paradox forms, which caused me to choose the game with the worse regional exclusives just due to how cool they are. like seriously after gen 8's best pokemon design was the regional bird i was afraid, but this generation has the best designs of any generation ever.

it's really funny how the game has really immersive sound effects for everything, and then no voice acting. it does have lip syncing. just no voice to go along with it. it's funnier than it is jarring, but still, don't take my massive amount of praise as proof this game isn't horribly unfinished.

saving the best for last, my favorite thing about this game is that you can just spin whenever you want. speeeeeeeeeeeeeen.

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Colour theory video

Today in class we where given a video to watch and take notes

Notes from the video - Joanna Kustra: Secrets of Colour Grading

Joanna Kustra is a polish photographer & image editor who specialises in Fashion beauty and commercial.

Her View “is that colour has an immense meaning”

Points covered in the video

Colour Harmonies

The psychology behind colour

The importance of preparation before a shoot

Colour theories

It’s important to invest in a high quality monitor - to see the colours in the image more accurately: Calibration is a Must

Colour Psychology

Johan Wolfgang von Goete wrote a book on colour theory. The book details that colours affect people, their emotions - it is from our own culture and experiences that our psychology is based upon.

Different colours offer different moods and emotions

Primary Colours

Red

Love

Passion

Danger

Blood

Aggression

Blue

Confidence

Trust

Harmony

Loyalty

Compassion

Sadness

Yellow

Optimism

Jealousy

Understanding

Betrayal

Secondary colours

Green

Nature

Freshness

Peace

Jealousy

Envy

Health

Orange

Fun

Warmth

Youth

Purple

Calming

Fantasy

Mystery

Unattainable

Black is a strong colour

Durable

Elegant

In some cultures:

Regret

Despair

Overwhelming

White

Innocence

Delicacy

Purity

Elegant(some cultures associate black with elegant)

Moods that some colours pallets create

Pastels - calmness

Saturated palettes - Dynamics, passion

Colour can also be divided in to Warm & Cold

Hue and saturation affects emotional perception - view of an image

Colour Harmonies

Colour harmonies are colour combinations that are

- easy to pick up

- nice to look at

- that work well together

- catch the viewers eye

Monochromatic Harmony

This harmony is when the colours contain different tones, shades and tints of the same hue( this is a very cohesive look - used in cinematography

Analogous Harmony

This is colours that sit next to each other on the colour Wheel(that compliment each other) like green and yellow( pleasing, relaxed)

They are not

Jarring

Opposite

Clashing

They don't stand out from one another

This colour scheme is good for family portraits as it focuses on portraying emotions

Analogous Complementary or Accented analogous Scheme

This is when related Hues are laying across the colour wheel adding a hue opposite called Accented Analogous Scheme because your adding an accent

This is used to put warm colours with cool colours

Complementary Harmony

Two colours opposite on the colour wheel - creates a vibrant look

Split Complementary

This is a variation of the previous Scheme. In addition to the basic colours, it uses two colours next to it commentary colour

It has the same visual contrast as the previous scheme but less tension

Triadic

Uses three colours that are Evenly space on the colour wheel - vibrant

Double Split Complementary

Two sets of complementary colours forming an X on the colour wheel eg. Blue - orange or yellowish green - purple

Provides a lot of contrast but still blends/works together used in fashion

Dyad

Two colours close to each other on the colour wheel separated by one or two hues

General advice on colour harmonies

When beginning to work with colour theory less is better.

To have a certain harmony, it doesn't need to be very saturated or have bright colours

Colour weight

Optical weight of colour - every harmony should have a dominant colour

What determines colour weight?

Size

Saturation

Brightness

Dyad - Complementary

70% - main colour

25% - other colour

Analogous - split complementary - triadic

50%

25%

25%

Analogous Complementary - Double complementary

40% - main

20% - rest of Hues

Colour wheel

Adobe colour

Palette. com

Photoshop pop up

HSL

H - Hue: pure colours

S - saturation: the richness of colours

L - luminosity: brightness or lightnesss

Tone = Hue + Grey

Tint = Hue + White

Shade = Hue + Black

HSL is created for artists to think about colour in terms of Hue & saturation instead of additive or subtractive colour

Colour profiles

RGB - Additive

Made up of

Red

Green

Blue

Are added together to produce millions of different colours

SRGB

Adobe RGB

Profoto

CMYK- used in colour printing: subtractive

Made up of

Cyan

Magenta

Yellow

Black

CIE- Lab

It's scope “gamut” is larger than RGB or CMYK - experts say we can distinguish at least 10 million colours

Gamut mean Scope available in a certain colour space

Each of these colour spaces has its own gamut and limitations

Colour management

It is how colours are represented across various devices

Colour checkers allow you to determine a basic output and starting point

Calibrate your screen to Adobe RGB - Allows stronger saturation of greens and reds

Keep photos a preserve embedded profiles - if printing work with a bigger colour space : allows you to see more colours

SRGB is used for converting your images to web ready

Colour relativity

Colour changes depending on what it’s next to

(Orange is lighter when next to yellow but when it’s next to blue it looks darker)

There is not a right Hue for skin it depends on the surrounding colours

Domonient & receding colours

Red is dominant- warm colours advance

Green is receding- cool colour recede and affect depth

Equiluminant Colour

Colour can be measured by luminance as well as hue

Equilament colour differ in Hue but not brightness

Apparently our brains process luminosity first

Colour Inspirations

Art galleries/ museums

Cinema

Advertising

Other photographers

Newspapers and articles

Library books

10 tips to do before shooting

Make a plan - mood board

Improvise wisely

Mix different light temperatures

Use colour gels

Enhance the models features

Choose the right time of day(for the type of light you want to achieve)

indoors - add colour to a basic background

Add textures

Try bold unusual make up

Keep it simple

Colour Correction & colour grading

Colour correction

It's adjusting

White & black levels

Exposure

Contrast

White balance

These give an image of unprocessed seeming colours. They create visual consistency for a series of photographs

Colour grading is a creative process - it adds mood, atmosphere and emotion to your image