Colors from RAW images look different than “raw” colors in real life and somehow… “ugly”. Of course these files needs post-processing so the colors of those will be better and life-like, but I think there is something about the camera, the sensor… so that RAW files look like that.
I’m looking forward to reading interesting explanations from you guys!
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Your eyes are so much better than a computer. When we see things, light is reflected off an object, which is then turned into electrical signals. These go to your brain, and are interpreted as things you see.
For cameras, it’s similar, but different. First problem, the camera’s lens can only detect and record certain colours. Second problem, the screen you’re viewing something on can only display certain colours.
If you have a normal, non-HDR screen, your screen can display 255 shades of red, 255 shades of blue, and 255 shades of green. That’s it. Every colour the screen displays is a mixture of those colours, bundled very close together, which your eyes and brain basically mix into other colours.
But that means there’s a fundamental limit on what the screen can display. The reddest something can be is 255 red, 0 blue and 0 green. It can’t ever be redder than that, the screen can’t display it. But things in real life CAN be redder, and your eyes and brain can both perceive things as redder.
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