Update: My approach to color correction has completely flipped since 2015.

Back then, I'd just keep adding pigment until it looked right, which often took 45 minutes. Now, I use a color wheel and start with a direct opposite, cutting my time in half and getting cleaner results. What's the biggest time-saver you've picked up for color fixes?

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angelab622mo ago

My biggest time-saver was finally learning to check the monitor's own color settings first.

the_cameron2mo ago

Yeah, checking the monitor's own settings first. I used to jump straight into the graphics card control panel and get so confused. Wasted hours trying to fix a color problem that was just the monitor's "dynamic contrast" junk turned on. Now it's the absolute first thing I do, saves so much headache.

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stellam891d ago

Exactly. The dynamic contrast stuff is the worst, it makes everything look so fake and washed out at the same time. Once I turned that off and just set the brightness and contrast manually, it was like getting a whole new monitor for free. I also started looking for a "sRGB" or "standard" mode in the monitor settings, that usually gives the most accurate colors right out of the box without needing to mess with RGB sliders. Some monitors have really weird names for their presets like "eco" or "movie" that just ruin the picture, so it's worth cycling through them all just to see what they actually do. Honestly I wish more people would just take five minutes in the monitor menu before plugging it in and complaining about washed out colors, it solves like 90 percent of the issues.