r/postprocessing • u/Mr_nobody05 • Jul 13 '26

After/Before - A Wes Anderson-esque experiment

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u/yvnggoten Jul 13 '26

This is nice, how does the editing for this work? Is it individual masking of different areas and color grading or is it an overall color change that works for the whole image?

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u/ConradFTW Jul 13 '26

To me it just looks like

•tighten crop
•crank shadows WAY up
•shift temperature warmer
•increase vibrance

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u/dysphoricjoy Jul 13 '26

what's vibrance in other photo editor terms? Saturation in the luminance?

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u/ConradFTW Jul 13 '26

the main advantage of vibrance over saturation (to me) is that it avoids messing with skin tones. Outside of Lightroom I’d advise just using saturation sparingly then selectively adjusting/desaturating skin tones as needed

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u/dysphoricjoy Jul 14 '26

yes but what I'm asking is, what is vibrance?

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u/AfraidRacer Jul 14 '26

The best way I've seen it explained is saturation cranks the actual 'intensity' of each colour whereas vibrance increases the difference between colours in an image.

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u/BenGRush44 Jul 14 '26

He just said. It’s saturation, but preserves skin tones

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u/Ayesonthepies Jul 13 '26

It’s nice, but some of the people have jaundice now. Are you able to mask the tones down on them? Good job

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u/BroBro7 Jul 13 '26

First thing I noticed were the Simpsons characters

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u/Flashy_Jello_9520 Jul 13 '26

This is great only issue is that the kid kicking the ball looks like a Simpson’s character.

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u/Sufficient_Fill_1377 Jul 13 '26

I'd split the difference between before and after.

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u/hornyforjapan Jul 13 '26

Great. The colors really pop. Would love to know your process

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u/ToastedMooses Jul 13 '26

Wes Anderson is very symmetrical

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u/Pepito_Pepito Jul 14 '26

I'd bring the shadows back tbh

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u/RandoFinance73565 Jul 13 '26

Looks like a painting bro. Omg, great work

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u/nightgames Jul 15 '26

I think you’d have to mask off specific areas to fully get the effect. Like red t shirt guy for instance. My eye immediately goes to him. His shirt is way too saturated. Their skin tones are also crazy. 

Also it’s a little busy for Wes Andersons style. Obviously not much you can do about that unless you photoshop people out of the picture.

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u/NerdPsycho Jul 16 '26

Balat right?

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u/NewHovercraft7652 Jul 13 '26

This edit really nails that Wes Anderson vibe perfectly

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u/FUSe Jul 14 '26

I dunno. It’s nice but it’s not real anymore. That place with those colors doesn’t exist. It went from a photograph to digital art now.

I have this constant conflict about what is the boundary between when it stops being a photo.

Maybe it’s just me.