From what they'e said it's mostly lighting followed by linking the photo and not importing it since importing degrades the file and sucks the color out of it.Some members here post images of chips that are just downright gorgeous. The colors jump out, but are not over saturated; the background is neutral with slight bokeh, texture/crosshatch is visible. I don't know how they do it. I mean, sure I do; they have some nice cameras and great lighting. Originally, I would have called total BS on their posts, but now that I've gotten to know them, I definitely don't think there's any deliberate touchups.
Point is, sometimes the chips are just that pretty
Edit: sometimes, after taking a picture, I do touch it up a little so that it more accurately reflects the way it really looks. But never in an ad.
I just did a comparison of a photo I uploaded to this site vs the original. Although it has been modified (resized at the very least), I don't see any different in the colors. A color grabber of edge spots shows the same color between original and uploaded. But this was also from an Android device, so there could be a big difference there.And this website definitely does some kind of processing when uploading iPhone photos.
From what they'e said it's mostly lighting followed by linking the photo and not importing it since importing degrades the file and sucks the color out of it.
I just did a comparison of a photo I uploaded to this site vs the original. Although it has been modified (resized at the very least), I don't see any different in the colors. A color grabber of edge spots shows the same color between original and uploaded. But this was also from an Android device, so there could be a big difference there.
Point is, sometimes the chips are just that pretty
Here's an example though of imported vs. linked with one of my pics (zero editing outside of cropping):
Here's an example though of imported vs. linked with one of my pics (zero editing outside of cropping):
Here is a pic of Kings Castles, that is pretty accurate, color-wise. You can find example(s) on PCF that are not. And certain of those examples are LOLz, and there is no way the end result was simply due to the choice of phone. Or southern California light.Sure. Sometimes.
But then, there are all the chips which members know are pretty drab even if you clean and oil them perfectly, and get perfect lighting... which get posted looking like they are all hotter than the hottest Paulson colors.
I might have to design a Lipstick on a Pig set for just this purpose...
Sigh... the ones that got awayHere is a pic of Kings Castles, that is pretty accurate, color-wise. You can find example(s) on PCF that are not. And certain of those examples are LOLz, and there is no way the end result was simply due to the choice of phone. Or southern California light.
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Here is a pic of Kings Castles, that is pretty accurate, color-wise. You can find example(s) on PCF that are not. And certain of those examples are LOLz, and there is no way the end result was simply due to the choice of phone. Or southern California light.
I just did a comparison of a photo I uploaded to this site vs the original. Although it has been modified (resized at the very least), I don't see any different in the colors. A color grabber of edge spots shows the same color between original and uploaded. But this was also from an Android device, so there could be a big difference there.
I don't know much about the HEIC format, but based on the descriptions here, Maybe something is happening to the color profile. Perhaps HEIC format when it gets scaled and converted to a JPEG for the site doesn't correctly preserve the color profile that's embedded into the original image. Similar to how using the wrong printer color profile for vector graphics can result in some different colors and or overly saturated images.There is definitely something up with iPhone camera photos or screen captured from iPhones. iPhone natively records images in HEIC format instead of JPEG.
Resolution isn’t the issue though, it’s color. And the color alteration isn’t the result of compression. There is definitely a color profile/space issue happening. I would say that iPhones use a wider color gamut and save in Adobe as opposed to sRGB, and the photos when uploaded fall victim to a poor conversion process. This is probably true. But what tells me something else is happening for example is that Tina will send me a photo which I can upload here via my iPhone and it looks great just like on my iPhone. But if all I do is “edit” the photo by rotating it and upload it then it falls victim to the desaturation thing again.
This is basically my attitude at this point. I just laugh at the dinks who are using crazy lighting and photoshop to saturate the F out of their pics, because who are they fooling. (I laugh at a lot of dinks for a lot of reasons.) But we do have to remind ourselves that noobs have been increasing almost exponentially and they could be taken in by such shenanigans.As a former professional photographer it’s very difficult to accurately capture the color of chips, particularly brighter day Glo spot colors ie blaze, hot pink, peach. Lighting, backdrop, camera/phone, white balance, everything vary greatly situationally and even from day to day. I care more about the condition of chips being accurately shown and described. At this point if somebody isn’t familiar with what colors look like in person that’s on them. Everybody should know what they’re buying or ask for Paulson color callouts if uncertain and compare the reference pics in the resource section.
That's just the voices in your head talking.Or maybe I'm just crazy, which is entirely possible.
[...]I also have never edited any colors but I feel like we all know that evening indirect sunlight is the best time to "get the shot"
Taken By @FordPickup92 but zero editing... just the right amount of natural day light makes these glow!
My favorite poker chip picture ever and can confirm in fading evening light that is what they look like!
Realistically will we ever be playing with them in natural light? No... but I don't see anything wrong with using the sun to help make them "pop" for pictures. The saturation thing I guess makes sense though... but really it's like a padded Bra or Makeup! The world is a deceiving place!
The difference here is pretty stark... While I believe you when you say that the lefthand image is purely natural light, I can’t say that I’ve ever taken a photo of any of the several thousand chips I’ve sold where such a gigantic difference could be explained by lighting alone. At least not with a decent camera.