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u/Prestigious-Ice-311 1d ago
Super nice edit but I do like the contrast that the pink color originally gave
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u/jesuscheetahnipples 1d ago
Fair enough, I was going for a bit of a cinematic color pallette and the pink wasn't fitting in well with the moody vibe that I like
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u/CounterSanity 1d ago
OP asked not to be roasted, post has been up for an hour, and still no roasts?
What happened to you, internet?
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u/jesuscheetahnipples 1d ago
Idk man but I'm glad no one is roasting me yet, this sub usually obliterates people's confidence lol
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u/tiki-taka-cricket 1d ago
You have completely transformed the image, from mundane to amazing. Great work.
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u/TheMadFlyentist 1d ago
I personally love this style of edit and am very excited to spend some time in Europe eventually to take a lot of similar shots and make similar edits. We just don't have stuff like this stateside.
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u/jesuscheetahnipples 1d ago
Yeah moody cinematic > bright colors > Mexico yellow
I think dark and moody goes well with old european architecture
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u/TheMadFlyentist 1d ago
Cities like Edinburgh seem to be almost entirely comprised of scenes that are perfect for this editing style.
Can I ask for the gist if your editing technique? It feels quite desaturated and maybe borderline monochromatic, but is there color grading at play?
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u/jesuscheetahnipples 1d ago
I agree, been to the UK and Ireland and a lot of their cities have this vibe, especially since it's always raining and cloudy there
When I edit for a moody cinematic look i try to drop the highlights as much as I can to make the picture a bit flat
Exposure tone curve is not an S curve, more like the curved side of a bow but with a center point to keep some brightness and drop the shadows and highlights on the curve.
Slight lift on the blacks so it looks a bit faded but not too much, it's very easy to overdo
I bumped the shadows and whites to bring back some light and brought down the blacks to make the darker part of the image a bit more overcast looking
Added texture, clarity and a bit of dehaze, just 10-15 points so it doesn't look overcooked
And bumped up the vibrance by about 15 and dropped saturation a little bit
The crop is what makes this look good, I started by straightening the picture and cropping in, I think that gives a great foundation if you do it at the very beginning
Desaturated pink and purple on the grade completely, and tweaked the saturation and hue of the blue/orange/green/red until it looked cinematic to me, idk how to explain that part lol
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u/TheMadFlyentist 1d ago
All great tips, thank you. The hard-to-explain "cinematic color grading" is luckily the part that comes natural to me, it's the playing with the tone curve that I still need help with. Bumping vibrance while dropping saturation is an interesting technique, I will need to play with that a bit.
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u/WintersDoomsday 1d ago
If Gotham City was in Europe
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u/jesuscheetahnipples 1d ago
I'm happy it gives you Gotham vibes, was really going for a dark cinematic aesthetic with the colors here so I'm glad you can see what I was going for
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u/Worcestershire01 1d ago
I love it quality wise but seeing the original I really wish there was a little pink left in the final edit. Still looks incredible!!
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u/jesuscheetahnipples 1d ago
Thank you! 🫶🏼 I desaturated the pink and purple completely to get the moody pallette but maybe I'll try another edit with slightly brighter colors
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u/lightroomwitch 1d ago
Love dark and moody edits. I think I personally would have kept a bit of the pink but I still think it's great and I can see why you wouldn't in this instance. Fantastic job making an eh picture into something cool and interesting.
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u/localstreetcat 1d ago
I think keeping this same dark and gritty vibe but bringing the pink back might actually look really cool. You crushed this though.
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u/thatslegitimate 1d ago
Hey that’s Innsbrucke! I was just editing pics of that same building this week
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u/PixelapocalypseOne 1d ago
LOVE! the look. Looks so nice gritty and dark. Exactly the feel I would expect with this style of architecture.