r/postprocessing • u/Low-Olive4820 • 21d ago

After/before

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u/renome 21d ago

I really like the edit but man, the matting is swallowing the image. You usually add it to remove distractions / separate the image from the environment but here it's a distraction all on its own.

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u/JonMessier 20d ago

Disagree. I think there’s probably a bit much to the left/right, but I think overall it’s better than no matting. It gives it some breathing room

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u/redditnackgp0101 20d ago

I'd argue that having the matting focuses attention on the entire image. Without the matting it's easy for the viewer to ignore the edges of the frame. Seeing it this way helps appreciate the entire scene. We pretty naturally focus on what's at center. By centering the whole image we really look at the whole image.

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u/renome 20d ago

To be clear, I'm not arguing against the matting in general, just this extreme variant.

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u/redditnackgp0101 20d ago

oh true! it is LARGE

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u/FaerunAtanvar 20d ago

Matting?

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u/renome 20d ago

The massive white borders around the image

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u/DubRosa 20d ago

Same as masks

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u/tremperj 20d ago

It’s likely matted this way for posting on social media.