Can we have some colorgrading?

[Jwrigh7784]

It also depends on what kind of monitor/tv you are using. Some have better contrast and sharpening than others. That can make a big difference in visuals. I, personally, think the graphics look great, especially compared to other MMO's out there (looking at YOU wow). My only gripe is the contrast, but I am pretty sure it's just my tv

[JunseiKei]

And it's not some drastic engine lvl change, it's all post processing and it just made me wonder why the devs kind of never experimented with it.

They dropped PS3 support not quite yet two years ago. At the time, it was a matter of accessibility.

[enthauptet]

FFXIV's palette relies heavily on the weather. I fish a lot so the zones I'm in are usually affected by some gloomy weather and it dulls everything (still cool, just bleak) but on a Clear or Fair Skies day any zone looks amazing and vibrant and colorful. It's really beautiful and it works.

I don't think WoW's colors work here, those edits are extremely jarring to me. It's neat for a stylized screenshot but I could never play like that, I'd have to adjust my monitor.

I have to wonder how much of this thread's perception is affected by partial/colorblindness too because I imagine that would heavily affect opinions on what looks best.

In the JP fanfest they showed background artist work and in FF14 they don't make objects have any light it is entirely based no the weather from what I recall ( may be wrong) which is why a lot of the time the environments look so horrible and drab is because they lack the weather light to make them pop.

[Belisaire]

Colors are fine for me... as someone said, in clear weather, the colors pop, and fade a lot when it is cloudy. Which is how it is in the real world. Would be bizarre to have colors “pop” during a cloudy day, but to each their own. IMO, the OPs images just end up looking very washed out.

[Krojack]

I've been using the new Nvidia filters as well but OP's examples don't look good to me. The only things I adjust and SLIGHTLY adjust are contrast and shadows. It's makes the game look less hazy to me.

https://imgur.com/a/dUhouqG

Also night time is darker but looks cooler. The lights in towns look more realistic.

[Iscah]

I've been tweaking some PS4 screenshots in Microsoft Office Picture Manager (don't judge me), and I'm finding that turning up saturation, contrast and "mid-tones" by one notch each give a more defined look to the images without messing up the colour balance.