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>>3901885
No.

If you think this >>3900858 actually has more detail than this >>3900864 you are legitimately retarded. Noise is not the same thing as detail.

>>3568137
Well the vertical lines are black, not lit. But from a distance you wouldn't be able to see the lines, it would all blend together which would make the overall colour look different. Pic related isn't exactly the same, but the effect would be similar.

That's all assuming the vertical bars are black, like I say I don't know from first hand experience this is just some basic colour theory.

>>2856191
Why? Raw pixels is objectively the best. Every filter just blurs or adds noise, nothing else. No real detail is added, no new information. It's just degrading the image.

In the top image here, each block of color is there for a specific reason. Every element of the image is purposeful. Adding noise makes it look more complicated, but the noise doesn't relate to anything, it doesn't mean anything.

Adding scanlines and filters is the exact same thing. If you like it for some reason, that's fine. But there's no reason at all you should feel like you need to use them for any reason.

>>2815979
>The phrase "Implied detail that doesn't relate to the image" doesn't make a lot of sense, though.

What I mean is that people tend to imply that scanlines add detail, and I'm saying that they don't. The lines do break up the image so it's visually more complex, being blocks of colour with lines underneath vs just blocks of colour. However, there's no more information in an image with scan lines. They break up the blocks of colour, but don't relate to the overall image. It's not more detailed, just more visually cluttered.

The picture here isn't a perfect example. I don't actually use scanlines in anything, and so this was easier to mock up. The effect I'm getting at is the same though. The grain filter adds what looks like detail because there's more visual noise, but the detail doesn't relate to or add anything to define the image more. It's simply visual clutter. Scan lines are essentially the same thing, just with bars instead of grain.

But as you say, we really just have polar opposite opinions of what looks good. I think it's cool we can both have our way.

As for all the Monster World pictures, that's really just because it happened to be the game I was playing that day when I decided to pull my camera out. That or PSP is how I play all my retro games though now and I think it makes everything look great.