look into unreal engine 4...

[johnnyquest]

...and steal all the ideas that allows easy reproduction of results such as this

http://kotaku.com/next-gen-lighting-is-pushing-the-limits-of-realism-1625324795

• also, unity

(meaning mostly post fx -- bloom, chromatic aberration, etc)

• color temperature
• brightness (f-stops)
• highlights/shadows brightness
• saturation
• vignette
• chromatic aberration
• lens dirtiness/bloom
• lens flares (regular -> michael bay/fringe-style)
• tone mapping?

[johnnyquest]

• an idea to test: a post-DOF effect by reconstructing a geometry from the z-buffer and doing a mantra re-rendering with DOF