I think we can agree that skill and practice in the art of straight photography must provide better images for post processing. I know very good photographers who have made PS their main medium and make photographs specifically for that. This requires a keen eye for pre-visualizing and optimal recording. I think PS is a mature medium that skillfully used is equal to traditional painting, drawing, or printmaking. That is to say, in the right hand a daub of paint on a canvas is much more than a daub of paint. Alas, like traditional media, PS renderings also more often than not results in uninteresting pictures.
BTW is there a paint-by-numbers PS plug-in?
AZ
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Subject: Re: Winds of change (was Posting)
From: Darin Heinz <spacecoastphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, November 17, 2006 3:08 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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But I digress. My intent was to suggest that the proliferation of the
hundreds of filters and plug-ins, designed to streamline the editing
process, has actually worked to discourage the photographer from shooting.
Darin Heinz
Melbourne, Florida USA
