Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:44:59 -0300, nemesis wrote:
>> like I said, photorealism is not a matter of opinion.
> 
> Sure it is.  It all depends on one's perception of the image.  You might 
> look at an image and say "gee, that looks really photorealistic", and I 
> might respond "are you on drugs?  Look at that shadow, that's clearly not 
> right".  You might disagree about that particular shadow (whatever it is).

if I saw at a sharp shadow and said it was photorealistic, I'd sure be 
on drugs. ;)

> Have you ever been to a movie with someone who thinks the CG effects are 
> outstanding and "the most realistic effects they'd ever seen", only to 
> tell them that they were crap effects?

People's opinions on whether something is photorealistic is irrelevant 
as to whether it is or not.  The only way to test it out would be to 
take a photo, model a scene similar to it and render.  Then diff the 
render and the photo.

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