Well, you're discussing this in terms of black and white and I am discussing
this in terms of shades of gray. I took a POV Ray-Traced image and did some
color adjustment and sharpening. I would still call it a 99% POV image and
therefore revelant to this group. What percentage is relevant and what
percentage is not is, of course, a matter of opinion.

"Bill DeWitt" <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
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> "Michael Goldshteyn" <mik### [at] wwacom> wrote in message
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> > OK, I'll bite. I view tracing as just one step in a multi-step workflow.
>
>     Sure, if that's what you want, but is it on-topic for this server? I
> just don't think so. You are free to disagree. They do provide an
off-topic
> group if you really want to talk about paint programs.
>
>     Philosophically, I see any degree of post processing as similar to
> raytracing a sphere and then drawing dragon wings on it and saying "Look
> what I raytraced!". That's fine if you want a dragon and can't find the
time
> or talent to model one, but it's not raytracing and it is -definitely- not
> PovRay.
>
>

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