"gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoocom> schreef in bericht 
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> Ditto:
>
> Now for debate and trying to convince folks that this is the best.  On one 
> hand,
> I'm sure we'd all hate it if the contest were to become a showcase for 2D
> plug-ins in paint programs. Yuck.  On the other hand, I really don't like 
> the
> attitude that someone's 24 h render which required no post-processing is
> inferior to the 24h render which --oops-- required a last-minute gamma
> correction to get it right. Yuck, yuck, yuck on images where the gamma
> correction is spot-on perfect immediately out of a raytracer.
>
> I'm one of the bigger critics of attempts at exhaustive photorealism 
> (read: the
> bottom of Uncanny Valley ravine) "art". I think being a purist bully about
> post-processing is not bad in and of itself, but that it implies a spirit 
> of
> dried-bones perfection rather than providing entertainment with 3D 
> software. Is
> the competition about entertaining our friends or showing off your 
> photorealism?
>
> It's also interesting that it's possible for an image to have "2D 
> manipulation"
> and at the same time be the first and only output of raytracing software.
> Megapov's camera_view pigment ( **not** even it's post-processing 
> features)
> allow for one to apply effects to a box painted with camera_view before
> anything is ever written to HDD.  So if you do go purist, you have to
> accomodate for this option in your rules.
>

And ditto.

Personally, I want to keep away from the Uncanny Valley.

Thomas

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