Carrie wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
"Carrie" wrote:
Oils paintings are used in some of the world’s most beautiful paintings and demand highly skilled artistry to create them.
Photo to painting also allows for a high level of detail. In fact, many individuals might even have a problem telling the difference between a real photograph and a photo to painting.
There are effects/filters in Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc that do this, and more.
Virtual Painter does it with all sorts of options.
Correct. This is true. You can also bake bread at home. But what do you do? Go buy it at the cafe next door.
Remember to remind the assistant at the counter next time when buying bread so he can send you home to look after yourself.
I don’t know what this means.
Or what you mean by it.
I think it means that some people may be offended by comparing the effects possible with Photoshop to the output of an actual painter working with paints and canvas. Personally, my take is that both can involve a high measure of creativity and both can produce either things of beauty or in other cases, crap. I figure that the main thrust of Photoshop is image manipulation as opposed to image creation, but the fact that some people are able to use it creatively is to their credit, IMHO.
This brings up an interesting point. I’ve been able to "create" some interesting, perhaps even artful looking images pretty much through trial and error via the filters and other features of Photoshop with which I’m familiar. However, I’m the first to admit that I’m not a creative person, being more analytical than artistic. I don’t "see" an end product and strive to create it, I take an image I like and fiddle with it in the hopes of accidentally ending up with something interesting.
So, is what I get "art", or if not, what is it? If so, does anyone want to buy a nifty, stylized print-out of my elbow?
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dvus