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12/13/2004 10:37:27 AM · #1 |
I notice that one of the ribbon winners for the Landmark challenge used an image on a television screen as a background. I guess this is legal under Advanced Editing rules, though it seems to be stretching, IMO. Is it therefore OK to use images on a computer screen as a background for a photograph as well?
I've got no axe to grind here, just curious, since I had always assumed that such things were not allowed. |
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12/13/2004 10:39:23 AM · #2 |
| You can do anything in camera...none of that is considered editing... |
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12/13/2004 10:48:35 AM · #3 |
Such a technique is legal even under Basic Editing because you are capturing the image with your camera. This shot of mine also uses the same technique:
What is not legal is just a straight shot of a computer screen or television. There have to be other elements (like the rope) in the picture to prevent it from being a "literal representation" of the screen, which is DQ'able.
Note that "virtual backgrounds" have been used in photography for a long time. The backgrounds of many portraits are "virtual", projected onto a screen behind the subject at the time of exposure using something like the Scene Machine. (Note this is not "chroma-keying" where the subject is in front of a blue/green screen and the background is inserted at post; the "virtual background" is actually captured at the time of exposure, minimizing time needed in post.)
Message edited by author 2004-12-13 10:51:45. |
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12/13/2004 11:58:39 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by EddyG:
Note that "virtual backgrounds" have been used in photography for a long time. The backgrounds of many portraits are "virtual", projected onto a screen behind the subject at the time of exposure using something like the Scene Machine. (Note this is not "chroma-keying" where the subject is in front of a blue/green screen and the background is inserted at post; the "virtual background" is actually captured at the time of exposure, minimizing time needed in post.) |
I'm aware of that, but while many things have been done and some for a long time, not all are legal here. Thanks for the clarification. |
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