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10/05/2003 07:32:56 PM · #1 |
Is the perspective correction tool legal for challenges? It is applied to the whole image, no layers, no blending. It would be quite useful for the open challenge this week.
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10/05/2003 08:19:53 PM · #2 |
I guess it does sound like it is acceptable. Although, strictly speaking, the effect on your picture is variable (you will stretch one part of the image, and not another), which I suppose is against the rules.
Sounds like a site council meeting is coming up.
hj
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10/05/2003 09:46:46 PM · #3 |
As I put in the "other" thread on this topic:
The general "guidline" used to determine if an effect is "DPC-legal" is if it changes the color of a pixel or moves a pixel. The perspective tools clearly move pixels around, and are therefore currently illegal. |
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10/06/2003 09:31:50 AM · #4 |
I think this rule needs reviewing. It has long been part of the photographer's arsenal to use perspective correction, but most people here wouln't want to spend money on a lens for this, or may have cameras where this is not possible. We're all here to learn to be better photographers, and we're doing ourselves a disservice by cutting this tool out of our options.
How many people like me are getting unhappy with the current rules to the point of wanting to move elsewhere? |
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10/06/2003 01:16:29 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
I think this rule needs reviewing. It has long been part of the photographer's arsenal to use perspective correction, but most people here wouln't want to spend money on a lens for this, or may have cameras where this is not possible. We're all here to learn to be better photographers, and we're doing ourselves a disservice by cutting this tool out of our options.
How many people like me are getting unhappy with the current rules to the point of wanting to move elsewhere? |
There are many rules that prohibit things that have been standard photographic tools for ever. There was a vote recently and most people want things to remain the way they are and there are many people who will debate long and hard that what comes out of the camera is the final product and shouldn't even allow things like curves and level adjustments. |
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10/07/2003 10:48:25 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
and there are many people who will debate long and hard that what comes out of the camera is the final product and shouldn't even allow things like curves and level adjustments. |
Then they should stick to shooting slides, ride horses to work, barter with chickens, and leave the digital world that we live in to become a photo-monk.
I suppose those same people believe the dodge and burn are ok in the chemical darkroom, but not in photoshop. And they are ok with using density filters, warming filters, ... as long as people spend a grand on filters instead of a few hundred on Photoshop.
As for DPC's, the rules state that "levels, b&w conversion, hue/saturation, sizing/rotating, curves" are are legit. Some of these (such as B&W conversion, Curves, and Levels) generally modify some pixels but not all pixels - and of course they adjust the color! Levels is a prime example of a tool that modifys select pixels, just like a filter. You can force the dark blues to become light blues, vice versa, adjust the midtones, ....
Technically speaking, resizing also moves pixels.
Film photographers can use multiple exposures without criticism, but we can't use layers.
If the tradionalists want things to mimic the 'traditional' film world, then we should be allowed to use their same tools. Layers, Dodge & Burn, ....
My $0.02.
- Dave
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10/07/2003 10:52:32 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
How many people like me are getting unhappy with the current rules to the point of wanting to move elsewhere? |
Go to Fred Miranda's Site. You'll find all digital tools are avail...you'll also find good competition, critiques, and scores of awesome photos in their forums.
And if you really want to sharpen your skills, go to
Luminous Landscape |
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