Comments on: Talent and tools http://terrychay.com/blog/article/talent-in-tools.shtml You tell that other boy, not to touch the woodwork... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: The Woodwork » Blog Archive » The editing we live http://terrychay.com/blog/article/talent-in-tools.shtml#comment-329819 The Woodwork » Blog Archive » The editing we live Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:40:06 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/talent-in-tools.shtml#comment-329819 [...] You may think, “Well, why not just take a perfect shot with a great lens and then blur in post. Why edit in camera?” But that is a beginner’s thought and why most photographs are unremarkable. That’d be no different than saying, “Why don’t I invent a zillion pixel camera that shoots my life 10,000 times a second?” What and just go back and choose the right part of the right shot and just “photoshop it? [...] [...] You may think, “Well, why not just take a perfect shot with a great lens and then blur in post. Why edit in camera?” But that is a beginner’s thought and why most photographs are unremarkable. That’d be no different than saying, “Why don’t I invent a zillion pixel camera that shoots my life 10,000 times a second?” What and just go back and choose the right part of the right shot and just “photoshop it? [...]

]]> By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/talent-in-tools.shtml#comment-284114 tychay Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:41:16 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/talent-in-tools.shtml#comment-284114 So you're claiming that office assistant claim that photocopying in a creative process? internet users claim web search is a creative process? parents claim that wiping your nose is a creative process? There is a difference been me photoshopping a quick edit or photo processing (which I say and do all the time) and a designer using photoshop to produce a poster for a client? ;-) So you’re claiming that office assistant claim that photocopying in a creative process? internet users claim web search is a creative process? parents claim that wiping your nose is a creative process?

There is a difference been me photoshopping a quick edit or photo processing (which I say and do all the time) and a designer using photoshop to produce a poster for a client? ;-)

]]> By: George Schlossnagle http://terrychay.com/blog/article/talent-in-tools.shtml#comment-284050 George Schlossnagle Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:58:44 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/talent-in-tools.shtml#comment-284050 Eh. Do 'real' office assistants not say they Xeroxed something? Do 'real' internet users not say they Googled something? Do 'real' parents not say the fetched a Kleenax regaardless of their actual tissue brand? It's certainly not unprecedented for brands to become stand-ins for the products that they represent, or even to become verbs, espeically when they have dominant market/mind share (as does Photoshop) or when they refer to something which doesn't have a good short form ('I digitally altered it; doesn't have the same ring as 'I Photoshopped it', does it? Eh. Do ‘real’ office assistants not say they Xeroxed something? Do ‘real’ internet users not say they Googled something? Do ‘real’ parents not say the fetched a Kleenax regaardless of their actual tissue brand?

It’s certainly not unprecedented for brands to become stand-ins for the products that they represent, or even to become verbs, espeically when they have dominant market/mind share (as does Photoshop) or when they refer to something which doesn’t have a good short form (’I digitally altered it; doesn’t have the same ring as ‘I Photoshopped it’, does it?

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