P3D Computer-Generated Images

[Ron Fredrickson <RLF@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Walton wrote:

>There is going to be a lot of discussion in the PSA circles,in the not to
>distant future, about computer generated images in stereo competitions, I
>believe.  I am not sure what the answer is as the folks who do these
>images need a place to display them and the exhibitions always need more
>entries, but there is a strong feeling that computer generated images
>should be  either judged separately or have their own exhibitions.  Any
>one have a thought on this matter?.
>

The contemporary award in the Lighthouse judging last weekend was given to a
computer-generated image, no part of which was created by the maker--- only
the manipulation was done by that person in order to create a stereo slide.
I hadn't heard about any movement to have separate competitions for
computer- generated images, but if the basic image comes from computer
software, maybe it's a good idea. My pet peeve, however, is the scanning of
a slide into a computer and then reprinting it as a card using poor
techniques. I have judged two card shows so far, and many of these copies
have a very unusual feature which resembles reticulation, very disturbing.
These are legal by PSA SD rules and, if  well done so that they look like a
quality print, I wouldn't object. I question why anyone would prefer to show
the same identical image by copying 
it, however.  

Ron Fredrickson


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