P3D Love those violations?

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Maxey asked:

> Question: You mentioned that there were Window violations. What does a
> slide have to do to violate the Stereo Window? Just curious. For me, I love
> to violate the window. I love stereo where as much as possible comes
> thorough the Stereo Window, But that is just me.

The concepts of "window violation" and "objects coming through the
window" ("TTW") are frequently misunderstood and/or confused with
each other.  A window violation is (generally) an ERROR.  TTW is
an EFFECT.  You might love it or hate it, or somewhere in between.
Whether to use TTW or not is largely an aesthetic question for
each particular image.

Some people are so opposed to TTW that they denigrate it with a
remarkable ferocity, which may lead an observer to conclude that
TTW is an error; in and of itself, though, TTW is *not* an error.

If, however, the TTW effect is used to cause an object to come
through the FRAME of the window, it moves out of the TTW category
and becomes a "violation."  If an object comes through the window
frame ("TTWF"), your attempt at TTW scores an "F" due to the error!

The terminology is too ingrained to hold out any hope of changing
it, but it might be better to think of "window FRAME violations"
instead of "window violations."  The stereo window is NOT glass-
paned, so it is OK (in appropriate circumstances) to have objects
come through the window.  You won't break or violate the window just
by having an object stick through the center of the (wide-open)
window.  But you should not try to stick objects through the window
frame (especially the vertical portions).

Before we start a holy war, I know that some rules can be
intentionally broken and all that; this post is not meant
to cover those situations.

I hope this helps clarify the distinction.

Paul Talbot


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