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Is painting in Painter or Photoshop a form of painting?

Is sculpting in ZBrush a form of sculpting?

Is lighting in Maxwell a form of lighting? Is rendering in Maxwell a form of photography?

I say yes to all. What do you think?

Some may try to differentiate these things by saying that all the digital artists are creating is data on a computer. But to them I say dive into the world of quantum physics and see that data in the form of probabilities is all there is.

God was the ultimate digital artist, and they say he created us in his image, and I say we are growing more like him every day.

Bubbaloo
that's pretty deep!

Oh, uh, what I meant to say was, "Yeah, man."

yeah..and masturbation is a form of sex.

Haha great reply yolk

Painting in any shape or form is still painting
Sculpting in any shape or form no matter the media is still sculpting
Maxwell is not a form of photography, or hmm.. maybe i should not say to much about that considering the wip thread i got running. Ehm, well.. Maxwell is one of the most ultimate forms of 3d 'nerdery' a human can do.

/ Max

yolk wrote:yeah..and masturbation is a form of sex.

obviously true.

Maximus3D wrote:Haha great reply yolk
Maxwell is not a form of photography, or hmm..
/ Max

Why is recording virtual light on a virtual object not photography if painting with virtual paint is painting?

The reason why you can't say the same about all forms of art is beacuse when you work with 3d you have to actually create the artificial light yourself, you start with nothing and create everything. Although you do the same when you paint it's still not the same. 3D involves so many more deeper steps you have to take into consideration to create a 'artwork'. It's not just to slap on a material, toss in a lamp, put up a camera and hit render and a day later you sit there with a materpiece, you all know there's a ton of work more than that. This is why i think that using so called virtual light to lit a model is not a form of photography. It's a series of technical tasks with a bit of artistic touch to it that gives it that little extra edge. But no it's not photography in the same sense as real photography is where you constantly have your real light you can play with anyway and anyhow you want within the laws of nature.

3D has a loooong way to go.. very long way

/ Max

So why do you think every Pixar film has a credit for 'Director of Photography?' Just to piss off cinematographers?

*whispering* (i think we all need maxwell 2.0.........really )

Living is a form of dying

I am a photographer by education (royal academy of arts) and using maxwell feels no different than taking a photo. it's just that the part "as easy as taking a photograph" is a bit of an understatement
... but all nightmares will be over when 2.0 arrives, no?

wim