Quote Originally Posted by atticusdsf


well.. you can have the greatest IT engineer in the world, but they will never replace the artist. need evidence? look at pixar.. they have the greatest IT engineers in the CG business, but its their *artists* that set their work apart from the competition. that's why movies from other companies (like "the polar express") feel so stiff despite being technologically brilliant.
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Again, cannot agree with you more :-)


You're right. Nobody can repalce the artist. But what I said was PHOTOGRAPHERS. I judge by my own experience. I felt so discouraged looking at the so beautiful photos of one of my online friends. Indeed, I thought about giving it all up. But one day, when I met him in real life, I discovered that he was a real master in post-processing. Leaving composition aside, his before-processing pictures were rarely better than mine. I feel encouraged again.


You see, a "potential" photographer (not artist, of course) could have been lost if it were not for that discovery :-)