On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I resisted asking yesterday, and I know I may regret asking, but what > exactly does "artify" mean? > > cheers, > frank > > ======================= > Not a straight photo. Not rendered like Godfrey does either. Basically, so > far, I've used mainly the artistic filters in Elements 5. Along with other > things like bumping up contrast and saturation. Artistic filter = artified. > But > also trying for a painting or drawing effect = artified. It's my own word. > ;-) > > I've wanted to branch out more, and I will probably soon. But I hesitate to > show on list because many on list are photographic purists. OTOH, a lot of > what Godfrey does aren't straight photos either. (Not hitting on you, > Godfrey, > you're just a good example.) > > Like the http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/cherryb.htm had the water > color effect applied. It looks a bit like a watercolor. > > While this (all these are on my site) > http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/nmmoon.htm had some dry brush > applied and a few other things (I forget > now, I just played with it until I liked it, but I remember going through > about > four versions, steps). I had that on my site for quite a while as a > "photographic" and only included the straight shot recently in a GESO. > > And this http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/twotrees.htm I think was a > combo of two things, it may have been paint daubs and something else (I > don't limit myself just to the artistic filters). I've painted and drawn so > I go > for a certain effect, aware of how something COULD look > drawn/painted/pasteled. > > And this http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/theend2.htm , the only > photo I've sold (to date), I did a LOT of things to. Some on the pixel > level. I > don't mind going in on the pixel level if needed. > > I'm more interested in the image than being a photographic purist. But then, > I come from an artistic background. OTOH, I am not interested in something > that looks slick and smooth, either, like a graphic art illustration in a > magazine. > > HTH, Marnie :-) Probably more than you wanted to know.
So, basically, it would mean "manipulated in such a way as to produce an image that you desire". Thanks! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
