PS CS5....Is This Taking things too Far?

[Kurt Bowman]

Not sure how many have seen this clip of CS5 yet, but thought this was interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X58evj9A8lg

I think the technology rocks....but part of me is wondering how far should we take post processing and when does a photo become something else? Wondering what others thoughts are?

Kurt

[Desmond Chan]

but part of me is wondering how far should we take post processing and when does a photo become something else? Wondering what others thoughts are?

Kurt

I think the first thing we should do is to define what a photograph is. Hopefully the definition is based on more than just one's emotion and feeling.

Something that we should keep in mind is "post-processing", creating composits and so on happened in the darkrooms, too.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the concept, looks like a more sophisticated clone tool. Can't hurt to have this in the tool box.

[Roger Clark]

Like many tools, it can be abused. Looks pretty cool for correcting dust problems.

Roger

[Jamie Strickland]

isnt this an add in for CS4 already?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

isnt this an add in for CS4 already?

I think the current clone tool is not quite as sophisticated.

[David Thomasson]

I think the technology rocks....but part of me is wondering how far should we take post processing ...

I don't really understand your question, "How far should we take post processing?". Maybe you can give a hypothetical case that confronts this question.

[Marina Scarr]

Wow, this is an amazing tool. Talk about a time saver.

[Aravind Krishnaswamy]

Here is the research behind it:

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/gfx/pubs..._PAR/index.php

This was a product of one of Adobe's advanced technology / research labs.

[Jeff Donald]

The video was prepared for and shown at a recent National Association of Photoshop Professionals and is 4 or 5 months old. No guarantees that it will be in CS5, it is just what Adobe software engineers are working on.

[Cal Walters]

Kurt, I agree - great technology, but his comment at the end was great, "here's my family vacation, but I'd like to remember it without the power plant!", boy if they could just figure out a spot fill tool for the really horrible things like earthquakes life would be really sanitary. My sarcasm aside, I think it is really cool technology and can see its applications, but its misuses as well.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Kurt, I agree - great technology, but his comment at the end was great, "here's my family vacation, but I'd like to remember it without the power plant!", boy if they could just figure out a spot fill tool for the really horrible things like earthquakes life would be really sanitary. My sarcasm aside, I think it is really cool technology and can see its applications, but its misuses as well.

As long as he doesn't clone out his family... :)