[Tig] color

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 sklein54 at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> I sgre with Bob F. I expect there will be more delineation in the 
> talent pool between average and top-level talent due to a increase 
> in low (or non) professionals joining the work pool at the low end. 
> Good for us all, I say.

I love that there can be two "Bob F."s in a dicussion.  One famous, 
the other not. :-)

> To answer th question:
> Is Adobe Photoshop a "tool for professionals"?

While some tools are obviously of no value, the abilities that someone 
has with the tool make all the difference.  Given a hammer, a master 
craftsman can accomplish wonders while the beginner can only produce 
bent nails.  A beginner will be able to do a few useful things with 
Photoshop but will barely scratch the surface of what is actually 
possible with the software.  A professional will accomplish wonders 
with Photoshop, and in fact professionals use Photoshop to do 
wonderful things each and every day since it is the clear market 
leader for still-image editing.

While I am not a colorist, I have been paying attention for the past 
1-1/2 years or so and notice that there have been some profound 
changes during that short time.  When I first joined the Tig list 
there were long discussions of what it took to earn a seat in the 
"chair" and about the established industry pecking order.  It seems 
that in this short time there have been many changes and while there 
continues to be a place for the exalted few who occupy the "chair" of 
the high-end colorist suite, many more levels are being added and the 
entry point is lower.  In fact it is clear that those identified as 
"colorists" have added many more "caps" to their collection and 
perform many more tasks than those originally occupied by the 
"colorist".

Bob
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