Robert Coe
On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 07:30:53 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: : On 2013-12-06 14:45:18 +0000, PeterN <peter.newnospam@verizon.net>said: : : >On 12/5/2013 11:51 PM, Savageduck wrote: : >>On 2013-12-06 04:20:30 +0000, PeterN <peter.newnospam@verizon.net>said: : >> : >>>On 12/5/2013 10:53 PM, nospam wrote: : >>>>In article <l7rg6v01mpo@news6.newsguy.com>, PeterN : >>>><peter.newnospam@verizon.net>wrote: : >>>> : >>>>>>: >>Many photographers cannot write a script in PS, to automate : >>>>>>simple : >>>>>>: >>tasks. And they don't want to. : >>>>>>: > : >>>>>>: >they don't have to write anything. record an action and let the : >>>>>>: >computer do that for you. : >>>>>>: > : >>>>>>: >or, use many of the premade actions available for free and $. : >>>>>>: : >>>>>>: Whoosh! : >>>>>> : >>>>>>"Whoosh!"? I thought you and nospam were more or less on the same : >>>>>>side of : >>>>>>this argument. : >>>>>> : >>>>> : >>>>>When in response to my statement that many artists do not even want to : >>>>>know how to create as script, his response, in effect that it is easy, : >>>>>shows a lack of understanding of hwat I said. : >>>> : >>>>i didn't say writing scripts was easy. : >>>> : >>>>what i said was if they want to automate a particular task, they don't : >>>>have to write a script at all. : >>>> : >>>>they can record an action, doing what they normally would do to the : >>>>image and let the computer take care of the details. or they can use : >>>>actions already created by others. no script writing necessary. : >>>> : >>>>as usual, whoosh applies to you. : >>>> : >>> : >>>would it shock you to know that most photographers do not record : >>>actions. the artist modifies each image, individually. : >> : >>Not all photographers are "artists". : >> : > : >Depends on whether you classify a casual snapshooter as a photographer. : : Is a snapshot not a photograph? : Is the snapshot shooter who produces nought but photographs sneeringly : called snapshots, a photographer?

I'm an event photographer, mostly. And event photography consists almost entirely of snapshots. (As does its cousin, photojournalism.) I like to try my hand at artistic work when I have time. But if I'm going to take pictures on Company time, I have to produce what my clients want.

Bob