Re: ISO spec for Digital Darkrooms
Re: ISO spec for Digital Darkrooms
- Subject: Re: ISO spec for Digital Darkrooms
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:47:06 EST
In a message dated 10/28/01 4:15:02 PM, email@hidden writes:
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Are
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we too effected by our world of light (RGB & CMYK) to have forgotten how
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we
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mixed colors in art class in school?
Most of what they taught in art class (and are still teaching my kids in both
high school and college) about color theory is really pretty inaccurate,
outdated, and indefensible! They always blame the purity of the paints for
the things that don't work out in reality the way they claim they will in
theory. The fact it that their theory is wrong, their primaries are wrong,
and their whole system is just a left over from way back when, promulgated by
artists and art instructors who have no connection to actual color theory,
and are simply comfortable with the stuff they learned long ago. I'd love to
develop an art curriculum in color theory based on digital assignments in
Photoshop or Illustrator, instead of rote labor in mixing and applying paint.
Think of all the actual learning that could take place once the mechanical
demands were lifted! The justification for this brute force approach is that
students need the experience in mastering color mixing and paint
application... sounds a lot like the reasoning behind architectural schools
forcing students to make tedious technical drawings by hand at a time when
the computer had taken over real-world architectural drafting.
Fine Art likes to isolate itself (for purity's sake) from the basterizing
influence of any practical application, and as such Fine Art departments
everywhere are missing out on a *wonderful* opportunity to work with the
cutting edge of visual media in the digital world. Its amuses to me to
consult at university campuses where the art department is stdivision right
inside the art department, are moving rapidly to install all the necessities
for digital imaging. Its one of those situations where a lack of evolution
may eventually necessitate revolution.
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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