Why do people put that in their notes (feel free to substitute Gimp/Paint.Net/Painter/etc. with "PS")?

A pic without "PS work" or "PS tools" or "PS techniques" would simply be the source pic wouldn't it?

And while I'm on my rant. Why do people also put "All source except for the...". If there's an external then it's not an all source.

I know this has been brought up in the past but it's Monday, I'm in a mood, and I'm hopped up on left over Halloween candy.

pfft

I have a few that are "No Source + No PS work"

... you can add View Large into that group. I never view large if I'm asked

Created using photoshop and absolutely no talent.

I actually mold my chops with clay and then take pictures of the results. No photoshop.

TG I'm not alone


Your the best

Some people, myself included sometimes like to express what they have done, as it could get overlooked. And the

'ahhhh wow, they did that detail work just for my eyes to see, cool' comments in the viewers heads would be lost, as viewers may think some aspects are not source, or not created solely in PS.

So in answer to the question, the

'All source, except...' comment is I would say, to express quickly that apart from part X of image, the rest has been created using only the source. It is quicker than going:

bit in top left thru to middle around the yellow bit and the oval section in the far right is source, as is the arm, leg and right eye from source, while external part is intersecting the visual matrix of the left badger stripe over the clouds section which is also source by the way'

And the same works for PS work, while I see what your saying about a non PS work source is just the source. In my understanding, PS work means as a whole, work created in PS, vector creations, effects, clouds, smoke , whatever it is but created in the and solely PS environment.

Instead of describing in detail far too long for the authors note section about how you made a tube, dodged and burn, shaded, textured and took it to the movies til it was done.

Just saves time and gets the point across simply

Hey hey hey, yer giving away my trade secrets here!

That's my new tagline for all my entries!

Bottom line, and I have expressed this before, who cares if its all source and 18 additional photos? The final image is the thing. Anyone who thinks they are displaying more talent by doing all source is, in my opinion, deluding themselves. Finding just the right addition at just the right resolution and just the right perspective with lighting and shadows that match or can be brought into adjustment and then matching the original source is just as tough as doing an all source pic.

AND BINGO WAS HIS NAAAAAAAAAAME-O

wow, this is quite silly, who do you think you are? a 70's punk?

i speak for myself, but the reasons i write "view large" or "go big" are totally sexual in natur...ahem




what i meant to say is the compression to which the image is subjected when posted sometimes kind of ruins it making it loose details and sometimes even more than that...

I'm close to seventy not a 70's punk. Go large is my personnal bodily command uttered with no apparent results.... for years, but hey large is in the eyes of the beholder.

I am sure there are advantages to going small and as soon as I find out I'll share this with all the PSC members (not necssarily best choice of words)

Actually I don't care if someone uses all source but what they post. I just mentioned view large so I could use the large letters.

This is esp. true with the painting style... You have to go large to appreciate the textures and brush strokes that aren't there in a photorealistic chop.



Oh, and I acccidentally marked "all source" recently and was called out on my use of an external brush. OOP!