Hi Tony,

Yeah, your right, I was just thinking most of the new car ads in the magazines these days are 3d models, most likely the car probably wasn't even on the production line when the images for the ad were produced.

> But isn't what you are really saying is that 3D
> has reached the point where you can't tell the
> difference between a photo and a render.

To some point, more so to the untrained eye and the majority of people, who look at photographs as a whole not the details, most of the time there would be some small give away to say it is a render, be it angle of light, shadows, textures etc.

> But, photos don't really reflect reality either.

It is a capture of a real physical object or person before it is manipulated though, not made up of computer code.

> So you can't trust the photos either :-)
Agree!

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Actually Danny, I think you are a very good photographer! You drilling picture is so well done I would have guessed you modeled and rendered it!

Burr

Spot on Burr! Well done!

I was wondering how long it'll take someone to pick out that the picture was a render, what gave it away, too clean ?



I did this out of curiosity, I guess the future is already here :)


Cheers

Hi Danny,
I think it was a combination of the quality of photo and you stating that you "just snapped it at work". I wouldnt have known if I was looking at it and thinking that it was a professionally setup and managed photo.

On that note, if you really want to "fake it" you will setup some "Bad lighting" and actually create some kind of "Improper scene" to render. It will then appear real.

Kindof equates to a drum machine I have that is more advanced. It has a function called "Human feel". All it does is distort the "true timeing" to be "imperfect" by an entered value. Like a real human! It then sounds like a real person playing drums, instead of a machine going ...-----...-----...-----! I suppose one would take an actual snapshot in the shop, then examine what looks bad and become proficient at rendereing those things.

Remember, we get the military's hand-me-downs!

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Oh, I never knew we were supposed to think it was a photo :)

Oops!

There are many give away signs that it's a render :P