Forum: Community Center


Subject: 2D -- Digital and Physical

Varian opened this issue on Feb 28, 2001 ยท 11 posts


Varian posted Thu, 01 March 2001 at 12:21 PM

Hi Charlie, Yes, physical (paper/canvas) images are scanned in order to be displayed via a computer. As I mentioned, it's difficult to tell if a piece was made with the 'puter or scanned in later, and the artist doesn't always mention it in their notes. I think the distinction between Photography and 2D is clear enough, although technically, photography is also "2D'. Photographing an oil painting, however, would not make that painting appropriate for the Photography gallery display. I use "All" a lot, too, but sometimes I'm looking for specific things, so I visit just the Vue d'Esprit gallery, or Poser or 2D. As it is currently, "2D" seems to be the catch-all for anything not made with a 3D program or camera; that's why I'd like to see a separation of computer/physical items. :)