Where are the postwork-is-necessary-in-CG zealots? What happened? Why is postwork in CG renders desirable, but postwork of photos undesirable? Is it no longer art when your raw materials were made by (or are) somebody else? Slippery slope for this forum. Is a postworked render a "fake" render?

Also, no amount of postwork is going to get a photo of me on the cover. Just thought I'd point out the obvious for the heck of it. Or maybe because it provokes thought.

(i.e. do you want to see Katy Perry without makeup, and without postwork? I'm sure you can actually - but do you want to see that on the cover? Do you think it makes sense to try selling something people want, even if it is intellectually troublesome? Are you a communist?)

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Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)