Quote - Thank you kojabeek, but as I mentioned, it is not how it started out or necessarily how it is changed with postwork, it is the appearance of the finished product. A photo of an oil painting on canvass without including any of the frame or background on which the painting is placed would also be 2D here at Renderosity.  :-)

virginiese, When combining Poser and a stock image, you have the option of Poser or Mixed Medium for galleries.  Poser does not restrict the completed composition to only Poser elements but the majority of it should be Poser to upload to that gallery.  You can always chose the Mixed Medium Gallery instead because that gallery accepts any two or more mediums. That way, if anyone is in doubt about which software gallery to pick, they know they are always safe in the Mixed Medium Gallery.

I think you misunderstand why I bring up EXIF data. It's not just going to show the make, and model of a camera and the settings. If preserved it can show the extent of what has been done to an image. I say this because of the potential mix up that an image that looks painted may in fact be a legitimate image.

Work from, let's say, Sally Mann, is not postworked. You may consider her work to be mixed media when it's 100% photography. Or even Annie Leibovitz, her workd is 'painted' photography.

There are lenses like Lensbaby, using toy cameras, heck even pinholes and pantyhose that can make the world look painted.

I don't do mixed media that often, and never had my work moved. I can understand why you want to fix this issue, and I'm not agaisnt it.