As I was the one to bring percentages into this, I feel I should clarify a few things.
When I say "Less then 100% Trainz", I meant specifically when you have hacked part of the picture out and replaced it with another picture all together... To use the above "Human" Metaphor, I'm talking Frankenstein, not Heritage . If you view humans through different lenses, Panoramic, Rose colored, w/e, you only change their appearance however. If you change their clothes, you also change their appearance. IE, just because you make your shot sharper or remove TS's poor ability to differentiate between distance, doesn't mean the shot isn't still 100% Trainz. Even if you B&W it, or Sepia, or make it brighter etc etc.
Its once you start indiscriminately hacking them up together when you start to have issues. As flawed as this metaphor is really, for what I'm trying to demonstrate, maybe that will work better. My personal issues do not include, nor do I believe many here see that (Indeed, I have yet to see a single person mention *Specifically*), "Filters, Crops, or Lighting changes" as "Unacceptable"......
Rather, until someone steps in and makes their opinions more clear on this point (And though I'm sure some here do believe them unacceptable), I think the biggest issue most of the people that object to "Editing" is the idea that you might remove a mountain that was in your shot and replace it with a picture of a Mountain from the internet... A Hill, A Beach, a Road, a Car, w/e...... And that I believe is what most people here would object to the most. Once you remove the 10% of the shot that was taken up by the 32 Bit Car on the road at the crossing in your shot and replaced it with a pic of your favorite Camero, or the 25% that was the Painstakingly molded but poorly textured mountain to replace it with a shot of your local favorite Mountain..... Then its no longer 100% trains, but 65% Trainz, 35% whatever else you dug up off your HD or the Internet.
Falcus
When I say "Less then 100% Trainz", I meant specifically when you have hacked part of the picture out and replaced it with another picture all together... To use the above "Human" Metaphor, I'm talking Frankenstein, not Heritage . If you view humans through different lenses, Panoramic, Rose colored, w/e, you only change their appearance however. If you change their clothes, you also change their appearance. IE, just because you make your shot sharper or remove TS's poor ability to differentiate between distance, doesn't mean the shot isn't still 100% Trainz. Even if you B&W it, or Sepia, or make it brighter etc etc.
Its once you start indiscriminately hacking them up together when you start to have issues. As flawed as this metaphor is really, for what I'm trying to demonstrate, maybe that will work better. My personal issues do not include, nor do I believe many here see that (Indeed, I have yet to see a single person mention *Specifically*), "Filters, Crops, or Lighting changes" as "Unacceptable"......
Rather, until someone steps in and makes their opinions more clear on this point (And though I'm sure some here do believe them unacceptable), I think the biggest issue most of the people that object to "Editing" is the idea that you might remove a mountain that was in your shot and replace it with a picture of a Mountain from the internet... A Hill, A Beach, a Road, a Car, w/e...... And that I believe is what most people here would object to the most. Once you remove the 10% of the shot that was taken up by the 32 Bit Car on the road at the crossing in your shot and replaced it with a pic of your favorite Camero, or the 25% that was the Painstakingly molded but poorly textured mountain to replace it with a shot of your local favorite Mountain..... Then its no longer 100% trains, but 65% Trainz, 35% whatever else you dug up off your HD or the Internet.
Falcus