@JeffK _
This is yet again not a personal attack on you! It's a statement of my concern for the use of AI and how it's diminishing the need for actual skills. You just happen to be the one trying to defend it in this particular case.
In complex areas, the results can often be a hodgepodge of stolen items from other parts of the image.
This is the part that I find to be the problem. Hodgepodge is now acceptable.
But as with all edits, a serious eye by the artist is needed, to render a carefully curated image. That's the challenge and that's what takes time.
That eye can't be too serious if it's accepting of hodgepodge! It can't or shouldn't be much of a challenge if it's just a matter of accepting hodgepodge results.
Perfection might be an honorable goal but it can also be an elusive one. Or as a mentor once said to me, it's like trying to determine how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
I agree! The level of perfection is set by the individual doing the work. It's really more like how many angels dancing on the head of a pin is considered sufficient? More for some and much less for others.
In the context of the image worked on here, has AI provided what's needed? Considering the environment, I think AI has done some decent heavy lifting.
Good question. Considering the environment and the hodgepodge result, the AI did ALL of the lifting and it was deemed satisfactory. So I guess it did provide what was needed.......or did it?
any image that I post here is my responsibility with or without AI.
You're right it's your responsibility, however if AI is involved, it is not your work. It's like turning in a paper that was partially written by AI. It's your paper but it's not completely your original work. In academia, this is considered plagiarism. What should it be called in the art world?
Someone here once stated, "It's only about the results and not how you got there." If the results are acceptable, then who am I to argue with that! Perhaps I require a few more angels dancing on the head of my pin. All of our pins are different!
Overall, the result is very satisfactory.
Satisfactory seems to be the new standard for excellence.
Bottom line for me is that AI, as it pertains to Photoshop, is a crutch! It eliminates the need to actually have skills or the desire to obtain them! I guess my expectations are too high and certainly not shared by the many. Gone are the days of people learning skills and getting better.
Note: For those who would argue that AI improves their times and workflow..........I can't argue with that............at least until I can see the results.
