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Panamah
01-22-2007, 11:05 AM
Is High definition TV ruining p.0.r.n (stupid profanity filter!)?
http://www.slate.com/id/2158015/fr/rss/

Tudamorf
01-22-2007, 03:07 PM
I saw an article about this a year ago. HD is making pr0n too realistic. The temporary solution is to just follow the lead of the still photography industry: more makeup, and more retouching.

There's an even better long-term solution for industries such as pr0n which basically show the same thing over and over again. Computer animation is becoming so good, that there are 3D renderings that you'd swear were videotaped scenes.

There will come a time when your pr0n is simply a data file of textures and polygons. Maybe it will even be made interactive.

Panamah
01-22-2007, 04:02 PM
Hmmm... guess we have a resident expert on the subject. :p

Tudamorf
01-22-2007, 04:35 PM
Heh. The last time I watched pr0n was probably over 10 years ago. I never found it very exciting, because it's all so fake. Yes, I realize I'm in the minority.

Fyyr Lu'Storm
01-22-2007, 05:48 PM
Heheh, maybe you're watching the wrong kind.

MadroneDorf
01-22-2007, 05:53 PM
I've also read that women in the entertainment (mainstream) do not like HDTV because it shows all their wrinkles and age a lot better then standard definiton (which becaues of its lower resolution produces a more soft image that makes them look younger)

Anka
01-22-2007, 06:08 PM
Maybe we'll see the return of the old soft focus shots.

Tudamorf
01-22-2007, 06:14 PM
I've also read that women in the entertainment (mainstream) do not like HDTV because it shows all their wrinkles and age a lot better then standard definiton (which becaues of its lower resolution produces a more soft image that makes them look younger)Once these shows are recorded digitally, instead of on film, it will be a rather simple task to smooth out wrinkles and skin imperfections in post-processing. There are algorithms that will smooth out a surface without blurring the edges, which is better than just a general softening filter.

Fyyr Lu'Storm
01-22-2007, 06:23 PM
Once these shows are recorded digitally, instead of on film, it will be a rather simple task to smooth out wrinkles and skin imperfections in post-processing. There are algorithms that will smooth out a surface without blurring the edges, which is better than just a general softening filter.

They are doing it already in films. Aeon Flux and Ultraviolet were both digitally 'shopped.

Tudamorf
01-22-2007, 06:33 PM
Then again, they could just get younger and better-looking women.

Fyyr Lu'Storm
01-22-2007, 06:42 PM
We are like 5 years away from "Looker".

We won't need actual actresses then, they will be virtual.

MadroneDorf
01-22-2007, 06:57 PM
True, although live TV (newscasters etc) or things on lower budgets or quicker time restraints still have to deal with it.

Gunny Burlfoot
01-22-2007, 11:52 PM
We are like 5 years away from "Looker".

We won't need actual actresses then, they will be virtual.

Don't forget the "uncanny valley".. that will take years to sort out. I think that might be part of why WoW is so much more popular than EQII, or Vanguard.

Cartoony sells, realistic doesn't.

Fyyr Lu'Storm
01-23-2007, 12:08 AM
The Uncanny Valley effect only takes place as you move closer and closer to realism.

None of those games, or rather their CG, have that.

Humans instinctively can detect signs of death, visual cues, in other humans.

Overcome those, then the Uncanny Valley fills up and ceases to exist.


CG artists know what many of those morbid distractions are, and they are now applying solutions to them to non-humans(say Davy Jones in Pirates), but they will soon be applied to humans.