Well, true, in it's way.
Yes, there's a vast amount of product out there.
But am I alone in thinking much of it is repetitious, formulaic junk?
Exactly how many empty special-fx-ridden blockbuster movies can you sit through in a lifetime?
So, yes, people can produce some amazing stuff now which they couldn't twenty years ago. And, yes, people now can get access to creative tools which twenty years ago where denied them. But I'm thinking Simon sort of means "Are we actually better off now than we were?"
To mis-quote:
Butch Cas (stepping off into the one-horse town: "Everything is cheaper here in Bolivia. I read it."
Sundance (kicking up dust and chicken shit): "What could they possibly have here that you would ever want to buy?"
GeraldWW
On 28 Mar 2005, at 01:02, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 26, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
Before you all shoot me down let me qualify, I work in the graphic arts industry (approx 20 years - first Mac a FAT Mac - or Mac 512 for those that don't remember) and whilst it is true we ARE dealing with much much larger files and usually full colour, etc, etc the actual amount of product that ends up on the press is about the same. It' not unusual for me to see postscript dumps of over 1 gig for what are seemingly simple jobs.
Actually, if you stop and look around you, you'll see a heck of a lot fewer people producing a heck of a lot more product.
But it also depends on the industry.
I sure as heck couldn't edit film-quality video with a $2000 laptop 20 years ago.
-- Bruce Johnson
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