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Re:Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French ... by Houshalter on Saturday June 17, 2017 @05:19PM (#14577790)
How is minor color distortion comparable to a completely artificial 3d rendering? In the past id photos were taken in completely black and white. But it was still a photograph of that person.
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Re:Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French ... by mynewtb on Saturday June 17, 2017 @07:53PM (#14578262)
A photograph is a model of reality. This 3D render is a model of reality.
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Re:Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French ... by PeterisP on Saturday June 17, 2017 @09:19PM (#14578500)
It matters how similar to reality the picture printed on ID looks because it determines the usefulness of this picture.

The process how that picture was obtained doesn't necessarily change the usefulness - a really good pencil drawing may be more accurate and useful than an unlucky photography.

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