Maxwell's House 62

Maxwell's House Episode 62

"The Effects Of Technology On Art"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ray Maxwell Recorded: March 4, 2010 Published: March 5, 2010 Duration: 57:10 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Guests 2 Topics 3 Websites 4 Notable Comments 5 Production Information

Guests

Topics

• Items in the news…

1. Boy air traffic controller…
2. NTSB is doing a study of glass cockpits in small aircraft

• What is Art…

1. Ray thinks that art is a sense stimulus (sight or sound) that causes certain emotions (pleasure or angst) in areas of the brain.
2. Does Dr. Kiki have a comment on this…? Do you know of any studies using brain-imaging systems?

• Music…

1. Creation
   1. Digital recording…
   2. Digital Editing…
   3. Synthesizers and other digital creation
2. Distribution…the Internet...DRM
3. Why don’t musicians do setup their own distribution. Cut out the record companies…what value to they add?

• Film and Video…

1. Creation…
   1. HD digital camera…
   2. Digital Editing…
   3. CGI…
   4. Ray-Tracing
2. Distribution…the Internet…DRM

• Photography and Art Reproduction…

1. Digital Cameras…
2. Photoshop…
   1. 20 years since Photoshop 1.0
   2. A story about buying my first copy…
      1. Letraset…vs Adobe
   3. Is it ethical to use Photoshop?
   4. Did photographs from film always tell the truth?
3. Art reproduction…
   1. The history of limited editions
      1. The Etching press…
      2. The plates were worn out after 200 copies
      3. In Photography each print had to be burned and dodged individually.
      4. Ansel Adams said, “The negative is the score and the print is the performance.”
      5. Brooks Jensen made full size contact negative and did silver gelatin prints from famous photographers.
      6. Now we have Digital cameras, Photoshop, and inkjet printers.
      7. Galleys get 50% to sell your prints.
      8. Can we sell over the Internet?
      9. Can we do pdf downloads?
4. A Story…Don S. Davis (General Hamond of Stargate SG-1.
   1. Don wanted to make etchings of some of his artwork.
   2. To run 200 copies it would cost $5,000.
   3. I suggested digital reproduction.
   4. I could set him up with a computer and inkjet printer for less than $10,000.
   5. He could now print on demand.
   6. www.donsdavisart.com

Websites

Notable Comments

Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
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