Thin Lines Between Coincidence, Plagiarism, and Inspiration

  

When is an idea just coincidental and when is it stealing. There have been many waves of themes in art that sometimes make you think was this a unconscious hive mind thought or did one company hear about it and create the same thing to compete.

Examples of the supposed hive mind happen a lot in entertainment current events have that effect and making money is the producers goal.

Remember Dantes peak and Volcano

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There are Tons of examples of the hive mind at work

Then you have people who reference other artwork or depending who you talk to rip it off. My college friend refused to talk about the Lion King because her favorite show was Kimba the white Lion









Or Disney copies their own work

Is it an homage to the days of old laziness (animation is expensive) no clue
there are many famous artworks out there that everyone has seen and have imprinted on their minds. Composition mathematics causes artists to make similar decisions because it is pleasing to the eye. Pantone 448 C, declared the world's ugliest color, is not going to be used anytime soon.

The most recent example is this article . Ankur Patar was hired by Adobe as part of a campaign to show off their stock photo collection. His task was to recreate "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee," a 1633 painting by Rembrandt that was stolen in 1990 and never recovered. Using only stock images, Patar was able to create a remarkable imitation; you can see his process here on his website

an artist in the Fstoppers Community had posted his own recreation of the exact same Rembrandt painting six months prior to Adobe's new ad campaign. Although Joël Vegt's version was a bit more humorous, the resemblance was rather uncanny.

Read more on how this story turns out

The long and short of it we really never know what happens in the artists mind. It is up to us to police ourselves and do what we believe to be morally right. The golden rule still applies and if you had this happen to you it is a difficult position to be in. Keep records of your work date, photograph, watermark, hide little clues like old mapmakers of the past and know if your art is stolen and you can't do anything about it you are still good enough for someone to want to take credit for your work. Make more art better that what they stole challenge them to online. Never stop or they'll really win
  



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Scanning pictures Film and Slides

Sometimes Film is still king with specific effects, quality, control, etc., according to the die hard enthusiasts. I will say there are things I have done in a dark room that I cant do anywhere else. The experience is also vastly different from sitting in front of a computer. Then there are times you want to work with both, or just create a digital archive of sorts but how do you get the two medias to get along. 

There are services that will put them on CD for you at a few cents per slide not bad if you have a few. If you have thousands then it may be more economical to do it yourself there are many scanners out there but it takes a long long time. If you are going to do high production yourself I do recommend a scanner that will last and do a good job. Versatility is also a plus there are flatbed scanners that can do everything from photos to slides and negatives ( some even come with Photoshop Elements ^_^). There are Only film scanners as well if you want a single function.

Here is a article naming the top scanners with pricing and functions not all are multifunction so read the reviews thoroughly. searching online for other options are great as well just remember what features you want and need. I am partial to Epson in general but that is because I have worked with them the most and they are widely use in the educational and professional fields

 The Main things I look for are, 

1. Quality a high scan resolution
2. Durability for multiple scans
3. Muli-function the less stuff you have laying around the office the better
4. Trusted Name a company you have heard of or is recommended by reliable sources because you are giving them money. 
5. Added programs are a plus. 

  Other things you may need for scanning                         

1. A air can to spray any dust away while scanning always test first spray on paper some condensation may be present. 
2. THE COMFY CHAIR! (monty python anyone?)  you will be sitting a lot
3. A external hard drive is recommended for storage and DVD for backup gives you more space and keeps things safe. 
4.  TIME. 

   While scanning                                                                            

1. Scan at a high resolution so you have more options for sizes later.  
2. De-Icing checked if a option in scanning program. Or using Photoshop
3. Always scan in color B+W does have a tone to it you can always take away but you can never add exactly what was missing. 
4. Helpful Video
5. Save as TIFF and name while scanning saves time and organization in the long run. 
6. When editing Many photos the same way you can AUTOMATE in full Photoshops to save time