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Fig. 1.5
An overview of the
Amélie's Progress gallery and
some sample portraits from it
a video of The Painting Fool at work). We have found that most people appreciate
the painting videos, as they promote empathy with the software to some extent.
While we know at least an approximation of the painting process for humans, in
most cases—especially with the complex mathematical machinations of Photoshop
filters—we do not know how software produces painterly images. Hence, seeing
each simulated paint stroke applied to the canvas enables viewers to project effort
and decision making processes onto the software. We have argued above that the
process behind art production is taken into account when people assess the value of
pieces of art, and we have much anecdotal evidence to highlight how evaluation of
