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Aaron, PMJI, but I am feeling an urge to defend the CS/Engineering folk . . . > I remember a few years ago when I > first visited an animation firm here > in Toronto, and they said that "It's > MUCH easier to teach an artist to > use a computer than to teach a> > computer scientist to be an artist". > I saw the logic behind that > statement immediately, and > pretty much believed it. About three years ago, Mr. Rosebush, from Rosebush Visions Corp., presented a forum on computers and graphics at my alma mattre (sp), WMU. He was among the first pioneers to do computer animation — and did it entirely from raw code when he started. When he was asked about which talents were peferred to be hired at firm such as his, his reply was just the reverse of the what the animation firm told you. He said it was easier to teach a CS person or engineer to be artistic than vice versa. His reasoning was that he found it more difficut to train artists to be proficient with computers than for techies to lean the concepts of art. For example, teaching an art major how to mathematically construct a function-based polygonal landscape — vs. — teaching an engineer how to effectively use a three point color scheme. Personally, I think that a person's capacity is more a result of their desire to achieve. — James — PS. The words "Hue" and "Scheme" frighten engineers, and the words "Polygon" and "Vertex" frighten artists. 🙂