Cyfrowy malarz

Abstract

The author of the text raises the question of what a contemporary artist may expect from digital technology and computers. Answering this question, the author, inter alia, points out that contemporary painting and graphic software test the artist’s sensitivity and imagination by a wide spectrum of colours, which make it possible to program an infinite number of colour versions of the same picture. Using such software, it is always possible to return to the original version which would be impossible with the use of traditional technologies. Painting software can imitate with incredible precision all traditional painting and drawing tools. In conclusion, however, the author cautions the users against a dilettantish and hasty application of discussed software.