Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I don't really think that argument holds water; do you have to be an actor to know when acting isn't any good? Or do you have to be an artist to know you hate Jackson Pollock's work?
On the other hand, if you turn out a shoddy product yourself, you probably have no grounds to criticize others.
I don't really think that argument holds water; do you have to be an actor to know when acting isn't any good? Or do you have to be an artist to know you hate Jackson Pollock's work?
On the other hand, if you turn out a shoddy product yourself, you probably have no grounds to criticize others.
I would agree with you in principal, but we're talking about amateur editors here, who do edits and preservation projects out of a love for the material and at their own expense of time and in some cases, money.
I just think it is bad form to criticize someone's hard work at this level. More often than not the criticism takes the form of "hated it," and since when was that productive? It just seems hurtful to me.