Terragen 2 Best Image Gallery?

jbest · May 04, 2011, 12:03:08 AM

Hey guys,

I was just wondering. What are your thoughts on having a seperate topic area of Planetside Forums for the best pictures created with Terragen 2 (chosen by moderators)? If you're a Blender user (like me) you might know of a website called BlenderArtists for those who wish to post their Blender works, and they have a Forum Gallery for the best pictures posted. Just wondering what the Planetside Forum's members think.

--Jahnu

Tangled-Universe · May 04, 2011, 03:21:06 AM

So you mean Oshyan's favorite images?

reck · May 04, 2011, 08:05:33 AM

Can't we just view the gallery page on the planetside website to see some of the best pictures created in TG2 chosen by moderators (Oshyan)?

Tangled-Universe · May 04, 2011, 08:14:41 AM

Indeed, though I think that page could use another update.
Has been a long time ago so I'm afraid nice pictures of (say) 6 months ago might be easily missed.

Henry Blewer · May 04, 2011, 08:25:45 AM

I think every once in a while, Matt needs to do something besides program. That's when the image gallery at Planetside's site gets updated. Fortunately for us users, Matt and Jo are quite dedicated. Therefore the gallery does not get updated often.

Draigr · May 04, 2011, 08:39:50 AM

So I suppose the argument still stands then?

An image gallery of the best recent pictures from Terragen? That gets updated regularly.

Of course, this is the Terragen forums, so it's not like the moderators have a lot of work picking pictures...

They might have trouble cutting them down to a few of the 'best', but picking them...

jbest · May 04, 2011, 02:11:13 PM

Ah yes, the Terragen 2 gallery at the Planetside website. A lot of those pictures there don't seem that recent though. There might be some ... but I was thinking of something actually here at the Forums.

max_thehitman · May 04, 2011, 04:44:36 PM

Needs updating... for sure

for sure

jaf · May 04, 2011, 11:11:45 PM

Besides, now with the x64 version, surely there's going to be some memory intensive scenes that weren't possible before.

I'm surely no TG2 expert as most of you regulars are, but I would take the time to give a voting opinion. Maybe some method of forum critique to set the top 10, 20, etc. all time tg2 images?

I believe that good galleries sell software and TG2 (to me) is the best in it's category. Heck some of the images I see here in the forums for simple test purposes are better than most at other sites. An I'd be willing to bet there's less post-processing with TG2 images than the competition.

Just my opinion.

Dune · May 05, 2011, 03:02:33 AM

It would be nice to have a system where you can upload an image and viewers can vote for the best (once per IP), so there will be an automatic (images would switch places, which I'm sure can be done) order from best to 'really awful'.

jbest · May 05, 2011, 02:13:54 PM

Quote from: Dune on May 05, 2011, 03:02:33 AM
It would be nice to have a system where you can upload an image and viewers can vote for the best (once per IP), so there will be an automatic (images would switch places, which I'm sure can be done) order from best to 'really awful'.

Yeah, that sounds pretty cool too

And I guess if a picture gets enough "Best" votes then it can be put into a gallery or something, too

sjefen · May 05, 2011, 05:01:05 PM

Yeah. I like this idea also. It's a good way to update the official gallery. It seldom gets updated

Regards,
Terje

Oshyan · May 09, 2011, 10:10:53 PM

We're definitely planning to update the official gallery soon (incidentally it's me that usually does update it). I'm also contemplating some kind of a submission system, and while I hadn't planned on a public voting option, it's an interesting thing to consider...

- Oshyan

Tangled-Universe · May 10, 2011, 08:38:08 AM

I like the submission idea Oshyan.

However, I'm not fond of a voting system.
I'm glad this community is open and honest (mostly) and I'm afraid such voting systems for whatever will bias things towards a Renderosity environment.
Not my game anymore if I may speak for myself.

Cheers,
Martin

Seth · May 10, 2011, 08:48:46 AM

I agree with Martin.
The voting stuff is not a good idea.
it will finish as friends voting for friends.