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
So you mean Oshyan's favorite images? ;D
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)?
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.
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. :)
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...
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.
Needs updating... for sure ;) for sure
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. ;)
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'.
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 ;)
Yeah. I like this idea also. It's a good way to update the official gallery. It seldom gets updated :)
Regards,
Terje
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
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
I agree with Martin.
The voting stuff is not a good idea.
it will finish as friends voting for friends.
I also agree with Martin and Franck, for the same reasons.
Richard
(anyway as I have no friends, no-one would ever vote for me) :'( :'( boo hoo shuffle sniff
Quote from: Tangled-Universe on 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
Quote from: cyphyr on May 10, 2011, 08:57:31 AM
I also agree with Martin and Franck, for the same reasons.
Richard
(anyway as I have no friends, no-one would ever vote for me) :'( :'( boo hoo shuffle sniff
Quote from: Seth on 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.
AGREED!!!! :D
I see your points, gentlemen, but how can we assure the best image gallery isn't going to be filled with 'the worst ever render'? And what should a TG2 render have to be a TG2 render? Objects allowed, I assume, but post work to what degree....? Sizes?
I don't think it matters what objects or pre/postwork is involved. If it's a good enough image and has clearly been made with the use of TG then it should get the credit it deserves. It's not as if all the movies and features on the website's front page have been entirely rendered in TG, know?
Obviously, a collection of Photoshop filters laid on top of a mediocre TG render isn't going to make the grade but you can't really exclude post-worked images from the running. I think, anyway.
I also agree,no voting please!
As for the gallery:how about a User Gallery? Everyones images in a collection of their own.
That way you could decide for yourself so to speak.
Another option would be to open up sketchbook/gallery threads and,again,it would be up
to oneself what and how.
Just a thought ;).
Quote from: buzzzzz1 on May 10, 2011, 09:43:01 AM
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lol Jay, do you have a phrase-specific alarm enabled for these forums which goes off when "voting" and "renderosity" are being mentioned? ;) :D
huhuhuhu that was exactly what I thought when I saw his post !
hey Jay, do you still do some TG2 renders ? I miss them...
A gallery of great renders sorted by user would be a good idea. It gives people something more to aspire to and for. Like the NWDA contests of the past years.
A submitting thing would be cool, but if this is gonna happen there has to be some sort of voting.
The best thing would probably be for the Planetside team to accept or not accept images in to the gallery.
Or maybe a selected small team here from the forum ;)
Of course it's not fun to submit an image and then get notified it will not be accepted in to the gallery, but that's
just how it is. If your gonna submit an image to the official image gallery you must set the bar high for yourself.
Regards,
Terje
For the official Planetside Software website gallery, it really has to be "hand-picked" images by Planetside staff as it represents our software in a somewhat official capacity.
We're not planning to have a general user gallery as we feel there are many other places with great image hosting options that we can't hope to match and it would take a lot of time and resources just to provide a basic service, let alone match the others. The Image Sharing area here is a nice basic option that allows for sharing your work, either with limited attachment sizes, or by linking to larger off-site images. It's a good balance of easy and simple to use, and minimal impact on our staff and resources.
My focus for the future of the Planetside Gallery will be on better presentation and integration with our site, and more frequent updates (again possibly facilitated by a submission system, but images will still be picked by Planetside staff from those submissions).
- Oshyan
I get the feeling the boss has spoken.
Quote from: Kevin F on May 10, 2011, 02:34:08 PM
I get the feeling the boss has spoken.
I'm certainly not intending to stifle any further discussion. We're always open to feedback from our community of course. Our position on an open user gallery has been the same for as long as I can remember and that's not likely to change. But we do want to serve our community as best we can and there may be other solutions that also strike a good balance.
- Oshyan
This has gotten interesting. :)
Ok, no voting seems fine, actually. I do think, though, that it would be nice to have a place for the best pictures on the forum here. On BlenderArtists they actually link the pictures in the forum gallery to the thread so that not only can you see the picture on the thread, but also see the comments and critiques (not just a picture) and also maybe see the picture get better gradually. Just another thought, feel free to express yourself.
If anyone has ever visited CGsociety you know that pictures are submitted as well, and the moderators can choose to submit them into the 3d stills or not. That's a little different though compared to here, since Cgsociety submissions are for every picture that gets into the forum, and this would be just for a forum gallery. The problem is, Oshyan and the bosses would probably stagger under the weight of picture submissions. Anyway ...
Quote from: Oshyan on May 10, 2011, 02:49:31 PM
Quote from: Kevin F on May 10, 2011, 02:34:08 PM
I get the feeling the boss has spoken.
I'm certainly not intending to stifle any further discussion. We're always open to feedback from our community of course. Our position on an open user gallery has been the same for as long as I can remember and that's not likely to change. But we do want to serve our community as best we can and there may be other solutions that also strike a good balance.
- Oshyan
Didn't think you were, and by boss I meant Matt.
Terragen.org Ashudar, has a great place to submit art. I think Terranauts also has this.
QuoteFor the official Planetside Software website gallery, it really has to be "hand-picked" images by Planetside staff as it represents our software in a somewhat official capacity
I agree with oshyan. However, I do like the idea of a standardized way to submit images for the promotion of the software, and the artist.
More like "Cream Of The Crop" type of thing?
Quote from: Blackheart6004 on May 22, 2011, 04:10:48 PM
More like "Cream Of The Crop" type of thing?
Naahhh.... E-on copies Planetside stuff, not the other way around ;D
I dig your idea in principle though.
Quote from: Tangled-Universe on May 22, 2011, 05:07:50 PM
Naahhh.... E-on copies Planetside stuff, not the other way around ;D
Lol!