Forum feedback

[PascalR]

Hi guys,

Please let me know what you like or dislike about the forum here. Any suggestions are more than welcome.
If you experienced problems browsing the forum or want to report any kind of bug, that would also be very helpful.
If you wish to see more forums sections, please feel free to express yourself here!

Cheers

Pascal

[Tomaya]

First of all , nice forum , thanks guys .... .... i think that the most
interresting is the "pro" side , as you know , our job is full of bugs and problems , it would be nice to have a section about the softs an plugs we
(us , pro...in production) are using actually , example : at Digital District we
are big fans of Thinking particles , FumeFx or Ncloth-nucleus ,these tools
are very usefull in production all over the world , more and more , a real place
in this forum could be very helpfull , talking about real production problems...
That's an idea ...
En tout cas welcome et on en attendait pas moins de vous ! cool !

Tom:beerchug:

[Tomaya]

Yep , another idea for the forum , there is a thing that we never talk about,
it's the "in production" work , and we all know why , movie features and commercials , it's the same ... ... keep the secret of a production , but , really ,guys , it's the most interresting part of our job : the production , now,
today , while i'm talking . The question is : Can we just talk about what we are doing in CG , now .
Example : we are working (now ,october2009) on the next coca cola
commercial for the foot worldcup , we believe in the quality of this film ,
i'm sure it will be really nice , Pascal and Richard , it could be a first time in a cg forum : Talk about the prods we are working on
Of course , we have to define limits , no pics if the prod-real-agency-boss
are not agree ...
to resume , What are you doing now guys (or girls) ? That's a question !
and i want to know !....

"in prod" section , think about it ...


Tom

[PascalR]

Great idea Thomas! I'll think about these and prepare sections names for you to have a look. Like you said a lot of things need to be kept confidential, so we need to be very careful here, but that's good thinking Thomas!
Cool!:dance:

[PascalR]

Heya,

I have just added 2 new forums as asked by some users.
a Currently in production section, where people can talk about what they are doing at work, as long as they are allowed to ;)
and a Sketchbooks forum, where people can post their works in their own personal threads without necessarily asking for comments or crits.

Let's see how it goes! :cool:


cheers

P.

[PascalR]

Hi all,

I have just installed a plugin that enables thread thumbnails. It seems like it works only with thread that have attachment to them, but it's a start :D
What I am doing for my threads is, I just go and edit the first post and attach a thumbnail to it. It then displays it while browsing forums.
Let me know if you have any comment/questions, etc...

cheers

P.

[ZippZopp]

maybe it is just my account, but is there a way to set the threads to display with the original post showing up first at the top? For some reason, all threads show the most recent post at the top of page one.

[collings]

maybe it is just my account, but is there a way to set the threads to display with the original post showing up first at the top? For some reason, all threads show the most recent post at the top of page one.

hi Peter, you can actually inverse it under UserCP / edit Option / Thread Display Options

[PascalR]

Hi Peter! and welcome to thte forum:welcome:

Collings was faster than me on this one ;)

I don't know if all accounts have it too, but I can also change it in the thread listing section as well.

Cheers

Pascal

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[PascalR]

Hi all,

I have just updated the forum so that you guys can now display full rez images within your post, instead of thumbnails you would have to click on.

You just need to upload your file as an attachment (as usual) and then go to the small arrow next to the attachment button and pick your image.

It will include a line like : attachment id
and your image shall display full rez in your post!


Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers

P.

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[collings]

i just tried to upload an avatar picture to be displayed under my user name but it looks like the option is not available. any ideas ?

[PascalR]

Thanks for letting me know collings, give it a try now it should work.:sw:

Cheers

Pascal

[collings]

thanks it works now :thumbsup:

[PascalR]

cool! also allowed 100 by 100 pixels avatar instead of 80x80.

cheers!

Pascal

[musashidan]

Hey Pascal,i think you need to "reverse the polarity" on the forums. :D every thread i've been to is backwards. The last page is the first page and the last post on every page shows up first............

[PascalR]

you can actually inverse it under UserCP / edit Option / Thread Display Options
But I'll look at the default settings for new members

cheers

Pascal

[musashidan]

Now that's more like it. cheers. My brain's just not wired to read backwards. :D

[PascalR]

Just to let people know, a new user called "James" has sent some PM with a bad link attached to it (Trojan).
I have deleted this user, but if you got this private message, please be careful not to click on the link provided in the message(removed from the message bellow) :(

"Hey,
I'm new here, how's it going?

"The most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently" - Pema Chodron

---
James "

[ViCoX]

That Fanbase social avatar music video ad is quite annoying?!
Is it possible make so that it wont automatically start playing? : )

[ndog]

I'm pretty excited to have found and registered here but the music is driving me nuts!

[PascalR]

Hehe thanks for letting me know guys, this avatar banner is now gone:sw:

Cheers!

Pascal

[PascalR]

Hi all,

As we are just starting to get job offers on the board (thanks Mr X Inc), I was wondering if it would be helpful to create another section for people who are currently looking for jobs. They could post their resume/portfolio there.
I could create sub forums for modeling,texturing,etc.. to make it easier to browse for recruiters.

What do you guys think?

Cheers,

Pascal

[collings]

to me a job offer section is actually enought, but i wouldn't mind if people wants a "portfolio/introduction" kind of section where we could post our real-name, job title, website link, etc. But i'm not sure if it would be usefull or not ...

[PascalR]

Thanks for your input collings, yeah I was thinking about a kind of artists database for recruiters to use. I don't know, having a section for people currently available for work seemed to me kind of useful but I could be wrong obviously :)

On the other hand, I realize some people are still working, and looking for another job "secretly", and wouldn't necesseraily want their employer to know about it.

Oh well, let's wait and see.

Cheers:beerchug:

[PascalR]

And what about a top row forum where cool threads would get moved to?
I have started a thread for this but realized it may not be ideal for new people to find.

Cheers

P.

[tiktok]

That could be very cool. I think too, if there was a way to have the ability to scroll back and forth through all the top threads with some sort of mootools carousel (http://zendold.lojcomm.com.br/icarousel/example3.asp) that would be amazing.

I agree with Collings about available for work forum. It might be cool though if there was a way to just have a looking for work status thing on our profile? not sure.
-bayard

[PascalR]

Thanks for the feedback Bayard, I have put together an html page with all topRow threads here:
http://www.cgfeedback.com/topRow.html

You can access it from the front page by clicking on gallery.

Well if there is a demand for a portfolio/introduction , I'll be more than happy to create one.

Cheers

Pascal

[bneall]

Might I suggest a forum for CG technical topics (hair, rendering, etc), the general forum seems to be getting alot of stuff like that. And the portfolio section is also a good idea. Obviously you don't want to have 200 forums each with 2 posts, but maybe once it starts to fill out add these in.

[PascalR]

Hey Ben, thanks for the suggestions, I will add those shortly. I need to find a way to pre format posts for the portfolio section, like name, age,primary area of expertise, website, etc... It would make the portfolios read more easily I think.

Cheers!
:beerchug:

[El Burritoh]

Good call with the Technical section!

[PascalR]

And here is the portfolio section as requested by a few people here:

http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/forumdisplay.php?f=14

:beerchug:

[tiktok]

The portfolio section is great! I just accidentally hit enter before I was done posting and it seems there's no way to edit your posts?
This would be a good thing to add.
Also, in the online portfolio section, it'd be great to be able to add more than one portfolio link. I seem to have several floating about.
A resume upload might be beneficial as well?
Thanks!
-Bayard

[PascalR]

Hey Bayard,

Thanks for the feedback! I have updated the permissions so people can now edit their posts :) I'll have a look at the extra link and resume, although I think you should be able to attach several files to your post (haven't tried yet).

And I've deleted your first post ;)

cheers

Pascal

[bneall]

Would it be good to have images in portfolio posts, or was there a reason for not having that in the template?

[PascalR]

Would it be good to have images in portfolio posts, or was there a reason for not having that in the template?


you can actually attach images to your post, or even put a link to a cgfeedback album if you don't have a website.
Anyone can create an album just go to Community>Pictures and Albums
There is a restriction on the resolution which I am not able to change but better than nothing I guess.
:rofl:

[bneall]

ye I was thinking to have a requirement of like 2 images..
so like, employers or whatever can easily scan through artists?

[PascalR]

Good idea, I'll see what can be done as far as forcing people to add images of their works to their posts.

Thanks

P.

[tiktok]

I was wondering if there could be someway to better integrate thumbnails into threads? What I mean is, as threads progress it's hard to tell if people are just posting more replies or if the creator of the thread has posted new stuff? obviously, one can just update the original thumbnail, but if there was a way to have some sort of 'thread thumbnail area' that was always the same, and you could update it from any section of your thread?

just an idea. :)
(I thought of this when I just looked at that tyson thread and didn't realize all sorts of new things were in there? :p )
-Bayard

[PascalR]

Good suggestion tiktok, I'll ask the plugins writer if there is anyway to display the last image attached to the thread instead of the first one.
Cheers :bouncy:

P.

[tiktok]

challenges area!:bouncy:

[PascalR]

Cool! Obviously it is always better to offer prices for this kind of stuff so I'll try to see how this could happen. If you guys have ideas for sponsors, please feel free to talk about itclap

Cheers!

[Billabong]

I think Gnomon may be a good sponsor, maybe a some kind of subscription to them as a prize or if its a smaller challenge, maybe a choice of one of their DVD's

You could also contact Eat3D. I'm actually really good friends with the owner, so if you like I could talk to them about it. Just pm me the details of what you would like and I will go over it with him.

-B

[PascalR]

Great suggestion Billabong:bouncy: I will think about the challenge through the weekend and will let you know for sure

Cheers

P.

[El Burritoh]

Cool! Obviously it is always better to offer prices for this kind of stuff so I'll try to see how this could happen. If you guys have ideas for sponsors, please feel free to talk about itclap

Cheers!
I assume you mean "prizes," right?

(je vien de me rendre compte qu'en français, c'est bien "prix" pour les deux mots...)

[PascalR]

I assume you mean "prizes," right?

(je vien de me rendre compte qu'en français, c'est bien "prix" pour les deux mots...)

Ahaha no I really meant prices, people will actually pay me a lot of money if they happen to win the challenge :)

thanks for the spelling check man, it must have been confusing indeed :banghead:

[Swoop]

Hi Community !
I wanted to make a suggestion.
What do you think about opening a Matte Painting section ?
When I say matte painting, I mean real matte painting, as we do in production, not the very illustrative work that we see on the other forum.

Would you like to see this category on CGFeedback ? Or would you like to keep the place specialized in 3D modeling ?

[PascalR]

:welcome:Swoop!
I definitely don't want cgfeedback to be a 3d modeling forum only, so if people are interested, I'll be happy to open this section.

Cheers!

P.

[collings]

Hi Swoop, if you want to post your matte painting work you can either post it in the finished work or in the work in progress work sections. Those sections so far blend 3d, 2d , fx and animation works so feel free to post your matte paintings in there as well :)

but may be it would be better to separate all those areas into specific sections ...

[Swoop]

Hi Collings,
You're from Montreal too ;) You must know Raphael Lacoste then. I'm under the snow too at the moment.

Let's see what other members think about it. I'll put you some work in Finally Finished section.

[collings]

:) yes i know him, not personally though. he is back into the game industry right?

[Swoop]

Yes he is.
:)

[tiktok]

a mattepainting section's a great idea!
have many friends I've been buggging to get on here who are mattepainters ;P

[PascalR]

Just wanted to say that we are now 300 members and should theoretically be able to defeat lots of armies :thumbsup:

http://people.rit.edu/ajl8838/Web%20Dev/images/300.jpg

[collings]

long life to cgfeedback :sw:

[PascalR]

Thanks for your support Collings :)


a mattepainting section's a great idea!
have many friends I've been buggging to get on here who are mattepainters ;P

Tiktok, I am going to create this section and see how it goes.
If it turns out to be an empty forum I'll just delete it or move the posts to the WIP and finished areas.

cheers!

Pascal

[PascalR]

Matte painting forum created and looks quite dead for now :p
Let's wait and see!

[tonytrout]

Thanks for your work on this forum Pascal, it looks like a real success. :thumbsup:

Does that mean we get to wear the toga now?

997

[PascalR]

Hehe yeah toga for everyone :)
So regarding the matte painting section, almost a month came by since I opened it and only one thread posted, what do you guys think? Do we keep it? Would you all prefer a more generic name like WIP 2D artworks? (and I'd rename the current WIP to WIP 3D)

cheers

Pascal

[nghia59]

I think a general WIP 2D artwork would be nice because there are people who come by my desk at work and say there's no 2D section to post art. Everyone seems to think that the WIP secton is only for modeling. An animator at work came by and asked where he could post his stuff too.

BTW, congrats on the really cool forum. The best one I've been to in years!

- Nghia

[PascalR]

Thanks for your input Nghia, yeah I think you're right, people tend to think WIP is only for 3D so I will probably create the 2D WIP section during the weekend instead of matte painting.

Cheers!:beerchug:

[BrettSinclair]

Just wanted to say i'm amazed at how friendly people are on this forum. The crits are great here as well.

It might be cool to get some interviews. Some guys that work in studios perhaps.. Just a thought. It would be interesting too see how people got too where they are.

If its a dumb request slap me on the back of the head:D.

Oh and thanks for putting this together Pascal. Big fan :thumbsup:

[PascalR]

Thanks for your feedback and contribution to the forum Brett, much appreciated :thumbsup: That's a good idea, I was thinking about doing this with some colleagues of mine but then realized a lot could not be said because of NDAs. For example only a few people are allowed to talk about Avatar, and these people already gave interviews online. But that's a great suggestion and I'll keep this in mind for future development anyways.

Thanks all and keep up the good feedback spirit :dance:

[PascalR]

WIP 2D section created :rofl:
and we have a beautiful glowing logo now

[Billabong]

LOL,love the glowing logo, Pascal.

I deff think you should keep the 2D section, even though there isn't much going on it, that doesn't mean there wont be down the road. It could prove to have some very inspiring work later on

[PascalR]

That sounds good Brandon :) Also, just because I love creating empty forums, I am tempted to create a traditional sculpt one. I mean people playing with clay,super sculpey,etc, and even allow people to post manga figures that they've painted or assembled (I am not doing any myself but just love watching them ), model kits,etc...

Let me know if this sounds like something people would be interested in.

Cheers

P.

http://modelfplus.com/specialissue/SF3DtoMaK/images/SF3DtoMaK_0028.jpg

http://www.dollfan.de/dollpic/eva.jpg

[tonytrout]

Well its a good idea, whether you would get much participation I dont know. I love manga figures but dont have any myself and would love to see some sculptures and models

[nghia59]

I think that it's a really great idea as the cg community is also big on model kits and toys. Also guys like Bayard here are also amazing tradition sculptors and I am sure that he would love to post some things here!

- Nghia

[PascalR]

Thanks for your feedback guys :dance: I am going to create this section and see how it goes :D

take care

P.

[PascalR]

I just realized conceptart.org have the exact same kind of section (I swear I didn't know about it):) I guess it's worth trying then:beerchug:

[Billabong]

I agree, its not like it can hurt by adding it

go for it

[collings]

that's a really cool idea , i actually just bought this week-end some NSPchavant and a molding/casting kit to try to duplicate some of my 3d prints ^^ nice timing :)

[PascalR]

Great, looking forward to seeing your sculpts collings :thumbsup:

[PascalR]

Hehe we are now 400 cgfeedback members, and 700 fans of our Facebook page :beerchug::bouncy:

[Intervain]

woohoo :):dance:

[Storm]

I was wondering, besides the on going pinup-challenge, how about making some smaller ones, maybe twice a mount or something, some mini challenges and maybe some speedcontests?
Someone pick a topic and we put down some simple rules, and we just create for the for the sake of creating, no prices or anything, and we put up some votes or something.
Just a thought ;)

[PascalR]

Yep good idea Storm, a bit like what cgTalk is doing with their mini challenge section right?
Btw, Real user name should now show up under your avatar :)

:beerchug:

[Storm]

Yeps something like that ;)

[zeoyn]

Hey Pascal!

I love the new sliding toprow.
Nice Touch! ;)

Z.

[PascalR]

Glad you like it Jose :) this is all Stuart Allen's work, a great website designer who helped me with this ! :beerchug:

[El Burritoh]

oooh...that is nice...

[tiktok]

In the WIP forum, it automatically generated a thumbnail...and I can't seem to update that thumbnail with a new one?
Any ideas on how to fix this? or perhaps I'm just doing something wrong ?

thanks,
-Bayard

[PascalR]

Hey Bayard,

I know it is kind of annoying but you just need to make sure the first image attached to your first post is the one you want.

Cheers

Pascal

[PascalR]

Today our server went down for several hours, so apologies to all of you for the inconvenience :(
Thanks!

[BrettSinclair]

Yay! its back up :):bouncy:

[PascalR]

such bad luck as we sent out our first newsletter today :(
It seems like hostmonsters (our host) had to shut down all servers due to a massive power outage:eek:

Thanks again for your patience!

Their message:
The City of Provo was working on a major issue near our building and Rocky Mountain Power had requested that we shut down all electrical systems until they completed their work.

[BrettSinclair]

Yea I was looking forward to reading that news letter :(. Ah well sith happens as they say :).

[PascalR]

hehe yeah exactly as they say :)
Newsletter is very basic though, just a reminder that the front page has been updated this week :beerchug:
cheers Brett!

[BrettSinclair]

Ah cool. Well can always try send out one next week :). Bit early here for a beer but who cares:beerchug: hahaha

[PascalR]

So I have installed 2 things this week, one is a picture resizer. It will display images up to 800 pixels wide, and you will need to click on the image to see the full resolution.
That's just to keep the threads a bit more tidy.
Second is an automatic reward system, called Experience. You can see the charts from the Quick Links tab / Experience.
I thought this would be good to encourage people being active in the forum, but I'll tweak or add rewards so that the valuable feedback is more important than just spamming.
I am also looking into having the top row banner to behave differently when clicking on an image. I had a few people asking for a new window to pop up so they don't lose track of where they were while scrolling.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns :D

Cheers

Pascal

[El Burritoh]

Cool additions, especially the resizer!

[PascalR]

Cheers Tim!
I just increased the size of the images people can upload in their albums to 1200x800 , and added a link under the user name in posts so people can access albums more easily.
Will update the banner stuff tonight.

Cheers

P.

[BrettSinclair]

Sounds great. Love the new changes. I like the sound of the new top row thing.

[Gagan Jain]

If is possible can be have widescreen theme for forum

[Infinite]

Great additions Pascal.

I'm not sure if it's still the same but I know on most vBulletin forums there is a limit to how many images (linked images) can be added in code to each post (I don't mean attachments). It would be nice if there was a limit to say 15-20 images max, instead of 4 or 5. This helps when making tutorial or WIP Threads.

This site gets better and better, more and more talent arrives! Really cool to see such great work here and such interesting interaction :dance:

[Intervain]

nice - I like the idea of the resizer - it's always neat that way and no crazy stretching :thumbsup:

[tiktok]

haha...I love all these awards and such...and this status bar thing :sw:

AWESOME!
makes me feel like I gotta do more!!
-bayard

[rasmusW]

haha...I love all these awards and such...and this status bar thing :sw:

AWESOME!
makes me feel like I gotta do more!!
-bayard

hehe.. yeah! i better get back into the loop and actually post things.
great updates pascal.

-r

[Intervain]

rofl yeah seriously - I thought I'm obsessed being on forums so often - this bar thing makes me feel like a looser who has to step up her game :drool::dance:

[PascalR]

rofl yeah seriously - I thought I'm obsessed being on forums so often - this bar thing makes me feel like a looser who has to step up her game :drool::dance:
Ahaha yeah I thought gamers would like it :bouncy: I wasn't sure if level 100 was high enough (it's the default settings) but let's see how it goes.
Gagan Jain: The widescreen mode was on by default but made things too tricky to keep tidy, especially with the front page top row and banners. If there is a massive request I'll look into it though.
Glad you guys like the updates :dance:

[MJG]

nice, great improvements pascal.

btw, when can get expect a new challenge? I'm eagerly waiting for it haha

[PascalR]

Thansk MJG, sorry I can't tell you when there will be another challenge but there will be others for sure!
I am now working on a different section of the forums but can't tell much about it for now. Thanks for your patience:)

[PascalR]

Hey , just installed a new mod so one can see all users albums at once.
In the nav bar, next to User CP, just click on "All Albums".

Cheers

Pascal

[gjpetch]

One idea that's been in my mind for ages, how about a "round robin" style collaborative challenge. Starting with something very simple like a cube, people could take turns noodleing with it in sculptis of zbrush or mudbox or whatever. Could be fun?

[collings]

One idea that's been in my mind for ages, how about a "round robin" style collaborative challenge. Starting with something very simple like a cube, people could take turns noodleing with it in sculptis of zbrush or mudbox or whatever. Could be fun?

ah yes i remember we did that one time on the old Kolby's forum Tweak :) Was fun indeed. I'm in for it .

[PascalR]

Ah yep, mini challenges like that could be fun, and as I have no time to organize another bigger challenge right now that could be cool indeed :)
I'll create a section for quick challenges if other people are interested :D
cheers

[collings]

it's not really a challenge , we just work all together on the same model one after an other just for the sake of fun:)

[gjpetch]

Yeah, kind of a collaborative challenge rather than a competitive challenge, but I think it would fit under the mini-challenge umbrella if you do make a section like that Pascal.
The round-robbin we did on Tweak worked out pretty well, but I think it could be even better these days; with programs like sculptris it's so easy to let your imagination go wild.
Fun stuff, would be great to get taron on-board.

[PascalR]

Cool, so what about a section like:
Micro Challenges/ Play zone

and under that sub forums like:
-Collaborative challenges
-Competitive challenges

And I'll let you guys create the threads ;)

Cheers

P.

Ps: yeah anyone who knows Taron, feel free to invite him here :beerchug:

[PascalR]

Forums created, have fun:rofl:

[MJG]

just a quick heads up, the top row banner seems to be broken, i see the coundownr widget at the bottom which works fine but some of the thumbnails are cutoff in the header(the first one and the last one) and the arrow is no longer there to view other toprow threads, unless this was on purpose?


edit:nevermind haha firefox zoom wasnt reset, now its all good.

[PascalR]

Hehe I was starting to worry a bit reading your message :)
Glad to hear it's working, the countdown thing doesn't look good on internet explorer, better with firefox. Although that's just a free thing that doesn't look like what I want anyway, so I'll look into improving this one daylol

[Intervain]

looks pretteh on Chrome :)

[ulf]

spam award? wheres that from?..aiai, back to |sculptor|

[PascalR]

:bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::D:D:Dclapclapclap
:dance::dance::dance:

3798

[tonytrout]

lol and your legion is up to 919. Must be a party for 1000.

[BrettSinclair]

Wow! Congrats!

[El Burritoh]

You've got a great thing going here!

[PascalR]

Thanks guys, glad you like it here:dance:

[MJG]

yeaah! one of the best forums around. seriously.:D

[Intervain]

I agree, if only there was a bit more activity [not too much minda hehehe - I know not happy either way ;)]

[PascalR]

Hi guys,

Just in case you were wondering where the older top row thread went!? I have temporarily shorten the list as my server was not liking the huge background download. So I'll try to find a nice way (any ideas are welcome) to put the older threads thumbnails on a webpage and update it every week.
:beerchug:

[tonytrout]

I had trouble earlier this week getting pages to load, may have been at my end, but seems may have been your server :confused:

[PascalR]

Yeah, that was probably my server, the mini challenge 4 thread would take ages to load for instance. :(
Time to optimize things :sw:

[Kel Solaar]

Pascal : Do you know if there is a way to have access to the Sub Forums as RSS feeds ? It should be possible, CGTalk does it for example. Would be nice for ultimate CGFeedback nerding :D.

KS

[PascalR]

Kel Solaar, your wish was granted ;) I have just installed a plugin that should do that. You now have a RSS Feed Link after the forum title (will see who to put an icon instead)
I only activated it for the Contact Challenge forum and Sub-Forums for now, to see how it goes.
Let me know if you think it may be worth adding to other forums.

Cheers

Pascal

[Kel Solaar]

Kel Solaar, your wish was granted ;) I have just installed a plugin that should do that. You now have a RSS Feed Link after the forum title (will see who to put an icon instead)
I only activated it for the Contact Challenge forum and Sub-Forums for now, to see how it goes.
Let me know if you think it may be worth adding to other forums.

Cheers

Pascal

Thanks :)

I think I'm the first suscriber :rofl: It's working very nicely ! I'm tempted saying every sub forums ... :) I have a lot of interest in pretty much all of them, especially the Wip / Finished one, but some others will like more the Sketchbook or Sculpture ones. clap

KS

[PascalR]

hehe, cool all forums it is then:D If no one complains about it, I'll just leave it as is:dance:

[Kel Solaar]

Woot thanks Pascal, it's perfect ! :)

KS

[tonytrout]

1000 members. I know Pascal is on holiday so probably hasnt had a chance to note this milestone, congrats man clap

[PascalR]

Yeah I just noticed the 1004 members Tony, Cheers !! I'll drink a pinocalada (no Monteiths where I am now) tonight to thank you all for your great contribution!!!
:dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:

[El Burritoh]

I know that cataloging reference material is an infinite task, with no real end in sight, but I'm wondering about the possibility of having a section dedicated to reference material. But not as a list of threads. Threads are difficult to organize and make accessing information laborious.

Does vBulletin offer any kind of static pages option for housing links, or would such a catalog be better managed by alternate means altogether, like a separate site or wiki? I'm not suggesting we go that far, I'm mainly just curious what people think of the lengthening References thread...whether it's okay as it is or whether there is anything we can do to refine it.

[Kel Solaar]

Hey Pascal,

What about increasing the PM box size ( 50 messages at the moment )?
I know it's not an EMail client but mine is around 49 messages already, and I will have to dump soon some stuff I would like to keep :(

KS

[PascalR]

Tim, I'll take a look at a wiki page type plugin, and see what's out there.
Thomas: done! increased to 500 messages :rofl:

[Kel Solaar]

Ahaha ! awesome <3 :)

KS

[Kel Solaar]

I suspect we are under TMNT attack :

http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=1225
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=1226

Not sure how to handle this but I guess we need to contact Krang :D

KS

[BrettSinclair]

I suspect we are under TMNT attack :

http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=1225
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=1226

Not sure how to handle this but I guess we need to contact Krang :D

KS

Or Shredder, or bee bop and rocksteady! Lol Thomas

[Kel Solaar]

Lol true :) Forgot those ones ^^

KS

[BrettSinclair]

^^ and the Foot clan :D ( I was a turtles fan)

[Kel Solaar]

^^ and the Foot clan :D ( I was a turtles fan)

Lool :) I see that :]

Invasion continue ! http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=1236

^^

[Intervain]

Since it's a forum feedback spot I will say it out loud: can we actually have feedback on this forum back, please - it's slowly becoming another 'awesome man' fest, which is disappointing... There's lots of those out there... Be honest people, it helps the artists grow in the long run... There I feel better now...:D:sw:

[PascalR]

Hey Mag, as long as the WIP section (which was the first created one) keeps being a feedback oriented one , I am not too worried. Infact I keep seing great feedback being posted there everyday. Some people ask for feedback in the finished section but to be honnest 99% won't go back to their piece once finished so that's why the WIP area is so important here.
Same applys to the sketchbook section, I personnaly won't take the time to give crits on stuff when I know people will most likely move on to another piece anyway.
Cheers for the feedback Mag:beerchug:

[Intervain]

fair enough - I prefer to receive feedback even if I won't go back to sth and I've seen people receive one on WIP and not doing anything about either it so I'm not convinced lol - but either way had to put it out there so we don't have yet another forum which is simply an ego booster for some and useless for others:beerchug:

[PascalR]

Good point Mag, thanks for keeping an eye on that :beerchug:

[Kel Solaar]

I kind of agree with you Mag. The forum starting to be well known, it attracts a lot more of people. The main issue is that there are more people willing to receive eFame than people willing to help and participate in a constructive way. I see a lot of guys harvesting multiples boards to gather recognition, while I have no much problem with that, it would be "supa" nice of them to take part a bit to the community. I mean they get exposed and there is nothing in return :(

However the eFame Seeker / Constructive Feedback Bringer ratio is still good, we have a fairly solide CORE of nice people that are willing to keep the things professional and friendly. Proof is your post :]

Cheers,

KS

[rasmusW]

hey all!

i have had this little idea of doing artist interviews.. with so many talented folks here, there's gotta be some fun anecdotes, great tips and insightful background stories.. it would be cool, to make "case studies" on a given project (if possible).
i would like to see something a little more than the usual 10 questions.

it could also help break the ice for new comers and people who might find themself rank lower at the "experience ladder"... so to speak. also seen in the light of the previous discussion.
giving crits can sometimes be almost daunting, to artists you really look up to, even if they are just as valid.

another take on the interview could be to announce a given "spotlight artist". then the rest of us ask all the questions we would like. -and then the 5-10 best/insightful questions would be send artist for answering the best he/she can.
the "spotlight artist" could either be here from the forum or somewhere else.


wauw.. what a lot of words. hope you can dissect it. hehe

looking forward to hear your thoughts.

-r

[BrettSinclair]

I sometimes feel its not my place to crit. I sometimes feel like a jerk :P. Other times its just a matter of finding time to crit. Bad excuse I know. But perhaps we should all find one thread a day and crit it? That way everyone would get critted. Sort of a pay it forward idea:P.

Rasmus.. I like your idea:beerchug:


p.s.. Not saying we all crit one thread lol. Like a pack of wolves grrr.

[rasmusW]

brett: that's exactly how i feel some times too.
and thanks.. hehe

-r

[Infinite]

I sometimes feel its not my place to crit. I sometimes feel like a jerk :P. Other times its just a matter of finding time to crit. Bad excuse I know. But perhaps we should all find one thread a day and crit it? That way everyone would get critted. Sort of a pay it forward idea:P.

Rasmus.. I like your idea:beerchug:


p.s.. Not saying we all crit one thread lol. Like a pack of wolves grrr.

3rded. I have to agree. It can sometimes be hard to give critique by not sounding too much like an ***.

Pascal is a very good leader in this field at does it well. He sees things I always miss but subliminally know are at fault.

Personally I have received invaluable feedback in the past and recently, and it has really helped me change course and fix things I would have otherwise not noticed. It also helps knowing the feedback comes with a professional meaning to it.

The other thing is this site doesn't suffer from a draconian style rule, it's more of a democratic forum full of really inspiring work, cool people and less of a dictatorship. Know whada mean :p

But I agree more constructive feedback is necessary, it's finding a way to do it, with sounding like a know it all goody goody :D

Rasmusw: Great ideas :thumbsup:

[Intervain]

a a know it all goody goody - lol? - fair enough

[Infinite]

a a know it all goody goody - lol? - fair enough

Well that's what I think I sound like when I give crit!! :bouncy: that's why I'm no good at it. Others are much better, you included :thumbsup:

Instead I try to use the Tutorials or Technical sections more, and share info, models and ideas :D

Plus I can't help throwing out an "awesome fest" or 2 (I'm guilty!), especially if I see something I like :D

[BrettSinclair]

+1 for the awesome fest. I know I'm guilty :)

[collings]

hey all!

i have had this little idea of doing artist interviews.. with so many talented folks here, there's gotta be some fun anecdotes, great tips and insightful background stories.. it would be cool, to make "case studies" on a given project (if possible).
i would like to see something a little more than the usual 10 questions.

it could also help break the ice for new comers and people who might find themself rank lower at the "experience ladder"... so to speak. also seen in the light of the previous discussion.
giving crits can sometimes be almost daunting, to artists you really look up to, even if they are just as valid.

another take on the interview could be to announce a given "spotlight artist". then the rest of us ask all the questions we would like. -and then the 5-10 best/insightful questions would be send artist for answering the best he/she can.
the "spotlight artist" could either be here from the forum or somewhere else.


wauw.. what a lot of words. hope you can dissect it. hehe

looking forward to hear your thoughts.

-r

i like your idea too Ramus about doing artist interviews here like one every two months for instance. with special questions from cgfeedback members that would be cool and would result in a different kind of interview iguess than the usual (most of the time boring) interview out there .

[ulf]

yap, sounds cool idea the interview thing! :thumbsup:

[Kel Solaar]

The interview idea is great ! Need the first victim now :)

KS

[PascalR]

interviews are cool, I could open an interview section, one thread per artist, people would ask them questions. I think this was already done before on other forums but could be cool and less work for both interviewers and artists
:thumbsup:

[collings]

interviews are cool, I could open an interview section, one thread per artist, people would ask them questions. I think this was already done before on other forums but could be cool and less work for both interviewers and artists
:thumbsup:

sounds cool :)

[rasmusW]

yeah! good idea, pascal.

-r

[PascalR]

Cool, the interviews sections has been created.
Please post your artists suggestions here:
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=1267

Enjoy :dance:

[tonytrout]

Nice to see the ChCh earthquake appeal banner Pascal. :thumbsup:

[El Burritoh]

Nice to see the ChCh earthquake appeal banner Pascal. :thumbsup:

I'll echo that! Did you guys feel the quake in Wellington?

[PascalR]

We're all good here in Wellington, thanks Tim and Tony :dance:

[tonytrout]

The page view seems a lot smaller. Im having to squint, is it you or me that needs to adjust something?

[gjpetch]

tonytrout, try ctrl + scrollwheel, you might have nudged it by accident?

[tonytrout]

Ha ha Thanks Gregg, the wonders of modern science. I blame my new kitten who keeps walking on my keyboard :o

[PascalR]

Hey, I am trying to get the navbar looks a wee better, but before I get rid of the old one I'd like to hear your thoughts about the buttons I should put in it.
The current wip one seems to work strangely on my laptop using internet explorer , but works fine on another computer.
Any trouble with the new buttons?
:beerchug:

[rasmusW]

hey pascal!

the new buttons looks fine. they might be a tad big for my taste. maybe half the size or take them 30% down in size? -could be removing some of the space above the buttons would be enough.
i dunno if it's just me but i have to double click them to get them working.

-r

[Intervain]

yeah they're a bit big - I'd have to agree. They are working fine though :)

[tonytrout]

one click for moi, could be made a bit smaller and less surrounding room, lot of real estate at the top now before you get to see the view. Side banners which seem to be happening? would be a good idea to shift the challenge and earthquake ones to. Im not a big fan of overcomplicated layouts personally - simple, functional. Great job Pascal though appreciate your time on these. clap

[PascalR]

Cheers guys, I'll update the size , I agree about the surrounding space too, some of it will go away when I remove the old one.
Tony, I know there is a lot banner space right now, it will get lighter once the First Contact challenge is over.
Cheers for the feedback!

[Gagan Jain]

Do we need those button ?
And why ?
vBulletin has those but not has button...
if we go button then...New post,quick links button is must have....
Wide screen theme would be nice....
if not possible then can we have it has option so user can choose there wide screen theme

[PascalR]

Thanks, the reason is just that I don't like the look of the current navbar.
So it is not a crucial update, just cosmetic stuff and I'll make sure all functions are there once it is ready to roll.
Thanks for the feedback!

[El Burritoh]

:DI like the idea of the buttons. I think they're a little large at the moment.

The only thing that really stands out to me is, as Tony mentioned, all the visual "stuff" between the top of the page and the actual forum.

You might eliminate a row or two by placing all the challenge and appeal items on a single row, similar to the plugged threads at the top.

It doesn't change the awesome content and helpful attitudes inside the forum though, and that's the best part! As long as that remains unaffected!:D

[PascalR]

Thanks Tim, I'll remove the challenge banner once it is over, can't touch it right now (sponsors) :)
Cheers! :bouncy:

[BrettSinclair]

Hey Pascal. Looking great. I think the buttons look ok. They seem a little out of place compared (style wise) to the rest of the site. But I like it also because its easy to find >_<.

[PascalR]

Thanks for your input Brett, love your new avatar btw :D

[BrettSinclair]

Thanks for your input Brett, love your new avatar btw :D

HAha thanks Pascal. Ye good ol days. Miss them:)

Btw I see a zbrush banner. Great news for the site I hope :sw:

[Gagan Jain]

Top 3 banner
we can try to put two those banner to side of forum as those space are wasted
here is mockup
http://s1.postimage.org/x3c8gztb5/image.jpg

[PascalR]

Cheers Gagan, I can't move the Zbrush one to the side sorry, but I'll put the challenge spot on the side for the winners announcement.
Thanks for the sketch :thumbsup:

[Gagan Jain]

no problem :D

[Storm]

Hey Pascal ;)
I got a weird problem with my threads at the site, for some reason, all my posted pictures are super small:
6230

Is it just me or does any one else sees it like this as well?

[PascalR]

Thanks for letting me know Storm, I have run a couple of updates that may have interfered with some of the plugins.
I'll look into that asap

cheers

[PascalR]

it's only showing the thumbnail, not the actual attachment which is really annoying :( Sorry guys I am looking into it, I hate buggy updates:mad:

[PascalR]

Alright I've got a temp solution, if you re upload the problematic attachments, it should display bigger now.
I'll keep working on the issue.

Thanks

Pascal

[Storm]

Cool cool.
Thanks for the update ;)

[PascalR]

ok , sorry guys the problem remains for now, I couldn't keep the thumbnail size bigger as it is screwing up the thread previews.
I'll keep you posted as soon as I have a solution for this. :mad:

Cheers

[PascalR]

Hey guys, so for now if you want to get your attachments full size in the posts please use this BB code: [attachfull] instead of [attach]

<attachmentid> </attachmentid>Let me know if you have any problem with this

thanks

Pascal

[sam.balzer]

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but i think it would be nice to have a like button or something like that for threads or for individual posts. I find myself looking through some of the amazing work but not posting any response due to a lack of having anything intelligent to say and at the same time i thnik it would be nice to let the artist know that i looked and liked what they did.. i guess it would allow for people to be allot more lazy but it could also mean that threads arn't filled up with pages of praise posts and kept more on topic.. Just an idea and completely ripped off facebook :rofl:

[PascalR]

good point Sam, ideally people would only post constructive comments but yeah I know it's not always easy and for finished works people don't necessarily expect crits. People can already use the stars rating system but I'll see if there's anything like a "like" button mod avaibale out there for vbulletin.

Cheers!

[PascalR]

cool, I just added the facebook like button to each first post. Give it a go and let me know if this works for you.

cheers!

[PascalR]

Hey, I think I managed to fix the image attachment issue, so [attach] should work again, and display your images full rez just like it was before!
:dance:

[BrettSinclair]

Cool news. Though the attachment in my thread still seems to be "attached". I usually just use another host but thought let me try this method:p

[PascalR]

Hey Brett, I think it's because any image can't be wider than 720 pixels in the threads. It's just to keep the forum layout nice and clean. It works best with vertical style images I guess.
Great work on your latest character btw!

[BrettSinclair]

Hey Pascal. Nah I figured it out. I'm a bad reader. I checked out your "how to display full rez pictures within your post" link. My Bad it works, Thank you:).

[PascalR]

we're now 2000+ members, that's right! champagne for everyone ;) thanks all for the support

[Kel Solaar]

Yaarrrr! Excellent :)

KS

[tonytrout]

Sensational. Congrats to all :)

[thebest]

Congrats Pascal , this forum rocks so I guess thanks goes to you for providing such an amazing forum

[meshmasters]

Congratulations!

This is the best forum about, as far as I am concerned.

Keep up the great and inspirational work.

Cheers,

Joe

[jam-i-am]

congrats bud! this forum is a breath of fresh air each day i visit!

[MJG]

Hey Pascal,

Just a suggestion.
not sure if this is doable, but it would be nice to have one sticky "what are you working on" thread, in the wip section, where everybody posts in this one thread. maybe im just too lazy to look at each new thread that is created or go thru all the sketchbooks but i think with the addition of this, more ppl would post more often.

Sometimes it feels like this forum isnt "alive" as it could be.I know the forum is still growing but It could be for ppl who aren't dedicated enough to start their own sketchbook or wip thread, just to show something, along with everybody else. Could also attract new members.

something like polycounts wip thread
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79625
Thoughts?

[PascalR]

Thanks for your input Mladen, I know what you mean and that's a pretty good idea to make people post more, but I don't think it would make feedback and following on feedback easy at all. It may encourage people posting their work but I'm concerned good crits would get lost in a potentially long thread.
Maybe more in the sketchbook section than in the wip, since feedback is less required there.
I'd still be interested in listening to what other people think of that idea.
cheers!

[Storm]

1+ to that idea, could give a bit more life to the forum I think :)

[ianucci]

How about a speed painting/speed sculpting thread, something more ephemeral.

[MJG]

well if you look at the stats, more people visit the WIP forum, so if its made in the sketchbook section, it will probably get lost and/or will never grow.

I can see your concern about actual constructive feedback, in which case, one potential solution could be to make one rule in the thread, no praises allowed, only feedbacks


anyways, just a suggestion to improve the overall forum productivity.

btw, whatever happened to challenges? it would be sweet if those started up again

[PascalR]

well if you look at the stats, more people visit the WIP forum, so if its made in the sketchbook section, it will probably get lost and/or will never grow.

I can see your concern about actual constructive feedback, in which case, one potential solution could be to make one rule in the thread, no praises allowed, only feedbacks


anyways, just a suggestion to improve the overall forum productivity.

btw, whatever happened to challenges? it would be sweet if those started up again

Sounds good, just create a thread in the WIP section with the feedback rule mentioned and I'll make it sticky.
As for the challenges I didn't have time to prepare small ones recently as I am working on a big one that will hopefully start in December.

cheers

P.