Is the Gallery section starting to resemble 3DWH?
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After reading through some of the posts on this thread I feel that breaking the Gallery section into a Gallery and WIP threads isn't as good an idea as having a separate Gallery section that doesn't have posts.
I'm trying to convince one of my clients to lean more towards SketchUp and Vray rather than going the AutoCAD Architecture route and I'd like to be able to point her to a Gallery of images to make my point. I can send her to the existing Gallery but she doesn't want to read through all sorts of comments, she just wants to see what the software can do for her.
Furthermore, with a separate Gallery, some of the spectacular accomplishments by Solo and others would be around for a much longer period than they are now.
I can do that with modo. There is a Gallery of images that are chosen by the moderators. It's very easy to flip through them to get a sense of what can be accomplished with the software.
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@arail1 said:
... she just wants to see what the software can do for her.
A very good point, one that can be extended to anyone who is unaware of what can be achieved or supported with Sketchup - art, design, manufacture, construction, shopping, educating and on and on.
Rather than masterpieces selected by moderators the gallery could be a place for real member/guest interaction using demographic controls and options.
It is quite disconcerting that some members take a "doesn't affect me" attitude - very shortsighted in my opinion.
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@unknownuser said:
I'm trying to convince one of my clients to lean more towards SketchUp and Vray
What this has to do with SCF?
Solo is not even working with vray.
This is not a SU+vray forum, am I right?
Lot of people do other experiments using lot of apps, workflows etc. Your client will be confused reading all these.
You can't ask for this, its not about personal needs here. Lot of apps like Twilight, podium, shaderlight etc are SU oriented and have some nice galleries on their sites.
Solution: just google, lets say SU+vray+galleries. Or just search SCF, you may convince your client that vray is the best renderer for SU. Possibly.
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@michaliszissiou said:
@unknownuser said:
I'm trying to convince one of my clients to lean more towards SketchUp and Vray
I think what was meant here was more an alternative to Autodesk etc. or perhaps orthogonal drawings in general. This is an extremely important subject if we are ever to reduce the massive and unnecessary amount of paper oriented communication in the building industry and elsewhere. Sketchup models, rendered or not, seem to me to be a good basis for a new modus operandi.
Don't you think?
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I'm not sure how much work would be involved but I think it would be a good idea to include a small thumbnail preview for the finished work gallery posts. It seems like most forums nowadays are going that route anyway.
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Yeah I suppose there is a lot of stuff that isnt too great but people have to learn somewhere. I agree about constructive criticisms and that some people take much offense. I think its great I post on other forums just to get those type of responses. But its true a lot of people seem to post images of barely put together projects. I know im guilty of posting a lot but like somebody mentioned earlier the gallery should be too showcase work that the user wants to show off and is proud of.
I wouldn't say its anywhere as bad as the 3D warehouse! that place is a mess but its not all bad at least its getting young people interested in 3D! But the whole car modding thing is a joke!!!! grrr
I think its simple really, split the gallery to a work in progress section and then a finished images gallery. And if its possible have a small thumbnail section to show tiny images before you click on the post. But I dont know how difficult that would be, I hope its sorted out however!Hope you can split the gallery good luck with whatever you choose.
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