Hi Adele,

I'm very glad you could join us.

"What's the deal?"

There is no "deal."

"Does there have to be a certain amount of people saying I'm in the front row, to see the tutorial?"

No.

"Or the fairly obvious reply of I'm here. For fear of you storming off again ..."

I beg your pardon. I do not believe that I went "storming off." I was very quietly removing my posts from the forum, for very personal reasons, and my action evidently caused a rather large response. The response was large enough that I felt a responsibility to explain my reasons for taking the action that I did. I do not plan to do that again in the near future unless the majority of responses to my posts appear to have a "harsh" tone to them.

" ... all the response let's get the ball rolling."

The "ball is rolling." Page 1 has been posted.

"Most people ..."

Please forgive me, but I am not "most people."

" ... would show the tutorial immediately ..."

I am sorry but I can not show you what has not been created yet.

" ... and not wait for the apparently obligatory pandering ..."

I certainly hope that is not what is happening for if I find out that it is, I shall just stop producing these tutorials altogether. That is not a threat, that is a fact.

" ... that seems to precede them."

That is usually where they are located, i.e., immediately after Page 1, when a new "class" is started.

"I'm not trying to be rude ... "

I understand that. You are mildly upset by the fact that something is not as you would like it to be and you are expressing your feelings. You have every right to do that and I appreciate you taking the time to share your feelings.

" I just find it tedious."

I am sorry you feel that way. It is not my intention to make anything "tedious" for anyone.

Please let me explain that these pages are posted almost as soon as they are generated. I do, however, take time out to eat, sleep, bathe, answer emails, other correspondence, and take care of other normal bodily functions, also.

I like to take enough time to insure that the information that is presented here for your viewing pleasure and information is correct and, hopefully, presented in such a way as to minimize questions.

Sometimes my research and testing take several hours and some of the pages are done, initially, with 10-12 layers in my graphics program before they are assembled and posted.

I try, where I can, to inject some humor into the tuts to make them more enjoyable for those who care to look at them and this, in and of itself, usually takes some additional time.

Sometimes, I find the need to spend some time trying to generate a reasonable response to a post in one of my tuts that might anger or irritate me such that it would be fairly easy to "lash out" with a quick response. That serves no useful purpose, so I feel that it is time well spent to generate a reasonable and measured response. This, of course, is time that I am not able to work on the next page of the tutorial.

If you would like, I would be glad to notify you by IM, email or with a special post in the Forum directed specifically to you to let you know when a tutorial has been completed and where it is located so that you can then read the complete presentation without waiting. I do apologize, however, because you will probably still have to scroll through the "obligatory 'I'm here's" to get to Page 2.

Thank you for your input.

cheers,

dr geep

;=]

Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"

cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

edited 10/5/2019