Getting advice from other Bryce users on a WIP does not make the image any less yours. I have posted WIPs for diffent reasons: "This is my idea for the Challenge." Different people come up with similar ideas sometimes, this is a way of declaring intentions so more than one person don't waste time on a similar idea, and can move on. "I'm stuck." This is a good idea, but I can't figure what to do next. "How do I..." I have a specific thing that is wrong here, how do i fix it? "Here's what I'm working on, I've spent quite a lot of time on it, and I'm proud of how it's going so far; just want to share it with friends." How do you like it so far? There are others. None of these make the final image belong to someone else. Similarly, if you use a free object you did not make in a render, does it make the image any less yours? Some would argue that it does. I would say it does not. Finally, I don't think that comments/criticism in the galleries is Off Topic at all. But it has received a lot coverage here in the past. Try searching the Forum with the keyword "comments" or "criticism", and check out some of those threads. John

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

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"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy