You've all covered it pretty well here. I'll add my thoughts to the list. I used to do creative thumbnails, or details from the photo. I like the control ReRo allows artists. It is your gallery, and you should be able to exhibit things the way you want. It all depends wether you view the thumbs as utilitarian or as art in themselves. I almost never click on images without thumbs, so I really think some sort of thumbnail is needed. **If ReRo could generate a thumbnail if the artist doesn't provide one, I think that would be the ideal. But keep the option available to provide your own.** My thumbs have evolved to a format where I normally show the entire image, and use a black border to fill up the rest of the 200x200 space. I think it gives my gallery a nice uniform look if someone is browsing through it. But I feel that there are occasions where a creative thumb is an intriguing idea. About 2 weeks ago I posted 3 images with animated thumbs. They added some extra interest and I don't think they detracted from the larger work. An example is above. All that said, I would not be TOO opposed to Renderosity moving to an automatic thumb generation system. I just don't want us to become like all the other art sites out there. This is Renderosity, not DeviantArt, and it has it's own style and flavor. Let's evolve, but not loose our identity.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations