Anthanasius opened this issue on Oct 15, 2009 · 48 posts
Teyon posted Fri, 16 October 2009 at 9:07 AM
Here's my thing:
So I used to be the mod for the modeling gallery. What do you think I should've done with all the folks who insisted (and still insist) on putting Poser models in there? Not just Poser models but UNTOUCHED Poser models. I mean, if you're the content creator, fine, post away, but if your entire image needs to credit someone else for every model in the scene, you have NO BUSINESS posting it in the Modeling Gallery. Period. Poser is my bread and butter and I tell you, nothing got to me more than seeing Poser models in the modeling gallery with no explanation why they were there.
I mean, at least claim to have made the morph. I'd almost be okay with that but to just pose a figure and render it does not equate to modeling it.
Now I understand there's a language barrier - it's the internet and all - people may mistake the word Modeling for fashion runway shots or some such thing. I'd have thought a look around the gallery after posting would make you realize the mistake but...nope. So I posted an explanation of what the gallery was for in the gallery header. My thought was, oh, if they see this, they can figure out it's the wrong place to put their work. Heck, it's easy to translate using Google or something. Nope.
So what do you do with that? How do you deal with that? Poser is a great app - again, my livelihood - but it doesn't deserve to be in every gallery category in every situation.
(lord I hope I don't get yelled at for posting this - and no, I'm not talking the community)
My thoughts on posting Poser models to other app categories is simply - if you spent more time there than in Poser, go for it. There's nothing wrong with that. It may have taken you awhile to surface and light that scene or you may have needed to re rig a figure in order to correct some bends. Whatever. When it comes to posting in the various application categories, just make sure to explain how each program was used and I'm a happy camper.