During today’s gallery maintenance we have changed a few things.

You may notice a new look and feel in some areas but there are a few new enhanced features as well!

* Multiple Gallery Image Uploads
* Render Reward Tip Jar
* You can now leave multiple comments on artwork
* Enhanced zoom features for images

* 5 image upload per hour is now enforced to prevent gallery flooding

We hope you will enjoy these new gallery features!

Have Fun!

Yes, "you" have made changes which is mostly good.  However, all videos can no longer be viewed. The video player seems to be disabled.

enigma-man posted at 2:19 PM Tue, 8 March 2022 - #4435630

Yes, "you" have made changes which is mostly good.  However, all videos can no longer be viewed. The video player seems to be disabled.

https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3047530/it-was-slightly-hotter-this-time

I feel bad for him. He's not gonna be very happy when he sees this... you took away his little hearts lol

I am using Firefox with the latest update which installed just a few hours ago and an update to Windows 10 as well. So, I am up to date. All videos, no matter who posted them, including mine are broken. I don't even have the media player showing up.  Everything was working before, so it is something in the code...

Montgomery Scott, Engineer on the Enterprise once said " The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain..."

You have plugged up the drain, Get some Mr. Plumber or Draino.  :)

They play on my laptop (Firefox) and phone (Opera) but yes I've ran into some videos that worked one day and didn't work the next day... weird!!

My video works every single time because of the format I used... it's fully compatible:

https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3038812/oh-dear

I'm running google chrome.. and i've recently watched ( in the last hour)  Enigma- man's F22 animation it worked fine...

@Darkglass: You have violated copyright by posting that screenshot. You will pay.... I'M KIDDING.  When I click on a video I don't even have the media player showing. That's my problem, no media player. I have encountered the odd one not playing in the past but this has to do with the update to the gallery, Firefox or Windows 10 that all happened today. All of my videos are mp4 format so it can't be that.

Maybe Putin saw my anti-Russian content and after seeing it said "Screw you, Den... LOL

@enigma-man - I posted the screenshot... Robert Zemeckis and Good Year said exactly the same thing about your video... but they said you got nothing they want LOL!

There's a way to re-encode those video files online so they play every time... I helped someone before with this, just can't remember exactly

EDIT: I got it!

https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2961836/uploading-a-video

I see that the incredibly shrinking artist gallery pages feature has been removed. Good! I hated that feature.

It's not a video coding issue. I looked at what format was acceptable back in 2019 and have uploaded several videos all in mp4 format with no problems until today.

I did some detective work. Dick Tracy is on the case. That was my nickname when I was in school many moon ago. It seems to be a Windows 10 or Firefox problem on the computer I am currently using. I powered up an older computer with Win 7 and with Firefox. The video player shows up and videos play fine.  It has nothing to do with the changes so I apologize for assuming it was due to the site changes. (Hangs head in shame).  Not knowing what to look for is going to make it difficult to solve the problem. I'll figure it out eventually.

https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3047530/it-was-slightly-hotter-this-time

I feel bad for him. He's not gonna be very happy when he sees this... you took away his little hearts lol

Angela3D posted at 8:22 PM Tue, 8 March 2022 - #4435656

TwiztidKidd posted at 3:33 PM Tue, 8 March 2022 - #4435640

https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3047530/it-was-slightly-hotter-this-time

I feel bad for him. He's not gonna be very happy when he sees this... you took away his little hearts lol

And my smilies!! :'(

Unfortunately the fix for this is a bit complicated. But rest assured, we are working on it. :)

It seems to be a Windows 10 or Firefox problem on the computer I am currently using. I powered up an older computer with Win 7 and with Firefox. The video player shows up and videos play fine.  It has nothing to do with the changes so I apologize for assuming it was due to the site changes. (Hangs head in shame).  Not knowing what to look for is going to make it difficult to solve the problem. I'll figure it out eventually.

We did switch to a new video player. Like the old one, it relies on JavaScript. Do you have any plugins installed on your browser? Sometimes ad block plugins can interfere with certain scripts, but I haven't had any issue with that so far. Firefox also has privacy options that can interfere, so that may be something to check on? 

@enigma-man - No need to apologize my friend, if you feel that way then I will start to feel sorry too... and it doesn't help anyone, that's for sure... let's work it out. Yes... I do have a Win7 with Firefox laptop LOL!

@lauraguo - it's usually the hardware accel. that doesn't agree with the video player inside the browser... could be a b uffering issue also... I see sometimes the video loads right away entirely (the tracking bar)... sometimes it doesn't want to load all the way and it just hangs like quarter way in

Congratulations. Excellent changes to the gallery experience. As a long-time member of Renderosity (2001), I say bravo!

I noticed a few things were different when I uploaded an image earlier. I've not encountered any problems (so far). Seems like EVERYTHING got updated today... Windows, all 3 browsers I use (Firefox, Chrome, Edge).. What the heck? Did I miss something? Is march 8th now "Intergalactic Update Stuff Day?" Sheesh... 😂

I am never much for commenting on this kind of stuff. I am holding out any kind of opinion till I am sure lol. I know I luv the art and the family feel this site offers or offered,  but that is starting to feel a long way away. When I joined this site, it took me a year or more to pluck up the courage to post a pic. This new add a point blah... no thank you. I couldn't give a crap if someone sold  any art I posted. Its just there free to use. Okay yes I have a opinion already... when did the beauty of art and sharing go away to be replaced by commercialism??? 

When did we give up??

I wanted to give credit to the Vendor when I posted an Image earlier, but the drop-down menu only showed a few options from this Vendor's Store and there is no scrolling option.

Raindroptheelf, 

You can type in the box (where the red arrow is pointing) to find the product you're looking for. The system searches for matching phrases as you type which narrows down the results in the dropdown. This is also why there isn't a scroll bar anymore. Does this help?

From this thread: https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2969426/gallery-update-error-500. Copy + pasting here in case it's helpful for others. :)

TwiztidKidd posted at 9:13 PM Tue, 8 March 2022 - #4435661

@lauraguo - it's usually the hardware accel. that doesn't agree with the video player inside the browser... could be a b uffering issue also... I see sometimes the video loads right away entirely (the tracking bar)... sometimes it doesn't want to load all the way and it just hangs like quarter way in

ACue posted at 12:45 AM Wed, 9 March 2022 - #4435664

Congratulations. Excellent changes to the gallery experience. As a long-time member of Renderosity (2001), I say bravo!

RodS posted at 3:07 AM Wed, 9 March 2022 - #4435666

I noticed a few things were different when I uploaded an image earlier. I've not encountered any problems (so far). Seems like EVERYTHING got updated today... Windows, all 3 browsers I use (Firefox, Chrome, Edge).. What the heck? Did I miss something? Is march 8th now "Intergalactic Update Stuff Day?" Sheesh... 😂

katyee posted at 3:35 AM Wed, 9 March 2022 - #4435667

I am never much for commenting on this kind of stuff. I am holding out any kind of opinion till I am sure lol. I know I luv the art and the family feel this site offers or offered,  but that is starting to feel a long way away. When I joined this site, it took me a year or more to pluck up the courage to post a pic. This new add a point blah... no thank you. I couldn't give a crap if someone sold  any art I posted. Its just there free to use. Okay yes I have a opinion already... when did the beauty of art and sharing go away to be replaced by commercialism??? 

katyee, are you referring to the tip jar? I'll communicate any feedback you have with the rest of the team.

This is going to be hard to get used to... hitting the back button everytime you want to return to the gallery page... I got used to closing the window/tab once I was done viewing/commenting... so I ended up closing everything entirely as I was on my last browser window that was open lol

TwiztidKidd, good catch! Don't get used to it because it's not a thing anymore. (I fixed it.)

Artwork should open in a new tab if you're clicking on thumbnails and titles from pages like featured, sections, genres, etc. As always, let me know if that's not the case.

Allright!! Thank you so much!

The images on the Activity Feed page do not open in a new window but that's always been like that... then there's that blank space down the middle of the page... images on the left and feat. news on the right... nothing in the middle... blank. it's not a very appealing format.

Ah, yes. The only links I changed were the ones on the quick view popup and on these kinds of tiles, to match what it was before:

Currently we're focusing on the gallery, but I'll pass your feedback on to the team for when we do get to that :)

I've never used that quick view feature... and you have to click on it? might as well click on the image... but maybe others find it useful... You can put the flag icons on the thumbnail... for L anguage N udity V iolence that would be cool.

Can you make it like on Instagram... where you can delete (hide) any comment posted on your images? (only on your own images)

I know my media player problem was on everyone's mind except for the guy who posted before this post...  :) 

My problem is solved. Ghostery  is an ad blocker and was preventing the new media player from even showing up. It's disabled for this site.

TwiztidKidd, I'm not sure how many more features like that we'll change or add, but I can pass your feedback on to the rest of the team.

Thank you so much! Why do we need that feature?

comment 1: A

comment 2: M

comment 3: A

comment 4: Z

comment 5: I

comment 6: N

comment 7: G

Since you enabled multiple comments, you know some people, who see it as being fun, will do this... SO NOW I have to look for a mod to delete all that crap for me.

Thanks a lot! I gotta run but I'll stop by to see what's up lol... your doing very well! Keep up the good work!

Rick

Thank you so much! Why do we need that feature?

comment 1: A

comment 2: M

comment 3: A

comment 4: Z

comment 5: I

comment 6: N

comment 7: G

Since you enabled multiple comments, you know some people, who see it as being fun, will do this... SO NOW I have to look for a mod to delete all that crap for me.

Thanks a lot! I gotta run but I'll stop by to see what's up lol... your doing very well! Keep up the good work!

Rick

When you click on a thumbnail in the gallery it doesn't open in a new window or tab... it takes you to the image and then you have to hit the back button to get back to the gallery?

Miss B, no worries, that stays the same way. I prefer windows over tabs because windows flash if something in one of the windows open needs your attention.You can do both.

About the new tabs -- in Firefox there's an add-on you have to install (see pic), in Opera it's in the settings, in Chrome is just like in Firefox, in Internet Explorer... "Grandma, is that you?"

Hi !

It seems to me that no one has already written anything about it:
if you choose Galleries / Sections / Poser, or Galleries/Genres / Illustration / from the menu, I don't see the image uploaded today and in the Poser section I only see two images made with Poser.

Now I can see other images, going from "new art" ...

Hi RAGraphicDesign,

Was it this image that wasn't showing up for you? https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3050887/walk-in-the-rain

I see it in Galleries / Sections / Poser and Galleries / Genres / Illustration now, does it show for you?

Yes, I see it now

TwiztidKidd posted at 11:54 PM Wed, 9 March 2022 - #4435723

Miss B, no worries, that stays the same way. I prefer windows over tabs because windows flash if something in one of the windows open needs your attention.You can do both.

About the new tabs -- in Firefox there's an add-on you have to install (see pic), in Opera it's in the settings, in Chrome is just like in Firefox, in Internet Explorer... "Grandma, is that you?"

Thanks for the heads-up. 

I know that when you want to give credit to a vendor, you can enter their name and start typing the product name for a list of products, but since some vendors like to put their name at the beginning of all their products so it becomes more impractical. Or if it's a vendor that supports a figure extensively, and you start with the figure because you don't always know the exact spelling of the name but you know you'll recognize it when you see it, but then you get something like this

and it's not there and you can't scroll to find it.

Can't see my new picture of yesterday in my gallery. And the sections don't work too.

RedPhantom, I see the issue. I'll look into adding a scroll bar or something else to mitigate that.

TwiztidKidd, are you still having that issue? I also experienced some intermittent site issues like that in the past few days, but they cleared up after a while.

LadyNightVamp, I see the issue and will relay that info to the rest of the team. That's definitely something on our end.

Issue with new images not showing up in section, genre, and user gallery pages has been fixed. :)

We have also added a scroll bar to the vendor products dropdown based on RedPhantom's issue.

Ok, so "galleries" "new" is limited to six pages, how do I view all artworks now?

wscottart, we've had another member also bring that up. I'll check with the team about that and we'll see what we can do.

RedPhantom, I see the issue. I'll look into adding a scroll bar or something else to mitigate that.

TwiztidKidd, are you still having that issue? I also experienced some intermittent site issues like that in the past few days, but they cleared up after a while.

LadyNightVamp, I see the issue and will relay that info to the rest of the team. That's definitely something on our end.

Lauraguo , thanks so much