"There's always the possibility that the person who uploaded it clicked the wrong button when uploading it and really meant it to be noncommerical only." Good point. :)

I don't think I've downloaded many items from free stuff that didn't have a readme file in them, but then again, I haven't downloaded a huge amount. Something that you might find helpful is to only download items that say they are for commercial usage under their thumbnail. I install those into my main library, and any that are for non-commercial usage into my downloads library(I'm using Poser 5), so that I don't mix them up. I even have two seperate folders I initially download them to...one for commercial usage, one for non-commercial usage, so that when I install them, I haven't lost track of what can and can't be used. A little time consuming, but considering the number of readme files you end up with(often having to rename them, as well) after a couple of years of buying and collecting, it's easier than trying to keep a log of them....though I keep meaning to do that, lol. Just a suggestion, hope you find it helpful. :)

Good luck, Asher!!

Heh, my brother's got a collection of Playboy. I'll give him something to do, and he can find it. ;)

I like Poser 5 myself...but what exactly are you wanting to explore? People, or scenic graphics? If it's scenic stuff, you could try either Bryce or Vue D'Esprit. Genesis II is freeware...it's a terrain generator/editor. I'm sure someone has the link and will post it.

I know I tend to try to keep my images non-left/right scrolling in regards to my screen rez, which is 1024x768. It does take some of the fun out of viewing others' works when you have to do a lot of scrolling to view them, but I don't think limiting the image dimensions is the answer. Some images just gotta be huge! :)

I'm on broadband, and Renderosity's the only site I've hit today that's running slow or having timeouts.

That's so cool! Congratulations, and great work!!

Don't let it bother you, Dee-Marie...everyone makes mistakes!! :)

not everyone's galleries are back to normal yet, but I'm glad Jenn's is. :) I was lucky...I keep my gallery images down to about 36 at any given point in time, and only 'lost' 4 images, which I was able to reupload immediately after reading what was going on.

I agree! :)

Actually, one of the mods said that the images wouldn't be back, Tim. :) That's where I was coming from with the 'no back up this time' remark. Not trying to hassle you guys, just was what I read about the problem. Still interested in an answer to my suggestion, though. :)

ghatihan - 3pts MistDragon - 2pts Neyjour - 1pts There were 3 more I wish I could vote for, as well, as I really think they captured the contest idea well....Ariah, SamTherapy, and Axe Gaijin. Good luck, all!

why can't you name the publishing company?

There's also the added benefit of new viewers to a member's gallery. There's not so many images being uploaded every day that members and visitors aren't able to surf more artists' galleries to view their work. I've been getting loads more views per image, and I'm by no means a 'superb' artist, as so many on my favorites list are! I was a bit upset at first too, but it really works better this way...more views, new repeat viewers, etc. My .02 :)