Thank you. That's exactly what the issue was.

There's a bloom filter? I didn't realize that. Any idea where that might be or should I just investigate?

Yes, I am. Maybe there is a different between 3Delight renders and IRAY? I get the blowout in IRAY but haven't tried 3Delight yet.

I see this but it doesn't render like that. For some reason, I can't attach a picture of it but the light looks like a light spot of some sort.

Ah, this debate will never end...stop fussing and make art...LOL!

Actually, Lucie, that doesn't work for me in Firefox nor I.E.  I'll probably try to use Opera or Safari or something.

Who's idea was this new layout anyway?  Was it the vendors or something?

Quote - You may assume others don't already know about some measures to reduce piracy you mention, but may I suggest you look up what playing "devil's advocate" means and how it differs from being an actual "advocate." 

Secondly, the piece by hiperia3d I quoted and my own point were about how tolerance of piracy helps a lot of new people on the scene think "it's ok" and "everybody's doing it" and that doesn't help us developers at all. And more to the point (my point) people in position to be role models such as community leaders ideally would NOT take this tolerant stance especially in public, just IMO. 

Not trying to change anyones' minds here.  Forget I posted.

Definition of devil's advocate: In common parlance, a devil's advocate is someone who, given a certain argument, takes a position he or she does not necessarily agree with, just for the sake of argument. In taking such position, the individual taking on the devil's advocate role seeks to engage others in an argumentative discussion process. The purpose of such process is typically to test the quality of the original argument and identify weaknesses in its structure, and to use such information to either improve or abandon the original, opposing position.

I'm well aware what a devil's advocate is and according to the definition above, that's exactly what I did.  Now, if I hurt your feeling in the process, well, I can't help that because I meant no harm.

People are going to get out of it what they want, some will see my point, others will look at it as giving them "permission" to go ahead and do what they wanted in the first place.  All I can do is encourage thought on both sides and I stand by my argument.  You stated I should have a ZERO TOLERANCE stance on it.  If I was part of the Internet police, I would stop piracy just like everyone else, even if my tolerance for it is not all the way down to zero.  Why?  Because, in any form it hurts the original creator.  Bottomline.  I guess I had to just spell that out since obviously I offended some people.

As far as the community leader being a role model and they shouldn't have a tolerance?

1.) I'm am a simple forum coordinator, do you even know what that entails?  It sure as heck does not involve any leadership in any capacity except in guiding someone to follow the TOC of gallery posting.

2.) Even if I was a community leader, so to speak, I'm entitled to my own opinion.  Statements like yours are why many crooked politicians get elected who they shouldn't.  People don't like to hear the truth.  They would rather you lie to them, and that perplexs me.

3.)We're going to have to agree to disagree.  I'm not here to get you to look at it from my stand point nor are you here to get me to look at it from yours.  If you are familiar with the measures, I go back one of my previous posts and say that instead of making something negative out of the fact that I played "devil's advocate", use those measures to better protect yourself.

Someone just shared a DMCA form that can be filed electronically very quickly.  I suggest you start there.

Peace.

My problem is this layout is just like the one at Illusion Design, where you can grab images to place in a database in order to maintain some organization.  Right click on the image within the Flash gallery does not give you an option to save it some where.

I guess that's just something we have to deal with I guess.

Quote - Offer better products and services and people will pirate them more. That's the fact.

For my part, I will hunt pirates as I've done, successfully, always.

Personally I am tired of this conversation. I think no one will convince no one. I just will unsubscribe. My time is little and 3D consumes a lot of time to be done, time that those people steal. If I can help any other companion 3D modeler to crush them, just email me, I will.

And that's about all you really can do and at least on that we can agree.  And people will always pirate, but that should not stop you from giving and being the best at what you do and have to offer.

Quote - I totally miss the point, yes. I don't work for free, never, nor tolerate people making profit like parasites on me. I sell here because I consider this an association, so I share my benefits.

I understand that you two have honest opinions and are against piracy, but you don't understand that they don't need devil  advocates or understanding. They are the majority in some countries, and have lots of people supporting them. It is us who need support.

Okay, let's be honest about something...all sites, whether they are illegal or legal sites, are parasites.  One is more parasitic than the other.  Unless you are getting 100% of profit from your hardwork, you are still being taken, Jordi.

That said, again, you are only looking at it from your side, which is perfectly fine and I understand that piracy is allegedly devestating in other countries.  But I also know that we here in the States, and maybe the UK and Canada, may have more to say about individual liberties and freedom of speech and choice than in most countries as well.

Why I say this?  Even though they try it all the time, we sometimes just don't believe everything we read, see, or hear because there's always two or three sides to a story.  Your country tells you that piracy is seriously hurting digital media sales right.

They say the same thing over here.  But we can police statements like this one through fact checking.  Who's to say the governing bodies of these countries just are using this argument as a way to control how cash flows to them?  Both the RIAA and MPAA have made these statements, yet there has been no serious decline in buying music nor movie watching nor DVD and Blu-Ray sales.

People will say anything and if there are enough passionate people out there, they will believe it.

Jordi, piracy is not going away until a uniformed unilateral fight is taken to it.    Somethings you just have to accept.  FSMCDesign made a comment about people don't understand piracy if it doesn't effect them.  Are you kidding me?  There's been several times I had something that I worked hard for stolen from me and resold.  Are you serious?  But, I'm not so upset and passionate where I want to wage a one person war.  I accepted it, moved on, and better protected myself.

And the best defense is truly a good offense.  Offer better products and services and people will be more than willing to support you.

And don't believe everything you hear, find out for yourself.  And with that, I'm done, until someone wrongfully accuses me of advocating piracy again.

Quote - I equate a person that runs a warez site with a child molester, the worst of the worst and the users are not much better...

As for the claim that the users that d/l and never pay for anything they d/l being small, I seriously doubt that.

Try before you buy,... just another way to justify getting something for free.

And if that was the case, there would be several car dealerships with no cars, no one would be buying specialty foods if they could not sample a taste, and a shoe salesman would never have any shoes after someone tries them on.

Again, I think all of you are missing the point because you are so passionate about this.  And that child molester thing...are you serious?  For real?  Let's see, someone who assaults my child and could scare them psychologically for life versus someone who downloads my product from some warez site for free.  One I could easily recover from and the other I could not.  One I could recoup loses from, the other I could not.  Sorry, I can't see the analogy here accept when it's dealing with lost money or revenue.  Digital content has produced a seemingly incurable disease, but not completely invincible.

Let's use Aery Soul for an example, who have publically stated that piracy was NOT the reason they were shuting down but the global economy being in the crapper the way it is.  Aery Soul had quality stuff and while their stuff was on these sites, it doesn't really seem like they started hurting until people just could not afford the stuff.  Now, they are regulated to just Daz, Rendo, and a few others, but they were doing quite well for a long time...and piracy was in full effect.

Honestly, I don't care if you demonize a titled forum coordinator for not having zero tolerance.  But judge from your comment, AprilYSH, and hipend3d...I think you all are missing a very valuable point.

Quote - Just my opinion but it would have been nice to see a titled Forum Coordinator have ZERO TOLERANCE for warez, not playing devil's advocate. :/ 

I'm going to take acception to this because I'm the only titled forum coordinator that played devil's advocate.  First off, you really don't know where I stand.  I can play devil's advocate if I wish to challenge "conventional wisdom".  So, what, saying I have ZERO TOLERANCE for warez would've made you feel better?  Here's a secret.  Those who have said they have ZERO TOLERANCE are guilty of it at least once in their lives, which is truly sad because they are being hypocrits.

One thing about me, you're not going to get someone who is going to willingly join the masses on a witch hunt, because I've been on both sides of the fence, thus I understand both sides to some degree.

This does not mean that I advocate pirating and to say what you said above...you might as well named names.

So, if I'd said I have ZERO TOLERANCE, would that have made you feel better?  Would that have made the situation any better?  The world is not as black and white as you might think, April.

And as someone whom has supported you in the past, both here at Rendo and at Daz, let me give you a little advice.  Instead of clinging to "how sad it is that a titled forum coordinator does not have zero tolerance", why don't you take this opportunity to learn from what I am trying to do here.

FACT: piracy is not going away anytime soon.  FACT: From what I can say, the 3D Content Industry does not have enough unified resources to really fight this problem.  FACT:  There are great vendors who do quality work and do not seemingly hurt as much some other alledge.  Some actively search these sites for their stuff and I've had no problem reporting these things back to vendors as well.  But, there are also vendors who charge a lot for lazy and sloppy work and no one wants to part with their hard earned money over crap.  Bottomline.  FACT:  Saying I have ZERO TOLERANCE is not going to make the situation any better.  A more truer statement from me:  I don't advocate it and I surely do not advocate pirates making money off of people's hard work, which is why this was started in the first place.  FACT:  And I stand by this one for sure, push yourself as a vendor and artist and continue to make quality products and you will experience increased sales.  As crazy as it may sound, I would've never heard of most of the favorite vendors had I not seen some of their stuff somewhere.  That also includes that Vayne Braid hair that you did and sold here and now sell at Renderosity.  I saw that hair on a site just like the one we are talking about and I bought it from here for $10.00 anyway.

Does that sound like someone who advocates piracy to you?  You can look at my account.  I've spent well over $1000 just at Rendo alone.  And you say I advocate piracy, huh?

Until a uniformed effort can be made to at least simmer down piracy in the 3D content industry and eventually squash it, making statements about me not having ZERO TOLERANCE really isn't going to amount to anything because you are focusing on the wrong thing.

Look at it this way, I'm a titled Forum Coordinator and I'm basically given you the best way and means possible to protect yourself and ensure your success as a vendor and that's by sharing my experiences.  I'm doing it openly and honestly because I don't advocate it.  If I did advocate it, you wouldn't hear a peep out of me and more than likely, I wouldn't be a coordinator.

Quote - The internet is about the OWNER sharing, not others sharing things of the owner.

It's simple. If you make a cake you can share it with your neighbour. But if someone enters your house, takes the cake and shares it with your neighbour, that's stealing.

Always find similar situations in physical life, you will see things crystal clear.

It can also be argued that if I bought a physical CD and give it to my friend, then it's okay.  But if I bought a digital copy from iTunes and gave it to him, then I just committed piracy.

There's always two sides to every situation, or better yet...three sides.  I'm just saying.

And me just being on the outside looking in, from the looks of all these awards shows, red carpet parties, entertainment news entries and such...It doesn't seem like piracy is hurting the entertainment industry over here at all.