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Subject: I want your opinion


Batronyx ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 4:55 PM · edited Tue, 21 January 2025 at 10:01 PM

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Which of these potential thumbnail candidates best invites you the viewer to have a closer look at my image, and, if possible, why? I haven't posted the pic yet. I've been agonizing over this question amid other distractions. :)


ockham ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 4:57 PM

Immediate (unthinking) response: The image with the face catches my eye. The others don't.

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leather-guy ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 5:00 PM

Same here.


spurlock5 ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 5:01 PM

All of them because of the lighting and the cloth effects but it is the figure that catches the attention.


geoegress ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 5:11 PM

none- personally I prefer to see the whole image in the thumbs


Porthos ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 5:25 PM

Personally the one with the face! :)

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igohigh ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 5:25 PM

If I were browsing the gallery only the one with the face would catch my eye. I think it all depends on the overall image as I too like to 'tease' with partial thumbs. If it's just a portrait I'd like to see the whole thing in the thumb but if the image (like yours) has some nice detail with eye candy within then it's a pleasure to open up the whole image, it's like getting a bonus to enter!


Batronyx ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 6:14 PM

Thanks everyone! Based on your opinions, I made a completely different thumbnail. But when uploaded I couldn't make up my mind on the genre! LOL! Hope you enjoy it anyway.


PheonixRising ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 7:48 PM

Thumbnails of just a small piece of the image irritate me personally. I want to see half the image or more in the thumb. If you must to a close-up..use the arms folded over the boobs. Boob close-ups always work.

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Batronyx ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 7:54 PM

"Boob close-ups always work" LOL! Yeah I've noticed that. I settled on a thumbnail which is actually a little over half of the image. Thanks for your input.


Niles ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 8:17 PM

I like to see the complete image... but in this case go with the face.


_dodger ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 9:49 PM

You need one that makes people think they are giong to see someone nekkid.


SothArtist ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 10:30 PM

For me its the last one. Love the shadows and atmoshpere of it. But it might not show up so well as a thumbnail.


PapaBlueMarlin ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 11:15 PM

I agree with SothArtist... the last pic is the most interesting. Sometimes a face pic is inviting and other times, it's better to experiment and try to find some aspect such as lighting which really draws the onlooker in.



Dizzie ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 11:30 PM

The one with the face shows me enough of the image that I wouldn't go look at it bigger....even the others that show almost all of the dress do me the same way...no intrigue....the 3rd one (closer look of the shoe) gets my attention...makes me want to see what body is on that foot and what scene is attached to what looks like might be an interesting door....


bikermouse ( ) posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 11:31 PM

How about all six in an animation, each one about 1/2 sec frame . . . but to answer your question - the face and the bottom right catch my attention the most.


Spit ( ) posted Mon, 14 July 2003 at 1:16 AM

None. I've clicked on way too many thumbnails where the thumbnail was the best part of the image, the whole thing was blah. I limit my clicking to thumbs that show the whole picture. My thumbs show the entire image and if that means someone won't click because they've seen it all so don't want to see the big version that's fine with me.


mondoxjake ( ) posted Mon, 14 July 2003 at 7:07 PM

No question about it: The one that shows the girl's face. I have bypassed many thumbnails such as the others shown because of uncertainty of what the picture is about. [One reason for this is a slow system...don't want to sit for 4-min d/l to see if I was correct in my guess of what the image contained.] Out of boredom I have sometimes backtracked to a thumnailed pic that I passed to find a real work of art. I do believe that creating an effective thumbnail is an art in itself and should represent the graphic to invite viewing. It doesn't necessarily require full view of the picture but at least an overall idea of content. Your thumbnail is your promotional advertisement. This subject is one that rarely comes up, but might just be worth a small tutorial.


_dodger ( ) posted Wed, 16 July 2003 at 12:59 AM

There's a good point here: if your image has good composition, a thumbnail of the entire image will be the best composed thumbnail as well. If your thumbnail is only a part of the image and has better composition than the entire piece, perhaps the full piece needs cropping.


TrekkieGrrrl ( ) posted Wed, 16 July 2003 at 2:25 AM

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The point is (as also mentioned in another thread recently) that some pictures "thumbnail" better than others.

Portraits for instance makes usually great thumbnails while large landscapes would turn into a blurry mess. Also sometimes you make an image to kinda surprise the viewer, not necessarily TRICKING people to look at what the "think will be someone nekkid", allthough I HAVE noticed that that sort of thumbnails generally gets a hicher click ratio.

Attached is an example of a pic that shows something else than what the viewer expects. At least from the comments and IM's I got ;o) Click it and see for yourself :o)

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