mjshepherd opened this issue on Apr 01, 2001 ยท 18 posts
mjshepherd posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 3:54 PM
Is it just me, or does everyone find the following : When you post more than 1 image in the gallery at a time, the one you thought was OK gets the most hits, while the one you loved gets the least? How do you create a thumbnail a gets loadsa hits? (Apart from giving a glmpse of nudity, putting the word 'nudity' on or wrtiting 'Syyd' over the top of it? LOL)
Marshmallowpie posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 5:00 PM
lol....Yeah, I have noticed the same. Hmm, I don't really know why that happens, and I wouldn't know how to make interesting thumbnails either, without showing someone's tits...my thumbnails are usually a selection of the photo, or the photo resized to 200x200 pixles...funny how some of my favourite photos have virtually no hits at all compared to those I don't like THAT much. It is strange..different people, different taste I suppose.
zimmer posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 5:16 PM
I agree with Marshmallowpie. Different people, different taste, and even different mood of that people when looking at the images. I dont think the trick is in the thumbnails. Arturo
Syyd posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 6:36 PM
I have to laugh...the surefire way is to show boobs, I wont do it...LOL....so I write my name, or I like to use eyes to engage the viewer....I had a hell of a time with that Ave Verum Corpus!!!!!
Syyd posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 6:57 PM
Guys, I put my name on all my images, I started doing it a long time ago......I feel embarrassed now. Lets all post an image synchronistically, of a breast with syyd written on it, and have it open up to something totally opposite LOL
mjshepherd posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 7:00 PM
Ok, just as my final two pennyworth - I've just done a quick review of my images. Most hits : Bryce render with naked girl coming out of toothpaste. Next : Caption,NO THUMBNAIL.....Duh.....Now what? LOL
Syyd posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 7:03 PM
I stopped doing female nudes because of this.....every time I get near a female full body poser render, I quit or don't post it...
Syyd posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 7:10 PM
dont you think it would be a riot......??????????? I am serious though the last nude I did was a while ago, because it was a very arty poser image, and nobody got it...
Antoonio posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 3:40 AM
Secret behind getting the hits is teasing. Showing something that will arouse imagination. Red color is good one. Basically if you have deep, not too bright colors in your pic, include it to thumb. Show something intresting. Some detail that makes think, what the hell is this pic and why? One may have the most beautiful sunset, and the worlds most beautiful place where she/he proposed her/his wife, but when only rezising pic to 200pix, the thumb will look boring. And, at the thumbnail galleries, nobody really dont care about the names of pics, so words in thumb are good too. Stronger the word, bigger the intrest. Versionthirteen was the master of thumbs, sad he pulled his works away. .n ps. I'm using huge breasts and text "Syyd" written on 'em, works better than 1000 angry rabbits. Bigger the breasts, more the hits. Yeah.
Eowyn posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 7:37 AM
Oh, and another thing: if you have two figures in your image, one is male and one is female.... for heaven's sakes, don't put the male face in the thumbnail :P I think I'll have to try that Syyd/breasts thing though ;D Of all the images I've posted so far, the one that got the most hits had a naked female stomach in the thumbnail. Go figure... It's sad, really, but what can I do? I am still going to keep making nude images if and when I feel like it, but I'm NEVER going to make a nude image for nudity's sake... shakes her head I don't really like "cheating" with the thumbnails and I'm getting a bit bored with that same old trick where you post a breast-thumbnail with the word nudity and then the image itself is something completely different. It was funny for a while and I LOVED Niko's cow, but now the joke doesn't really work anymore. Only annoys. Some of my images that I really liked myself didn't get many hits nor many comments, and I'm trying to tell myself that it doesn't really matter as long as I am happy with my work... but that's not totally honest now is it? Of course I love it when others view my work and like it... Anyway, I'm too tired to try to sound smart. I already forgot my original point... so... eh... goes to sit in the corner and shuts up
Syyd posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 7:42 AM
You dont have to go sit in the corner Outi....first of all your work is beautiful...Thats why I have taken to posting eyes...Because an eye is captivating...but Im bored with eyeballs myself...And you are smart, so you dont have to sound it.....now get some sleep...not in the corner though, you will get a bad neckache!
Antoonio posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 7:56 AM
Ok, and hopefully everybody knows that I'm not serious with that cheating stuff? Outi? Just wanted to bring up my observation about thumbs. (so why my thumbs contains strong words then?) Those words are part of my pic. (and what about that "Nudity! Big Breasts!"-thumb?) That was a r e a l l y big success. Go and take a look. http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=22948&Start=25&Sectionid=0&Form.Search=antoonio .n
Eowyn posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 8:08 AM
Help! My previous image DOES have a tit in the thumbnail! (Actually, two - Max has mighty sexy nipples, Syyd! ;) But that was for experimenting giggle My images never get to the Poser hot 20 list (not that it even matters, I think the list is rather useless) so out of curiousity I decided to test if the thumbnail actually has some effect on it. We'll see in a couple of days :P still sitting in the corner but now with a cup of coffee and chocolate cookies munch whatcha staring at? :)
Syyd posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 8:18 AM
cookies????? did someone say chocolate cookies, I am on a DIET!!!!!!!!!!!! I've got computer butt....well, now that would make an interesting thumbnail....A BUTT!!!!!!!!
Eowyn posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 8:25 AM
hands Syyd some chocolate cookies You don't need a diet, dear, you look stunning as you are. And as for the butt in a thumbnail.... been there, tried that ;D eats more cookies while wondering why she isn't studying but surfing on RS
Antoonio posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 9:09 AM
I haven't got anything to eat at whole day, and you two are munching chocolate cookies. Damn you! There is no god!! We all gonna DIE!!! panics and runs around screaming, hands raised
Eowyn posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 9:21 AM
Oh, poor Niko :/ here, have a cup of coffee and a few nice big sandwiches. and a big pack of chocolate cookies. pats Niko on the shoulder better now? Someone should take a better care of you, dear shakes her head
Syyd posted Tue, 03 April 2001 at 8:20 AM
had a riot with it Alpha.....so appropos, and finally a more male subject LOL