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Info stats for the home page carousel

ToborTobor Posts: 2,300
in The Commons

Maybe I'm missing something -- obvious or otherwise -- but I've never been able to find any info stats on the images used on the main Daz home page carousel. They sometimes have some badass images, but from what I can see, absolutely zilch about how it was created, what assets are in it, what artist created it, anything. This is pretty common stuff in the art world.

For example, on the carousel rotation for 2/19/17, the fifth image is a very nice one of a tiger. Inquiring minds want to know A) what model is used for the animal and B) how the artist did the fur. Is is LAMH? Something else? These images should be clickable -- tap on the picture and it takes you to a page that describes how the art was done, with links to the store items that helped create it.

Maybe some of these are in the user galleries, but I'd like some easy way to go straight to that picture, rather than spend mu Sunday afternoon hunting for it.

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  • ALLIEKATBLUEALLIEKATBLUE Posts: 2,983

    I agree. I spent a lot of time today looking for an image that popped up as an ad on a page I was looking at. But I don't know how feasible it would be for Daz to add links to all the images in the carousel. Daz users are phenomenal artists but many of the users don't post products they use anyway. 

  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    Since it's a way for them to sell more content, you'd think they'd take the time to make a page describing the what went into it. I think there are only five or six images in the carousel, and some stay there for a week, maybe more. 

  • exstarsisexstarsis Posts: 2,128
    Tobor said:

    Since it's a way for them to sell more content, you'd think they'd take the time to make a page describing the what went into it. I think there are only five or six images in the carousel, and some stay there for a week, maybe more. 

    That assumes they know that information. 

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited February 2017

    If you find the image in question in the gallery,  you will probably find the info there.   http://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/291056



    I found that one by pulling the Gallery up and searching  for Most Popular in the last Month.

     

    Post edited by Chohole on
  • Pack58Pack58 Posts: 750

    While it doesn't always help google image search can sometime be of assistance.

    And in case you didn't find the tiger and are still interested: http://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/301006/

  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    Thanks for the heads-up. I assumed these were in the galleries, and as suspected, at least for these two examples the artists have noted the assets they used. I just have no time or inclination to search for something that should have a link in the first place. Is this the Internet, or what?

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited February 2017
    Tobor said:

    Thanks for the heads-up. I assumed these were in the galleries, and as suspected, at least for these two examples the artists have noted the assets they used. I just have no time or inclination to search for something that should have a link in the first place. Is this the Internet, or what?

    Well as the time stamps only show  5 minutes between your post and my reply it wasn't an arduous task to find the gallery image. 

    Post edited by Chohole on
  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300
    Chohole said:

    Well as the time stamps only show  5 minutes between your post and my reply it wasn't an arduous task to find the gallery image. 

    OTOH, it takes one minute for them to add a link to the original gallery post, saving everyone else the time. It not only serves as another way for them to sell content and make money, but properly gives credit to the original artist.

  • exstarsisexstarsis Posts: 2,128

    I'm confused. Where would they add the link? The last images already link to their respective pages, right?

  • Pack58Pack58 Posts: 750
    edited February 2017

    I assumed Tobor was referring to this page: http://www.daz3d.com/home which doesn't  have links to the featured images gallery  pages.

    Post edited by Pack58 on
  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    I'm talking about the carousel on the home page. It's common practice to make those images clickable, and currently they are not. I've always assumed these were either Daz images, or gallery images. For either, it's common practice on other art sites to link to pages containing more information about the picture. This also provides proper credit -- artists appreciate that.

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