Nikkie

176 members ??? [confused]

There were more when i left for personal reasons some time ago...
Personally i am not into the chat stuff but i think it might be usefull/fun to others... so ...YES

Nikkie

Blinky2004

176 members? What are you seeing there Nikkie? If you're talking about the Forum overall, there's over 1650 members now. [righton]

That number is shown on the front page. :B

Nikkie

Mark [bustagut] i know.....

obviously {Oz} must have lost counting or flunked at statistics [shocked] [bustagut]


Nikkie

John1

Exactly. I don't mind a chat that deals mostly with graphics and design, but it's exactly like gidge says, after a while it's mostly about life's bs. Also some guys tend to try to impress female chatters with childish jokes or "double talk".

I voted NO.

gidge

Ya, but gidge was there, and soon the idle bs chatter turned into one very intense 3d jam session... there was like four of five different members all modeling and brainstorming, and it was like one of my best experiences I have ever had on the web...

I mean personaly I would just love the op to 3d jam with some of the members here... do up a model, post it, someone else has a better idea fo coloring or posing, takes the model, or a snapshot, goes off to artland for a few minutes, and whoila, post's a totaly different take... on and on it goes... thing is, in some respects doing this through chat along with the regular boards, is much better than just the boards themselves... it's so much more interactive...

so yea, art jamming is a cool time on any chat... PS guru's doing their thing, modelers same same same, animators, hell even bring in sound people and the whole nine yards...

Post a thread... call it say PSG Art Jam 1... GuruTown... and whenever ya get home and feel like jamming ya open the board, as well hop onto the chat and just try to keep up is all.... it's fast and frantic, and so many cool things go on so fast it's, well, it's just plain a ton of fun...

Some of the more gifted story tellers could be sharing and creating the storylines...

Some members who are terrific at building lanscapes could lay down the framework for GuruTown, and surrounding area, other members could model up some sidewalks, streets, buildings, light posts, houses, others could do up some cars, trucks, bikes, trikes, planes, trains, while others could do some characters... those with fast computers could do the scene sets, lighting etc, other ps fanatics could get involved taking renders into PS and applying postwork... and everybody get's a vote into just which final renders go into a final online comic... Which could very well go on forever eh...

So no on the idle life's bs stuff, but hell yea on using Chat as a fun tool to get some collabs a happening [righton]

Nikkie

Gidge i thought that thePhotoshop Campfire thread was

intended for that kind of projects...though i like the idea [righton]

Nikkie

gidge

haha, I suppose that you are right on there Nikkie.... though out of respect for all the PS purist's here at PSG, I sort of stick to the other interest's and 3d like forums... ( I really don't use PS all that much, just really like hanging out here as PSG is pretty laid back compared to a lot of other places... )

anyways, no matter where the post's go, doing it via "chat" is way more interactive, and in conjuction with using the regular boards... it's just totaly fast and fun stuff...


Glad you like the idea

gidge

Well, I just got off from a chat on another 3d board I frequent, and I have to tell you... if all the nay sayers continue in this direction then, well, it is really too bad... your missing out on a very cool tool.

Man, I logged on and instantly was greeted by five members Felt good to feel a belonging... then I was greeted with a few hey James, did you see the latest work by so and so... then a few links were posted... wow... some very cool worx were shown, some different opinions were given, and all of this happened within a few minutes...

all the while a couple of other members were discussing various cool techniques, and rambling back and forth a bit, then presto, another link popped up, everybody had a boo... so cool

some good humour was passed back and forth, and it was a marvelous time Perhaps it just this particular bunch of people, but I can tell you that they in no way are the juvenile crowd you see on most chat rooms...

Nope, it was very cool, and each time I go there it feels great... like walking into a room of buds...

hey James...
hey..
check this out...
holy frig, that's cool..
yea
how long did it take for the render...
twenty minutes...


check out the gallery lately?
no
link
pause
oh yea, I reallly like the one ... did
yea, textures could use...
I agree...
hey!! (artist)
yea, you guys are right (artist)
pause
like this? (artist pops back)
totaly right on [righton]
Looks awesome now [righton]
thanks guys
hey, what we are here for
hey
........ on and on it went... it was cool, work was done and viewed, everybody went their own way, and tonight will show some new and exciting things to say and do... coffee shop stuff

So yea, say nay all ya want... everybody is entitled to an opinion for sure... I say bummmer... PSG is just the type of community which ccould llook beyond all the bs of most chats, and really enjoy thee experience for how it could be...

anyway these are my last words on this subject... if it happens then great, if not, oh well, I tried

Ok, one more word or two... the thing that makes PSG a great place for this to happen, beside the family like feelings here, is that thtere is a board to interact with... chat, post comment, bla bla... the whole experience in one place..

Man, it would be so cool to learn PS with someone posting interactively...

hey James try out this...
ok
like this
nah, needs to be a little more with (tool)
ok, how's this...
Yea, that's more like it
Now, take those layers and....
oh wow man, that was one cool method thanks
no probs
You guys are rock'n
so are you now James


on it goes... and it felt great to learn from people in this manner

Nikkie

Gidge that sounds pretty cool [righton]

I surely would like to know where ths is happening sounds like a great place to me !!

Nikkie