Forum Changes

I hope you all like the change in the Forum if you can't see the changes go into your browser settings and delete the history and chashed images.

I will work on the type colors alittle in the next few days

The poll for the banner was 69% to go ahead with this type of banner I had this banner for a long time but it had a s on forums.net and you know I used Gork Image AI and im WOW at what it does is unreal

Enjoy
GlenS

FWIW, I kinda liked the old one with the pictures of all the girls.  I would have liked to have seen it as true color as opposed to the shaded one.

Well Don I agree with you about seeing all the girls on the banner but the problem is at the rate of the lineup is changing it's not a easy job to always make new banners 2 or 3 times a year. I think in the last 2 years we went from 16 girls to 21 so that would be alot of new banners and here is another issue as the admin of the forum I myself can't do thqt type of grahpics work I don't know how to use photoshop or Gimp and member Granuile has been making the banners for free and he doesn't have a License any longer for his photoshop and at $264.00 a year I can't afford it. I told him about Gimp which is the free open source of photoshop software. Photoshop no longers does there license for the ver's like they used to do it now by the month or the year.

But hey if anyone wants to step up and knows Graphic arts and can use photoshop or Gimp can have at it just ask me of the sizes it needs to be

Glen

Some of the newer AI models might be able to maintain it.

I currently have ChatGPT Plus which has gotten significantly better over the past 6 months at following instructions and making good choices. I use it mostly for coding and comparitive analysis, but it does make decent images without watermarks. It only adds Content Credentials metadata to the files.

ChatGPT Plus has generous caps (unlike the free tier which is limited to like 2-5 generation attempts per day). If I give it the banner dimensions, it might be able to arrange all the headshots. I haven't tried a collage and I'm not sure if it would handle 20+ input headshots, but we could give it a try. If it works, it might be as easy as just uploading a new headshot into a project each time there's a new member and letting the AI resize and fit everything.

The other concern though is that the more members there are, the more cluttered the graphic will get. Pretty soon, the photos will be ridiculously squished.

Some of the newer AI models might be able to maintain it.

I currently have ChatGPT Plus which has gotten significantly better over the past 6 months at following instructions and making good choices. I use it mostly for coding and comparitive analysis, but it does make decent images without watermarks. It only adds Content Credentials metadata to the files.

ChatGPT Plus has generous caps (unlike the free tier which is limited to like 2-5 generation attempts per day). If I give it the banner dimensions, it might be able to arrange all the headshots. I haven't tried a collage and I'm not sure if it would handle 20+ input headshots, but we could give it a try. If it works, it might be as easy as just uploading a new headshot into a project each time there's a new member and letting the AI resize and fit everything.

The other concern though is that the more members there are, the more cluttered the graphic will get. Pretty soon, the photos will be ridiculously squished.

Ya that is a concern also with having to squished and the banner can't be any wider and I think the height is also coded into the forums code. I have been thinking of making a new board titled STANDIN'S and put the girls that are here only for 1 tour like Ciara Ní Mhurcú, Hannah Traynor, abd maybe Emma Warren and so on.

Ya I have tried using Gork Image and the work it can do is unreal and i have 16 years in Graphic imageing in printing I used to build the 4/color pages in Magazines by hand before computers started doing them. But I had Gork fix the banner i am using here now there was a s on the end of Forum and asked to remove it and fix the spacing and what you see on the forum is what it did. I have never used Chat gpt but i have used Gork and gork image many times and like what I see

Any one wishing to try there hand at the banner can always try the size it has to be is 1050 X 263 Pixels and the color hex code is 680066 that is the dark purple

Ok I got in touch with member Granuile about the banner and he said no worries he would fix it and he has below you will see 2 vers he did up for us and you can see things are getting a little tight on space this vers of th banners will hold 3 more girls and thats it then a total new banner would have to be looked in to and you can see Kates photo is much bigger then the rest thats where 3 more girls will fit in. There are 2 new banners one in color and one in purple and doing one in color ment the forum name had to be moved because of all the color behind it. It blended into the girls but It could go back in the middle if we go with the purple one. Let me know your thoughts on them I will not change the banner just yet so talk to me and others as to what you all would like
Thanks

Glen

Ok I got in touch with member Granuile about the banner and he said no worries he would fix it and he has below you will see 2 vers he did up for us and you can see things are getting a little tight on space this vers of th banners will hold 3 more girls and thats it then a total new banner would have to be looked in to and you can see Kates photo is much bigger then the rest thats where 3 more girls will fit in. There are 2 new banners one in color and one in purple and doing one in color ment the forum name had to be moved because of all the color behind it. It blended into the girls but It could go back in the middle if we go with the purple one. Let me know your thoughts on them I will not change the banner just yet so talk to me and others as to what you all would like
Thanks

Glen

I think the banner used to be the same with Tara from a screenshot I saw on here, that is, her photo was larger than all of the rest. I don’t see it as that big of an issue, since Kate is automatically set apart by being the current instrumentalist (if that makes sense), and that is a majestic photo of her anyways. I’m more partial to the banner in colour, but I can see an argument for more cohesion with the pink-tinted one. They both look incredible either way! Thanks, Granuaile!!

I like both. I don't have a strong preference.

They both look great! Thanks Granuaile!

I like the colour version best. Thanks Granuaile!

That looks amazing.

OH the smile I got when I came on and well accepting the logo banner but then to my surprise this love both! <3

Glen:  I totally get what you are saying about the coding, etc.  I'm old too!!

Quasi-related story.  I was at Disney World a couple of months ago.  I have an Annual Pass.  Was waiting in line when the ride went down.  Nothing totally unusual at Disney.  Usual BS over loudspeaker; short delay, your safety, etc.  Guy in front of me mumbled typical computer glitch.  He seemed to know a lot about computer software.  I mentioned that when I went to college, I had to take one semester of FORTRAN programming.  Punch cards, etc.  He laughed and said you would be surprised to know how many systems are still using FORTRAN.  He said there's a hugh market for anyone who knows how to use it.