Olorea -> Art Gallery Merger!

Dieki Kondrael · **Joined:** January 1st, 2011, 5:34 pm **Posts:** 340

As most of you know, for quite some time now, Holy Worlds has run a stock photo site called Olorea, containing stock photos intended for use by HWers.

Unfortunately, the Olorea website had a number of technical limitations that made finding stock photos very difficult. We realized that the Art Gallery could better accommodate the needs of photographers and photo-manipulators. For the past few weeks, myself and the Art Gallery Mod team has been hard at work transferring photos from Olorea to the Art Gallery.

I am pleased to announce that the first eight hundred stock photos are now available on the Art Gallery. Jump over and take a look!

http://holyworlds.org/artwork/gallery/

Now, we're not done quite yet, and we could really use your help. One of the problems with the old Olorea was the lack of good tagging tools. While that has been remedied, we have to manually title and tag each individual photo before it can show up on HWAG. We have about 1,300 images left. You don't have to be an AG mod to help, just jump over here: http://holyworlds.org/artwork/gallery/olorea-tag.php

Here's Elanhil's explanation on tagging:

Elanhil wrote:

What do we do at said link? That is the tagging interface for the incoming Olorea photos. Our job is to tag as many as possible in as little time as possible.

The first field you see on this page is the tittle. This is to describe the picture as best as you can, NOT to be creative. The point is to make these images very find-able when searched for. Cutesy, poetic names hurt that.

Next come the tags. Put yourself in the shoes of the user and try to think what they would type in if looking for the image being tagged. Try to avoid tagging with tags that may make it come up in irrelevant searches. Also, when tagging be sure to tag in plural: Trees instead of tree. If someone searches tree, trees will be recognized. In the case of an irregular plural, ie Mouse Mice, just go ahead and tag both. And if a tag isn't there, it will automatically be added. No need to stick to pre-defined tags.

I should hope the category and lighting parts of it are self-explanatory.

I think that's about it. Here: http://holyworlds.org/artwork/gallery/olorea-tag.php is the link again, so get to work, soldiers!

If you have any questions, let me know!

Elly · **Joined:** October 22nd, 2010, 7:58 am **Posts:** 4197

I tagged 26 and I will do more later.

EDIT: I've done 60 total.

Calista Bethelle · **Joined:** February 10th, 2011, 9:15 pm **Posts:** 3095

Tagging!

101 and counting! Good thing I find it entertaining.

Evening L. Aspen · **Joined:** December 2nd, 2009, 11:01 pm **Posts:** 1461

I'm working on tagging some images. I think I've done about 20 so far.

I came across this one, which needs to be rotated 90˚ counter-clockwise.
http://holyworlds.org/artwork/gallery/a ... 8d75d1&ss=

Also, is there anything I can do to go back and alter the tagging/lighting/quality info for a image? I think I did a few of them in too much of a hurry and missed some tags...

Dieki Kondrael · **Joined:** January 1st, 2011, 5:34 pm **Posts:** 340

Evening L. Aspen wrote:

I'm working on tagging some images. I think I've done about 20 so far.

I came across this one, which needs to be rotated 90˚ counter-clockwise.
http://holyworlds.org/artwork/gallery/a ... 8d75d1&ss=

Also, is there anything I can do to go back and alter the tagging/lighting/quality info for a image? I think I did a few of them in too much of a hurry and missed some tags...

Not much we can do about the flipped one. Tags and lighting can be edited if you're an AG mod. If you're not one, ask Elanhil to get someone to fix it.

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** August 16th, 2011, 10:30 am

*raises hand * This isn't going to allow people to use my artwork or photo manips, is it?

Seer of Endor · **Joined:** February 16th, 2010, 10:36 pm **Posts:** 2603

Nope. Your art is safe. Only Olorëa pics can be used as stock.

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** August 16th, 2011, 11:31 am

Awesome, then! *throws glitter *

Bethany (Lady Alina) · **Posted:** August 19th, 2011, 12:36 pm

Okay. So after this is all done will Olorea no longer be used and instead would we use HWAG?

Whythawye · **Posted:** August 20th, 2011, 3:11 am

Lady Alina Cabrera wrote:

Okay. So after this is all done will Olorea no longer be used and instead would we use HWAG?

Olorea already redirects to the art gallery.

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

I'm a bit confused as to why there is an Olorea category in addition to a Photos category - shouldn't the two be merged?

eru

Whythawye · **Posted:** August 20th, 2011, 8:35 am

eruheran wrote:

I'm a bit confused as to why there is an Olorea category in addition to a Photos category - shouldn't the two be merged?

eru

The photography category is for photography. The olorea category is for stock photos.

Dieki Kondrael · **Joined:** January 1st, 2011, 5:34 pm **Posts:** 340

The primary difference is the license; photos in the Olorea category are licensed under the Olorea license, which allows you to reuse them as stock photos in photomanips and avatars and book covers and such. Photos in the photography category are the full property of the author, and you can't use them without their permission.

Elanhil · **Posted:** August 20th, 2011, 10:26 am

Is there an AG rules page?

Dieki Kondrael · **Joined:** January 1st, 2011, 5:34 pm **Posts:** 340

Not yet, but it's on my list.

Bethany (Lady Alina) · **Posted:** August 22nd, 2011, 8:43 pm

Have been working on tagging some of these, but haven't done a lot in a while... Will get back at it soon!

AzlynRose · **Posted:** August 26th, 2011, 12:25 pm

I've tagged 43. Will do more later!

RedWing the Purple · **Posted:** August 26th, 2011, 12:42 pm

I'll try to do some tagging.

AzlynRose · **Posted:** August 27th, 2011, 10:22 am

I have a question. In all the time I have been tagging (53 images) I've tagged the same photo three times. Does that mean it was uploaded several times? Or is it just a glitch? I just thought I should let you guys know so you can fix it if it is a problem.

I am not exactly sure how to attach the photo, otherwise I would.

Dieki Kondrael · **Joined:** January 1st, 2011, 5:34 pm **Posts:** 340

It's most likely a duplicate that was uploaded multiple times.

Elanhil · **Posted:** August 27th, 2011, 7:30 pm

Elly, you passed me!

Elly · **Joined:** October 22nd, 2010, 7:58 am **Posts:** 4197

I did?

Oh, I did.

Elanhil · **Posted:** August 31st, 2011, 7:16 am

Elly of Zoriah wrote:

I did?

Oh, I did.

I'm just glad I don't have a pitiful amount like 10 photos, being the AG admin.

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** December 19th, 2011, 11:58 am

This thread has either been completed, or run its course. It is now being archived to satisfy Dusting Daisy's need to have a clean forum.

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