how are screen shots ranked ?
Thursday, January 1, 2004 by HG_Eliminator | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
now im normally not one to complain but. i cant figure the ranking of the screen shots. i have posted a few screen shots. i had uploaded this to screen shots and got a 7 https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3791 ..while this screen was an 8 https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3814 im not saying mine is any better than this one .. it just confuses me that even tho mine was posted first and has been customized, with extras . it got a lower rateing. i thought the voteing at time of upload was based on originality and look. as well as any extra modofications u could come up with...this one got a 6 https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3837 and i thought it was very clean and original. the modifications i have made to most of these desktops took time to do. yes i didnt make most of the original graphics ... but hand drafting new graphics like the mail and trash buttons on the sysmeter took a noob like me a lot of time .not to mention porting a skin from one app to another.....im not angry just confused
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HG_Eliminator
Reply #2 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:43 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:43 PM
this true but the mods i do take time ... im not just taking default items and posting a screen shot .. all of my screens include modified items that i have been practiceing graphics editing on...and yes while im not a "skinner" i am trying to learn from others graphics. and these screens is how i get feed back on my progress .
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qrush
Reply #3 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:44 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:44 PM
Ohh...so that's what the rating is for. Seems sketchy. I think you should be able to rate desktop screenshots in profiles as well.
kongit
Reply #4 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:48 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:48 PM
the only thing that irks me is if the screen has a rating below 8 nobody can see it without going through your profile or a direct link. Therefor very few people can rate it. Sometimes the screen could get a higher rating if more people rated it.
IPlural
Reply #5 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:49 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:49 PM
blind fold, darts, dart board, tape and half a dozen pints
HG_Eliminator
Reply #6 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:50 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:50 PM
understood..... yet we have 2 almost matching screens there now. the 2 alien screen shots. so much for the originality vote ......
kongit
Reply #8 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:51 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:51 PM
let me go get my guinness shirt on and I'll join in.
WOM
Reply #9 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:00 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:00 PM
My filter is set at 4, so I have no problem.But rarely go to the screenshot section.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #10 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:04 PM
i realize most of you dont hold screen shots in high reguard, u must realize that i dont post generic screen shots. the modifications i do are more than just implementing different app skins to make a matching theme. in my latest screen shot i took beaded for cool player and ported it to sysmetrix, recolored it, added new functions,modified the buttons, the same with the litestep theme, as well as the WB skin.
Reply #10 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:04 PM
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i realize most of you dont hold screen shots in high reguard, u must realize that i dont post generic screen shots. the modifications i do are more than just implementing different app skins to make a matching theme. in my latest screen shot i took beaded for cool player and ported it to sysmetrix, recolored it, added new functions,modified the buttons, the same with the litestep theme, as well as the WB skin.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #11 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:08 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:08 PM
WOM since servers are down the screen shot section cant be seen by most unless they are a rank 8 or above. so basically none of the screens i have posted in the last month have been seen...i deleted a couple out of fustration....
WOM
Reply #12 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:18 PM
Reply #12 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:18 PM
Thanks for the info. Shows you when the last time I've been there. Must have been a couple months ago and everything showed up. 
Just looked.
Must have been a couple months ago and everything showed up. 
Just looked.
HG_Eliminator
Reply #13 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:25 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:25 PM
any time it just frusterates me that screens with lil to no modifications are getting high ranks. while those with time consumeing mods are getin lower ones.. the thredz screen i posted. took a lot of time to make the weather meter, calandar. not to mention get the DX theme up and running with the new DX version...
it just frusterates me that screens with lil to no modifications are getting high ranks. while those with time consumeing mods are getin lower ones.. the thredz screen i posted. took a lot of time to make the weather meter, calandar. not to mention get the DX theme up and running with the new DX version...
Leo the Lion
Reply #14 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:38 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:38 PM
HGE........I like your thredz set up and you have obviously put a lot of thought into it........Take a 9 and its upped you a notch to an 8
HG_Eliminator
Reply #15 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:49 PM
Reply #15 Thursday, January 1, 2004 3:49 PM
ty leo . i appreciate the vote. mainly tho what i was curious about was .. how are they truely judged? i had thought they were judged by look,as well as any modifications that were done. not to mention originality...
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Leo the Lion
Reply #16 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:03 PM
Reply #16 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:03 PM
I judge screenshots by asking myself one question - "Do all the components that have been put into the Screenshot come together into a good looking suite or setup" - I look at everything and i mean everything in the screenshot. I love the browsing the Screenshot section because i see components there that i have never seen before like a Winamp skin or a Rainy skin and it gives me food for thought when i come to do my own set ups.........Although right now i just cannot find anything that fits my eye so perfectly than Pixtudios Abracadabra suite........I drop it for a few days and use something else but like a magnet it draws me back and i just got to have my Abracadabra fix again.......even more so since Everaldo bought out his Crystal MX icons which fit into the suite like a glove
HG_Eliminator
Reply #17 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:07 PM
Reply #17 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:07 PM
ahh cool ... here https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3837 give me your input on it if you would
Leo the Lion
Reply #18 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:25 PM
Reply #18 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:25 PM
OK.....as it is i would give it a 6.........to get it up to a 9 (in my eyes i hasten to add) i would use the WB and Sysmeter as the base and scrap everything else. BTW nice job on the Sysmeter. Now lets get it to rock - lets see a Start Panel with some matching icons....recolour a set if you want......dump the GT2 wall.....sorry Tiggz nothing personal - that wall is terrific but i like it with the GT2 suite only.....there are better walls to go with your two base skins if you search about DA etc etc.......build and pop in a matching Rainy or DX2 calendar....and if you can find one more component that you can skin to match then great....put that altogether and present it well and i might even raise the roof with a 10
HG_Eliminator
Reply #19 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:37 PM
Reply #19 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:37 PM
cool thx for your input 
it helps when i get constructive critasisum
it helps when i get constructive critasisum
kongit
Reply #20 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:39 PM
Reply #20 Thursday, January 1, 2004 4:39 PM
well leo what do think about my screenshot? so far it only has a 6, I don't really care, just curious. And a little creative criticism never hurt.
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3839
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3839
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:40 PM