The star rating system in the forum gallery......?

[Odie]

When you rate a photo in the gallery and not leave a comment......for a ten star rating, do you click on the furthest star to the left or right?

I have done this for a few entries, and I had thought it was the star on the right that indicates a ten.....but, after I do that and put the cursor on the star to the right, the pop-up says it's a one.

Need clarification before I end up giving a bunch of people a one star rating (which I would never do)......😱

ko

 

[Bill Boehme]

I was just looking at that yesterday, but for a different reason. On the left side it says "Poor" and on the right it says "Excellent". Clicking the rightmost button will result in a ten star rating as you correctly assume, but I haven't ever seen the pop up message that you mentioned. Could you post a screen shot for me?

To change the subject, my thoughts yesterday had to do with the worth of that rating system. I guess that I feel the same about it as I do about the "Like" button on Facebook and some forums. I don't recall ever seeing anything other than ten stars being used to rate a turning. It seems that most often the star ratings are ignored in favor of giving a verbal comment. I certainly don't feel comfortable "grading" somebody's work with something that is so vague in meaning. I doubt that I could come up with something that would tell me how I would distinguish between a "3" and a "4", so how would somebody else assign any meaning to my arbitrary scoring system. A rating of ten gold stars is probably the closest where folks would find some common agreement about what it means, but even then not everybody would agree that a particular turning is a perfect ten. I will confess that I occasionally hand out a ten star rating in addition to verbal comments.

I think that the gallery is a great resource especially if somebody is looking for ideas. The problem is that not everybody uses meaningful keywords so there is a lot of work doesn't show up in searches. Also, keywords are independent of one another so phrases and titles can lead to unexpected search results.

 

[Michelle Rich]

:d like :d

 

[Odie]

:d like :d

If I get your meaning here, Michelle......I could go for a "like button" as well. It would be a simple way to give approval of someone else's work, without going through the effort of doing a verbal comment. If I could wave my magic wand......I'd also make a way to see how many "likes", the turning has accumulated. That would, in my opinion, give some information on just how a turning is being accepted by other critical eyes.

I never give out anything but ten star ratings, and it's really not an effort to judge, but simply a way to "approve", or "compliment" someone else's work.

ko

 

[Odie]

I was just looking at that yesterday, but for a different reason. On the left side it says "Poor" and on the right it says "Excellent". Clicking the rightmost button will result in a ten star rating as you correctly assume, but I haven't ever seen the pop up message that you mentioned. Could you post a screen shot for me?

To change the subject, my thoughts yesterday had to do with the worth of that rating system. I guess that I feel the same about it as I do about the "Like" button on Facebook and some forums. I don't recall ever seeing anything other than ten stars being used to rate a turning. It seems that most often the star ratings are ignored in favor of giving a verbal comment. I certainly don't feel comfortable "grading" somebody's work with something that is so vague in meaning. I doubt that I could come up with something that would tell me how I would distinguish between a "3" and a "4", so how would somebody else assign any meaning to my arbitrary scoring system. A rating of ten gold stars is probably the closest where folks would find some common agreement about what it means, but even then not everybody would agree that a particular turning is a perfect ten. I will confess that I occasionally hand out a ten star rating in addition to verbal comments.

I think that the gallery is a great resource especially if somebody is looking for ideas. The problem is that not everybody uses meaningful keywords so there is a lot of work doesn't show up in searches. Also, keywords are independent of one another so phrases and titles can lead to unexpected search results.

Bill......I do not know how to do a "screen shot".

The little "pop up" is when I've already given a ten star rating, and all ten stars have ben lit up. When I hover my cursor over the star to the right, it says "1 star". When I put my cursor over the star to the left, it says "10 star"......which is exactly the opposite as it should be. You're right about the rating......I don't rate, but I do click on the ten star to give approval, or compliment.

You're right......I do really enjoy seeing the photos in the gallery. For me, it's not to get any inspiration, although it does occasionally. It's mainly because I am interested in seeing what others are doing......

ko

 

[Joe Greiner]

Screen Shot

Bill......I do not know how to do a "screen shot".

The little "pop up" is when I've already given a ten star rating, and all ten stars have ben lit up. When I hover my cursor over the star to the right, it says "1 star". When I put my cursor over the star to the left, it says "10 star"......which is exactly the opposite as it should be. You're right about the rating......I don't rate, but I do click on the ten star to give approval, or compliment.

You're right......I do really enjoy seeing the photos in the gallery. For me, it's not to get any inspiration, although it does occasionally. It's mainly because I am interested in seeing what others are doing......

ko

Assuming you're using Windows, Press the PrtScr key.
Open PC Paint, and Paste the saved image from the "clipboard."
Crop or manipulate as needed.
Then "SaveAs" a title in JPG format.

Joe

 

[Odie]

Assuming you're using Windows, Press the PrtScr key.
Open PC Paint, and Paste the saved image from the "clipboard."
Crop or manipulate as needed.
Then "SaveAs" a title in JPG format.

Joe

Thanks Joe......

I see the prtscr key, but have no idea what PC Paint, or clipboard, or anything associated with that. Nothing happens when I press the prtscr key. If some people knew how seriously computer challenged I was, they would probably laugh! Maybe my son can help me understand this later.......😱

ko

 

[James Seyfried]

Thanks Joe......

I see the prtscr key, but have no idea what PC Paint, or clipboard, or anything associated with that. Nothing happens when I press the prtscr key. If some people knew how seriously computer challenged I was, they would probably laugh! Maybe my son can help me understand this later.......😱

ko

Pc Paint is a program or app that can be found in "accessories" list of Microsoft programs, it might just say Paint. When you open the program the white page that shows up is the clipboard. There is a icon labeled "Paste" to click that will put your screen shot on the clipboard. You can also use the keyboard shortcut of "Ctrl + v" (without the " ") to paste the item.

 

[Odie]

Pc Paint is a program or app that can be found in "accessories" list of Microsoft programs, it might just say Paint. When you open the program the white page that shows up is the clipboard. There is a icon labeled "Paste" to click that will put your screen shot on the clipboard. You can also use the keyboard shortcut of "Ctrl + v" (without the " ") to paste the item.

Hi James.....I really do appreciate your trying to help. I tried to do it and still got hung up. I don't consider this very important, anyway. My description accurately describes what I see when I put my cursor on the star to the right.

Thanks.....

ko

 

[Bill Boehme]

Hi James.....I really do appreciate your trying to help. I tried to do it and still got hung up. I don't consider this very important, anyway. My description accurately describes what I see when I put my cursor on the star to the right.

Thanks.....

ko

It's not important because I found what Odie was talking about. I didn't see it when using my iPad, but it is there when viewed on the desktop computer. If you put the mouse pointer over any gold star, it counts from right to left. Maybe it is for people who can't count gold stars. Anyway, I think that some programmer had too much time on his hands. It looks like a dumb idea gone even dumber. Here is another one: hover the mouse pointer over the image and the title will show up next to the pointer. Of course, the title already appears just below the picture ... as if we need another way to see the title ... once again too much idle time. Oh well, the software wasn't terribly expensive. 🙄

 

[James Seyfried]

It's not important because I found what Odie was talking about.

I know, but it's always nice to learn something new it might come in handy some day. 🙂

 

[Bill Boehme]

I know, but it's always nice to learn something new it might come in handy some day. 🙂

I agree. What I really meant is that I found the issue so I no longer needed a screen capture to show what Odie was talking about. I use screen captures all the time, especially since I have been a beta tester on a photography forum and it is very useful for reporting things.

Here is a short Microsoft Windows video that shows how to do it: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...en#take-screen-capture-print-screen=windows-7

And, here is a description in words and pictures: http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/

And, here is another link that shows where the Print Screen key is located: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-"Print-Screen"-Function-on-a-Keyboard. The location is generally one or two keys to the right of the F12 key. The exact location varies depending on the style of keyboard, but on the standard no-frills plain-Jane keyboard is will be the key just to the right of F12.

Also, if you have some sort of image editing program, you will probably prefer using it rather than Paint. I use Photoshop and I suppose that most other programs are the same. After I capture the screen using the Print Screen key, I open Photoshop and select File > New. A dialog box will open that should show the size of your monitor in pixels (2560 X 1440 for my monitor). Then click OK. A blank window will open in Photoshop. With the cursor somewhere over the blank window, click Control-V to paste the screen shot into the blank window (you could also do Edit > Paste to accomplish the same thing). After that, you can crop, resize, add notes and arrows, and whatever you wish. Finally save it as a JPG. If the working file has layers then it will need to be flattened before saving it as a JPG.

 

[hockenbery]

If you have an IPad just push the of button in the side and the home button on the top before the ipad knows you want to turn it off.
And the screen goes on the camera role.

As bill says this is really handy. For keeping notes or PowerPoints where I want to show a screen.

Al