Below you can see an example of how fucking pointless the pro gallery can be.
This is a gawdam alpha passthrough scene--there's no fucking gym, this is pure bullshit.
And what the hell is this? This clearly indicates that the scene is non-POV or mixed POV, right? Why else include it?
Then there's the video preview which is like a quick cut nightmare-in-a-bubble.
jdogfunk100 I use it daily as well for at least 6-8 videos. I just don't see the logic with many of the decisions being made by the team here.
It's bad enough trying to wade through all the amateur and toon cgi trash that I have zero interest in and now they remove the one feature that I use to gauge if a scene is worth downloading. My sub is up for renewal in a few months, looks like I'll be moving on.
No thumbnail contact sheet, no purchase of video.
jdogfunk100 There is no way this feature gets less than 150 visits a day. I personally use it 15 to 20 times a day (for 15-20 videos). Based on the above comments, your metrics are off.
doublevr
I use it multiple times a day as well. It is an extremely useful feature.
I hope it comes back.
Definitely need to bring contact sheets back, it's the only way to get a good idea of what the scene will entail.
This was a useful feature to get an overview of what a video contained. It's a downgrade for me losing it.
Is this why none of the videos are showing the preview when hoving over it? Why get rid of that? It was so helpful.
You can also remove trailer, video description and tags - nobody using it
Mathyace123 Passthrough as well. Nobody uses that /s
That really sucks if they are gone for good, I always use them.
Hairsational seems like a pretty good rationale to remove flat too
RIP, it uses such a tiny amount of compute resources to generate thumbnails for VR videos and they are indeed very useful - no BS unlike cover artwork
It's counter-intuitive to reduce the value of a service. Most companies improve their features, not take them away. It just makes no sense at all. It's just a big 'F-You' to your customers.
slrUser I think he was referring to the tiny preview vids when you hover over a video and not contact sheets. As far as I'm aware the contact sheets are gone and not coming back. He explicitly stated near the top of this topic that contact sheets would not be implemented on the new site.
jdogfunk100 It's counter-intuitive to reduce the value of a service. Most companies improve their features, not take them away. It just makes no sense at all. It's just a big 'F-You' to your customers.
Removing useful features and customer value while also increasing prices (pay to download original quality videos..) usually means one of two things..
Bad finances, cutting costs
Fattening up ready for a sale
jommy
Yup, loans taken out with ridiculous terms. Not being able to make the vig so they give up points in the business. Their new "partners" flex on them pretty hard so they scramble to both generate quick revenue/reduce costs and to try and find some way out of the situation they got themselves into.
BTW: I have a treatment script for "SLR: Behind the Bros" if anyone is interested.
