Looking for screenshots to create awards

Malte279 · **on:** March 19, 2008, 08:18:38 AM

Hi!
This year's award voting session is drawing nearer. There will soon be an announcement which will also explain what the awards are about and how to vote for them etc. to all of you who joined the GOF within the last year. We are also interested in any suggestions you may have for other awards. Anyway, I don't want to anticipate anything.
However, I'm running out of screenshots which I can use to create the little award banners. Of course I don't want to use any motive I had picked for earlier awards already.
Therefore I'm wondering if anyone of you has some screenshots which you think might be used for awards? I have only very few screenshots from LBT 5, 8, and 10 and none at all from LBT 11, 12, and 13. Especially screenshots which don't have a character "cut off" along the right edge of the screenshot are very suitable to use as motives for awards. Does anyone have any screenshots? It would be really awesome if you could share them with me so I can create the awards for this year

lbt/cty_lover · **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2008, 02:47:00 PM

I can't think of anything right now.

Kor · **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2008, 05:27:15 PM

I've not seen her hatching, but how about Tria, Tricia or watever the pink hatchling's name is. Maybe a screen shot of her just hatching and looking up at someone. Perhaps A reaction shot of Cera seeing her new little sister for the first time. Perhaps one or one each of the reaction of her parents.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2008, 06:02:43 PM

Getting full character shots is particularly difficult, especially when you need more than one of the characters together. I could easily make just about anything in photoshop. What did you have in mind? Here's a quick one. It's not too good because I spent about 2 minutes on it:

I could look for more, but I could make one that's perfectly suited to the award purpose using photoshop. I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for. :unsure:

I do have one suggestion however. For those who don't have awards that they want to stack in their signature like you do, I think we should offer them an award with rounded edges. I think it looks better with rounded edges if you only have one or two rewards and some others may share my opinion.

Clawandfang · **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2008, 06:26:13 PM

Hmm, just reading this a minute ago and coming up with a run-off the mill idea somebody's probably had before. I thought about classic LBT moments and I immediatley thought of Littlefoot hatching. Maybe the favourite newbie to the forum, which the hatching sort of symbolise.

I haven't the time to put anything together now, and if I did it it would probably turn out awful.

EDIT: I've just realise how stupid that sounds to suggest that, being new... oh well...trust me, I didn't think of it beause of that.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2008, 06:40:38 PM

Here's another one, but without knowing exactly what you need/want, I can't make anything specific:

It's very difficult to see what's going on in the image, but here's a full size:

lbt/cty_lover · **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2008, 06:45:33 PM

I think that there should be certain forums where threads in the forum are eligible for "Best ______".

Malte279 · **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2008, 08:15:33 PM

There has been some discussion about the awards in the admin section already. There are going to be some changes this year. It might be better to wait for the official announcement and explanation of what those awards are even meant to be about, but I guess I already spilled some of the beans about it.

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Hmm, just reading this a minute ago and coming up with a run-off the mill idea somebody's probably had before. I thought about classic LBT moments and I immediatley thought of Littlefoot hatching. Maybe the favourite newbie to the forum, which the hatching sort of symbolise.

Look at Littlefoot Fan's signature

He got the newby award of 2006 (the first year we did this) and it shows exactly the scene you are thinking of.
One of the things that is likely to change and which I am going to change for the older awards as well are some of the inscriptions. I will try to avoid "best" "friendliest" and other superlatives. "Friendly member 2008" is probably a less controversial inscription than "Friendliest member 2008". Another change we agreed on in the admin section is about the newby awards. In the last two years they were issued to members who had joined within the last year. This year however more than a third of the people who will be entitled to vote joined within the last year and many of you have done so much for the GOF that I guess many awards will this year go to the "newbys". Also the winner of the newby award of 2007 hasn't been heard of since last September. For all that the admins agreed that it might be better to create an award with the year a member joined. That award will be given to every member (without a vote) who joined in a particular year, once that year is so long passed that the members who joined then are definitely no temporary visitors only.
I think in one respect I was misunderstood. I am not looking for ideas for the look of the new awards. I have many ideas what they could look like, but I don't have the screenshots to create the awards. Does anyone of you have some screenshots saved on your PC(s)? I already "looted" many land before time pages for screenshots, but I thought that perhaps some of you have private collections as well which you would be willing to share for the creating of the awards?

Kor · **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2008, 09:08:51 PM

Are there some characters or shots you would like. That may help some who are very skilled, or who may already have those shots post some.

Also some who can easily make some and do them maybe can do what they think would make good ones and post them, like landbeforetimelover has done above. Both ways may end in the best ones being chosen.

Clawandfang · **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2008, 02:35:07 AM

I though somebody else would have had the idea.... I'll keep an eye out for good screenshots though.

action9000 · **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2008, 02:50:04 AM

I'll get you screenshots as soon as I can, Malte. Depending on what my schedule looks like tomorrow, I can get them done for you then (depends how my interview goes and when/if they want me to show up for work in the near future). B)

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2008, 05:38:00 AM

Something like this Malte?

I just put a lot of images I had of LBT into a zip folder, but I went a little crazy and it's now 144mb. Do you want the file? It would take a long time to upload and download it. Here it is if you want it:

http://www.driveway.com/g6c1u5r9w9

Petrie. · **Reply #12 on:** March 20, 2008, 08:28:34 AM

I'll get the official announcement up soon, but don't plan on sending images for a newbie award...there isn't one for this year.

Malte279 · **Reply #13 on:** March 20, 2008, 04:24:34 PM

Thanks a lot! The pictures are really good Austin! I appreciate your help

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #14 on:** March 20, 2008, 06:23:26 PM

You're welcome. I hope they're okay at the sizes they are. I figured they would be since you're trying to make small images. I could send you larger screen shots, but they would be much larger, taking up over 2mb each.

Malte279 · **Reply #15 on:** March 20, 2008, 06:43:00 PM

The images are just fine the way they are. No very high solution is required for the 50x200 pixel awards. I picked a couple of pictures already which seem to fit especially well for some of the awards. Thank you Austin