Author:  Admin_Russell  Posted:  Apr 25, 2018 20:59  Subject:  Re: Minifig head graphics reduce visual info  Viewed:  54 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Admin_Russell Location:  USA, California Member Since Contact Type Status May 9, 2017 Admin BrickLink Administrator

In Suggestions, matejo writes:    Hi, I guess default photographs of Minifig Heads (specifically their expressions and facial features) are being replaced with graphics. That is not the case. For a somewhat detailed expression of the current catalog image policy, please see here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=87 As stated under Preferences: "For decorated parts (both printed and stickered) photos are preferable to renders."    I find the angled, turned-away graphics (example (a) below) notably less visually informative than straight-on great photographs of a Minifig Head's expression and facial features (example (b)). Everyone is in agreement on that point. The rendered image below was contributed in 2011 by the contributor of the original entry. If someone were to upload a good photo of that head today, it would be replaced.    Please retain good photographs as the default image for shoppers. If a large effort is underway to create angled, turned-away, less clear heads, I do not understand how this loss of immediate (i.e. default) visual presentation data constitutes a site improvement. In addition to, for example beard/brow/cheek/glasses alignment details, a straight-on photograph also informs the shopper of a Lego paint scheme's older or newer production art quality. Even if the great photographs are retained as alternates to the default graphics, BrickLink administrators are adding more process steps to get to the best information available, which is more time-consuming for users and illogical beyond uniformity. I can obsess by the way, and love nice shiny rows of similar thingies, but not if such uniformity is going to make any customer process more difficult. Lastly the type of stud is no big deal for my uses, so I do not need a partial top-down view. I suspect this is true for most shoppers. Apologies if my overall image transition guess is mistaken. Thanks for listening, Matthew Admittedly there has not been much explanation of the large scale image project that is underway. But that will change very soon.

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Minifig head graphics reduce visual info - alahaka (645)

Hi, I guess default photographs of Minifig Heads (specifically their expressions and facial features) are being replaced with graphics. I find the angled, turned-away [...] (75 months ago, Apr 25, 2018, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - alahaka (645) 75 months ago Apr 25, 2018 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - axaday (7307) 75 months ago Apr 25, 2018 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 « - Admin_Russell 75 months ago Apr 25, 2018 to Suggestions