Just an idea to improve everybody's cel galleries...

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:07 am

It's not actually my idea. I saw this in somebody else's gallery: in each page corresponding to a certain series, how about inserting the Youtube link to its opening theme? I see so many beautiful cels everyday, without having watched any episode of the series they belong to that having a look at an extract would be very fun.

I just did this for Treasure Island and Double X:

http://olivier.rubberslug.com/gallery/m ... esID=25430

http://olivier.rubberslug.com/gallery/m ... esID=13485

What do you think ?

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:45 am

I've been doing this for a long time now, but I only have a video clip on my main gallery page that I change monthly. IMHO I think it's a wonderful idea for visitors to get a glimpse of the anime(s) you love to collect cels from.

The only downside to this that I'm now experiencing is that those who have dialup (boy I miss my dsl) will be waiting a while for it to load if they want to watch it. However the good thing is it doesn't load unless you click on 'play' so it will not slow them down while viewing your gallery.

I'm glad others are picking up on this.

I'm starting to see more and more galleries with clips in them.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:34 am

Neat idea. Like you say, it's a great way to share your interests with others.
It might even inspire some people to watch new anime.

iwakuralain16 · Post by **iwakuralain16** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:46 am

They sometimes have whole episodes of anime on youtube as well. I never really thought about that... I will put a link in my gallery on my next update ^_^

kizu · Post by **kizu** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:10 am

Yep I've been doing this in my almost new cel gallery and I think it's great because as I come to find out a few of the anime I really like are "unknowns". But I only go for the openings (or ending) credits. I'm not really into putting up whole episodes especially since I do want them to look at the cels and if they're interested enough in what they see, they can get the dvd or search the net for the shows.

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:17 am

Interesting idea, but I doubt I'll do it as I don't like my gallery having
dependencies on other sites for its features.

kizu · Post by **kizu** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:25 am

kymaera wrote:Interesting idea, but I doubt I'll do it as I don't like my gallery having
dependencies on other sites for its features.

Agreed. Recently one of the opening vids I used was made unavailable. Since there are many opening vids on youtube, nowadays I just make sure it's one of the older and favorited uploads. Usually they don't take those down especially if it has a lot of comments.

vapalla · Post by **vapalla** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:10 pm

I have been doing this for a while (Sugarflower got me hooked on it!) and I like to have them there as our gallery has a lot of more obscure series and movies.

kira · Post by **kira** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:28 pm

i thought i'd be the only one that didnt want to do this.

i dont know how to put it into words without upsetting anyone, so i'll leave it at that.

tex-chan · Post by **tex-chan** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:24 pm

kira wrote:i thought i'd be the only one that didnt want to do this.

Don't worry, Kira! You're not alone.

It doesn't really bother me to see it in other galleries (as long as the video loads quickly enough that the page doesn't look all "jumpy"), but I don't like the idea for my own gallery.

I guess that sounds kind of silly, but it's hard to explain.

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:03 pm

I usually get the op/ed credits from my fansubs or raws, use a program to clip the op/ed from the episodes, and then upload them to my photobucket account. (They now allow small video clips to be stored on your account.) Now that I'm on dialup and using my families computer I can't do this.

So I'm stuck rotating the videos I currently have on my photobucket account.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:40 pm

Dial-up? Awww

hehe

kira · Post by **kira** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:45 pm

hai, i feel your pain. dial up is no fun at all.

redwolf · Post by **redwolf** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:43 pm

kira wrote:i thought i'd be the only one that didnt want to do this.

I'm with you, too. Even if something made me change my mind, I'd use a link instead of embedding... accomplishes virtually the same thing without bothering those who might not want to see it.

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:34 am

redwolf wrote:
kira wrote:i thought i'd be the only one that didnt want to do this.
I'm with you, too. Even if something made me change my mind, I'd use a link instead of embedding... accomplishes virtually the same thing without bothering those who might not want to see it.

I don't think it's bothering anybody as it doesn't start downloading the video unless you click "play" first !