Should a multiple_views post with only one character be tagged solo_focus?
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Should a multiple_views post with only one character be tagged solo_focus?
lkjh098 said:
Should a multiple_views post with only one character be tagged solo_focus?
Depends. Does one of the views of the character get more focus than all the others combined?
solo_focus applies when the image focuses on one character but there are some backgroundy characters too, even if they're all the same person.
MagicalAsparagus said:
But why? We already have multiple_viewpoints, don't we?
IMO, it sounds too ambiguous. But well, whatever floats your boat.
D'Eye said:
IMO, it sounds too ambiguous. But well, whatever floats your boat.
multiple_instance is worse, by the name alone I'd think it's referring to multiple_persona, either that or I'd just not know what it means.
How's multiple_views ambiguous anyway? Sounds like it's describing what it's for pretty well to me (multiple camera viewpoints of the same subject), but maybe I'm missing something.
Toks said:
multiple_instance is worse, by the name alone I'd think it's referring to multiple_persona, either that or I'd just not know what it means.
How's multiple_views ambiguous anyway? Sounds like it's describing what it's for pretty well to me (multiple camera viewpoints of the same subject), but maybe I'm missing something.
Uh... That was just a suggestion. Never mind.
So just to be clear here then, we have only those two exceptions; stereogram and zoom layer. And the summary of why they're exceptions, in cases of multiple bodies in an image being solo that is, is because they're the ~EXACT~ same image, just repeated; either right next to the other or in a different layer of the image. Any case where the image/character has any differences what-so-ever means it's no longer solo, even differences in style, completion, materials, or so forth.
The important part to me is why exceptions are exceptions; It seems much more important to tell people that then just list exceptions in the wiki. That way people can better judge unusual or new cases not explicitly mentioned.
That said, one case that hasn't been brought up is a reflection in a mirror or other reflective surface. Under my earlier thought on what the exceptions mean, a reflection of a character in a mirror would disclude the image from being solo since it's all one image with two bodies in it, not just the same image repeated multiple times. But it really feels like it should be an exception; The reflection obviously isn't a person, but it would essentially just be a tacked on exception.
..so yeah, like I said earlier, would just like to understand why exceptions are exceptions and other things aren't. Then maybe we can put ~that~ in the wiki and I never need to think about this again!