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- Nato777
Second round of Season 06 of The Photomode 2.0 Tournament.
Make sure you understand the theme requirements of your match.
You can see each dashboard update by clicking in the: 2.0
2.0
[Click to raise dashboard]
Take your best night shot.
CARS: Any.
LOCATIONS: Any time change/night track.
PHOTOTRAVEL: No.
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Shot must be taken at night (not Dawn/Dusk).
Take a shot of your car going sideways through a chicane or S-bend.
CARS: Any.
LOCATIONS: Any with a chicane or S-bend.
PHOTOTRAVEL: No.
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Must be able to tell that is in a chicane or S-bend.
Point your camera up a little and take a photo that prominently features a beautiful sky.
CARS: Any or none.
LOCATIONS: Any with a sky.
PHOTOTRAVEL: Yes.
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Must feature the sky as the main attraction.
Run away from that bull! Capture a shot of a car being chased by a Lamborghini.
CARS: Any.
LOCATIONS: Any City track.
PHOTOTRAVEL: No.
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: Must have a Lamborghini in shot behind another car and show movement.
Please, ensure you read and understand all requirements for this competition. Failure to follow this rules may result in disqualification. If you have questions, send me a Conversation.
This Thread will answer many possible questions you may have.
All entries must be submitted by Conversation to Nato_777 . Please, fill in the following form:
Conversation Requirements:
- P.M. Title: Photomode Tournament Final Entry;
- P.M. Subject: Image in either thumbnail, preview or just a link to the full size.
Entry Requirements:
- It is recommended you host your image on ImageShack, Photobucket or Flickr.
- Not sure how to post a thumbnail or preview image? Read this sticky!
- One entry per user. It must be your own work, and never previously used in a competition;
- Do not ask other users to choose your entry;
- Absolutely no hybrid, hacked cars, or cars obtained through such means.;
- Entries may not be changed after submitting;
- All entries within the rules will go into poll;
- You may not post your image elsewhere, until the poll closes down;
- The Host may ask for the original image and it must be submitted if so.
It's recommended to save the original image (preferably in-game) until week's ends;
2.0 (red)
What you may not do to a photo:
- Alter the geometry of the car. No stickers, or body modifications not available in game.
- Add shapes or objects from outside of GT5, signatures excepted.
- Add lens flares or "artistic" filters to image.
- Add reflections to the road or any other surface.
- Remove items from shot (scenery, other cars).
- Use more than 1 image (HDR, photo-stitching, multi-exposure).
- "Creative cropping". The main "image" must be four-sided, with 90-degree, upright corners.
- Selective car colour changing: masking different parts to create racing stripes or similar.
What you may do to a photo:
- Crop and/or resize an image.
- Adjust the level or curve values.
- Alter the colour tone of the image (gradient maps, photo filters, colour balance, etc).
- Car body colour change (all stickers/design features must remain, see "Remove Items" rule).
- Adjust brightness, contrast, exposure, shadow/highlights.
- Enhance shadows or highlights (dodge and burn tools in Photoshop, for example).
- Add noise and/or diffuse glow.
- Add a post-game tilt-shift blur, or apply a motion blur to a stationary Photomode shot.
- Make use of Layer Blend Modes.
- Use a Sharpening filter and/or tool.
- Scale or enlarge rims.
- Remove or modify license plates.
- Remove the GT watermark.
- Clean up or fix jaggies, texture pixelation, or colour separation.
- Add a vignette effect.
- Add a personal signature.
16-11-13 21:00 GMT
Looking at your gallery sets, you'd deliver some awesome work! 
