CLOSED: The Photomode Tournament: Season 1 - Qualifying Round

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"What better way to start the tournament than preparing entrants for battle?
For this qualifying round, a battle between cars will take off. Remember to convey a battle feel and be creative."

CARS:Any
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: No
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: There must be more than one car in the photograph.

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Please, ensure you read and understand all requirements for this competition. Failure to follow the rules may result in disqualification.
If you have any questions, please, send me a Private Message or READ THIS.

Private Message Requirements:

  • All entries must be submitted by P.M. to Nicknamealguem .
    Please, fill in the following form:
    • P.M. Title: Photomode Tornament Final Entry;
    • P.M. Subject: Image in either thumbnail or a preview linked to it's full size and which side you will be competing.

Competition Requirements:
  • Entrants must state which side (PMC or 2.0) they are taking part. Only one side per user allowed;
  • Entrants from the PMC side will only battle against other PMC. Entrants from the 2.0 side will only battle against other 2.0.

Entry Requirements:
  • Only one entry per user allowed. It must be that user own work and never seen/used before;
  • You may not post your image elsewhere, until the poll closes down, nor add any identifying element to it.
  • Do not ask other members to choose your entry;
  • Entries may not be changed after submitting (only if against the theme rules);
  • Previews should not exceed the limit of 500px in either direction and have any effect not present in the original image;
  • It's recommended the usage of a free image hosting service, such as ImageShack, Photobucket or Flickr;
  • All entries within the rules will go into poll;
  • Keep in mind that the Host of this competition may ask for the original image and it must be submitted if so.
    It's recommended to store the original image (from the USB stick) until competition round ends.

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PMC (blue)

  • No other editing, besides proportionally resize and rotate, is allowed outside GT5 Photomode.
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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.
  • Remove items from shot (scenery, other cars).
  • Use more than 1 image (HDR, photo-stitching, multi-exposure).
    [*]Add a personal signature.

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).
  • 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 Photo Travel 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.

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10.04.11
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First of all, welcome to the GT5 Photomode Tournament. I hope you enjoy this competition.

I’ll have to state that, vigilance in this competition will be higher than normal - going against the spirit of the competition (i.e. cheating, swaying polls) will result in disqualification. Whining why X or Y entry is winning is also frowned upon. Please, keep it clean.

There will be prizes...preaty high prizes, as seen below, for both PMC and 2.0 sides:

Prize List - PMC/2.0:

The most voted images in Qualifier - Sponsored by SlipZtrEm:
Secret Gift Car

Third Place:
Hall of Fame representation;
Any car up to 50 thousand of credit;

Second Place:
Hall of Fame representation;
Any car up to 500 thousand of credit;

First Place:
Hall of Fame representation;
All it’s tournament images will be featured as banners for a next tournament;
Any car up to 1Million of credit;
One year of Premium Membership;

If you already have a premium membership subscription you can choose to either increase it's expiration date (if that's possible) or hand it down to someone else.
 
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I can't post an entry that I have used in a previous competition can I.

By the way great theme. Can't wait to post one. :D
 
I can't post an entry that I have used in a previous competition can I.

By the way great theme. Can't wait to post one. :D

As stated in rules, you can't even post an image that has been in your gallery. It must be an unpublished picture, something never seen before.
 
How does the head to head bit work? Do you post the pictures and then people list which they're voting for?
 
There's a very handy trick to posting the polls that enables us to all vote for each "match-up".

Of course, this being a Photomode Competition; there are those that undoubtedly won't read the rules and not do it correctly.
 
so do we enter pics just like the normal comps? I mean do we just post them here with a final entry mark?
 
Hi 70chevelle8,

This is from the OP, please read this and the whole post, please.

"Private Message Requirements:
All entries must be submitted by P.M. to Nicknamealguem .
Please, fill in the following form:
P.M. Title: Photomode Tornament Final Entry;
P.M. Subject: Image in either thumbnail or a preview linked to it's full size and which side you will be competing.

Competition Requirements:
Entrants must state which side (PMC or 2.0) they are taking part. Only one side per user allowed;
Entrants from the PMC side will only battle against other PMC. Entrants from the 2.0 side will only battle against other 2.0."
 
As stated in rules, you can't even post an image that has been in your gallery. It must be an unpublished picture, something never seen before.

Okay. Know my question is, can I post a pic that has been on this website but has now been removed. You can see what I mean when you see my gallery
 
This is qualifying for PMC only, right? So if I want to be in the 2.0 tournament I have to wait?

EDIT: SORRY - just realized it says PMC/2.0 in the qualifying!
 
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As stated in rules, you can't even post an image that has been in your gallery. It must be an unpublished picture, something never seen before.

Wait a minute. I want to upload it on Flickr. Do I have to remove the link to my Flickr gallery then? Also, there are certain guys that know where to find my Flickr gallery, I really don´t want to use another uploading service :ill:
 
Wait a minute. I want to upload it on Flickr. Do I have to remove the link to my Flickr gallery then? Also, there are certain guys that know where to find my Flickr gallery, I really don´t want to use another uploading service :ill:

I think can set the image to private, then it won't show up. :)
 
Wait a minute. I want to upload it on Flickr. Do I have to remove the link to my Flickr gallery then? Also, there are certain guys that know where to find my Flickr gallery, I really don´t want to use another uploading service :ill:

Imageshack should be reliable enough for hosting, I've never had any issues with them!
 
Dito. Worked with Imageshack but I didn´t really figure out how to send a preview image of 500px so I sent a thumbnail preview...
 
Got mine in, I look forward to seeing how this pans out. At least I'll be in a position for my photo to be voted for this time :D
 
Fyi: It's damn near impossible to drive 2 cars by yourself, espically with one using R2/L2, and one using X and Square...
 
Fyi: It's damn near impossible to drive 2 cars by yourself, espically with one using R2/L2, and one using X and Square...

yes it is lol. trying getting two cars through the esses at Le Mans
 
How does the head to head bit work? Do you post the pictures and then people list which they're voting for?
The Head to Head works since there is a option for multiple voting. The qualifying round will also be multiple voting, so you can vote for whichever picture you'd like to make the next stage. ;)

Okay. Know my question is, can I post a pic that has been on this website but has now been removed. You can see what I mean when you see my gallery
Well, try to take a picture that was never published, at least on GTPlanet. It shouldn't be too hard to take a new picture, I suppose?

How many entries will advance to the actual knock-off rounds?
Well I didn't announce it yet, but as I said the the News thread, if there is enough entrants 32 for each side. 64 would be asking too much, but who knows.

Wait a minute. I want to upload it on Flickr. Do I have to remove the link to my Flickr gallery then? Also, there are certain guys that know where to find my Flickr gallery, I really don´t want to use another uploading service :ill:
Well, you don't need to. I really hope people won't be searching through galleries to see other peoples entries. In poll, only the direct link will be visible so you won't have to worry in that department.

Fyi: It's damn near impossible to drive 2 cars by yourself, espically with one using R2/L2, and one using X and Square...
You didn't need to run two cars by yourself. Just do a normal race and you get more than one car. It's not imperative to have two cars only.

Just so everyone knows, I won't be seeing any entry until I have mine ready today. I'll post a date if anyone wants proof. You can confirm the read date in the confirmed message receipts.
 
You didn't need to run two cars by yourself. Just do a normal race and you get more than one car. It's not imperative to have two cars only.

Yeah i know, but for what im trying to do, I Need to.
 
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