CLOSED: The Photomode Tournament: Season 2 - Qualifying Round

[Nicknamealguem]

"Last tournament qualifier induced people to get ready for the battle ahead. This time, let's focus on each photographer individuality.

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

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.

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.
• Add lens flares or "artistic" filters to image.
• 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.
  [*]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).
• 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.

11.09.11

 

[Nicknamealguem]

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 for both PMC and 2.0 sides:

Prize List - PMC/2.0:

Third Place:
Hall of Fame representation;

Second Place:
Hall of Fame representation;

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

 

[nismo33]

sweet

 

[nanabu]

looking forward to this

i hope the highskilled members of gtplanet will sent their entries in , iam very curious what they are up to .

 

[rpanico14]

Just to clarify, a photo cannot be entered if it has previously been posted in a user's gallery?

 

[CCShaft7]

Just to clarify, a photo cannot be entered if it has previously been posted in a user's gallery?

I believe it means you can't use an image thats been posted anywhere on these forums, thats how I understand it.

"It must be that user own work and never seen/used before"

 

[ashes619]

This is a very open first round. I am not sure if that is a good thing for me.

 

[ZEROX]

I will continue where i left on the last tournament. Hopefully.

 

[bmxmitch]

Think I'll have to cancel my date for tonight and take some pictures instead!


I'm so agitated!

 

[Fyshokid]

Think I'll have to cancel my date for tonight and take some pictures instead!

That's the spirit.

And now to take some pictures... Well, after school.

 

[nanabu]

guys ,.. you have 10days for this -_- no stress

 

[Fido_le_muet]

I think I'll enter 2.0 this time.
We'll see if I do better than in Season 1...
But that qualifying theme is quite hard...

 

[Inferno251]

Sounds great and I will most likely join. I was out on a school camp the same week the last photomode tournament was on, so I missed out .

 

[Jacob]

Missed last time due to laziness, but I'll join in this time. No sure though... PMC, or 2.0...

 

[FordMKIVJ5]

I wonder how long it will take before someone ignores most of the rules and posts their first round photo in this thread...

 

[Fyshokid]

Talk about timing. I just got the infamous Yellow Light of Death

EDIT: And I had even just spent a lot of money on a new Hard Drive for it...

 

[bmxmitch]

Talk about timing. I just got the infamous Yellow Light of Death

EDIT: And I had even just spent a lot of money on a new Hard Drive for it...

really? awww crap! That sucks...BIG TIME

 

[Fyshokid]

really? awww crap! That sucks...BIG TIME

Yeah, that also means that I probably won't be able to get Battlefield 3

Gah. It's gonna be interesting to see how far I'll be able to get in this tournament using only old photos (it'll especially get hard once we get more specific themes).

 

[RetroGiant]

I'd like to enter, but don't have the game anymore. Hope everyone has a good time with it.

 

[NTX]

Yeah, that also means that I probably won't be able to get Battlefield 3

Gah. It's gonna be interesting to see how far I'll be able to get in this tournament using only old photos (it'll especially get hard once we get more specific themes).

I know how you feel buddy, I recently got the same problem on my good old 60Gb PS3. Lost all my saves!!!

Hope you get a new PS3 soon, or do it like me, buy a used one 👍

 

[aidan8500]

Dam the month my computer brakes the tournament is back, so can't entry 2.0

 

[JediRage]

I believe it means you can't use an image thats been posted anywhere on these forums, thats how I understand it.

"It must be that user own work and never seen/used before"

That's a bit harsh, I always thought it meant it must not have been used in another competition before. Provided it's your own work.

 

[rpanico14]

I believe it means you can't use an image thats been posted anywhere on these forums, thats how I understand it.

"/used before"

Cheers, although it was the used before bit that confused me. On that note, if the rules are too be stricter, can I upload my entry to my Flickr photostream or do I need to upload it somewhere else?

 

[Solo]

I think its meant to be like the SSC style of entry submission. Therefore you can put it on Flickr but set it to private viewing or whatever the setting is (I forget) so other people can't see it if you have a lot of contacts on there that are on here too. If you don't you should ne fine just posting it to your Flickr as normal 👍

 

[Nicknamealguem]

It is as it says:

[*]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.

Entries must not come from past competitions or elsewhere in GTPlanet (not even galleries) and you must not post the entry elsewhere until the poll closes.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Flickr users - I'd recommend just using Imageshack for the first round - as the Qualifier is meant to be anonymous, that would handily solve that

 

[R063R]

hi. im a total newbie to this GTP - only discovered it a few weeks ago, hence the low-20s number of posts. this may seem like a given to most but im confused. and if you dont ask you never learn... do i need to participate in this to continue to enter PMC and 2.0 competitions? or are they totally open and this is something else entirely? because im really loving entering the competitions and id hate to lose out on that enjoyment because i neglected to enter something like this

thanks in advance, guys

 

[Fyshokid]

This is something else. You can enter the other competitions without joining in on this if you want

 

[Benmastaw00t]

I'll be entering in 2.0.

 

[Wallbreaker]

I think I'll enter 2.0 this time.
We'll see if I do better than in Season 1...
But that qualifying theme is quite hard...

Same here. But the theme is actually quite easy. Take the best single car shot you can. Shouldn´t be that difficult for Mr. 787B, right?

Talk about timing. I just got the infamous Yellow Light of Death

EDIT: And I had even just spent a lot of money on a new Hard Drive for it...

I´m feeling with you mate. Had it three times already, now got a Slim, hope it lasts longer...

Flickr users - I'd recommend just using Imageshack for the first round - as the Qualifier is meant to be anonymous, that would handily solve that

But last tournament I used Flickr as well and it was ok