GT4 Photomode 2.0 Advanced Competition wk. 10

Final Entry

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Toronado
Nice Polo. I manage to like the picture even though I hate the rims. 👍
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I hate the wheels too but it seems everyone else likes them. You see a lot of winners with those wheels.
 
Thats funny I bought a polo in red for this comp...I havent gone through the pics yet because I went with a different car. 👍 Yours looks better than the ones I took.
 
vr6gti72
Thats funny I bought a polo in red for this comp...I havent gone through the pics yet because I went with a different car. 👍 Yours looks better than the ones I took.
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Post them in your gallery at least, your pics never fail to "please the eye" 👍
 
Final Entry


First entry in this comp, so I'm no doubt going to get demolished... I'm mainly just interested in seeing what you guys think of my work so far, and maybe even some comments on what else to do (if that's allowed in this thread).
 
Holy crap Franz, I'm really liking you're updating shot 👍 👍
 
Green3VZ
First entry in this comp, so I'm no doubt going to get demolished... I'm mainly just interested in seeing what you guys think of my work so far, and maybe even some comments on what else to do (if that's allowed in this thread).
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Now, I'm far from an expert (in fact, this will be my first week in this comp, once I finally pick a car), but I can think of three good bits of advice:

1. Levels - So helpful! I use PS7 and this is always the first setting I play with. Getting it right can make the highlights pop, and keep the contrast nice between them and the dark spots. A key to realism. A good example of it would be Diabolical Mask's gallery, since he keeps his Photoshopping to a minimum :).

2. Cropping - Get rid of unrealistic elements of the shot, mostly bad textures. Y'know, really ugly 2D trees, stuff like that (though an intelligent use of the game's speed blur can solve that). When you do some extreme cropping, leaving either a very wide or a very tall shot, it makes the image more dynamic, and the unusual shape catches peoples' eyes.

3. Resizing - Remember, do this last! Find a nice balance between size and quality; a smaller image will look sharper than the untouched one, but if it gets too small people will overlook it because you may be overdoing it to cover up a flaw. I've found a good size is 800 x 600 for my gallery, since it still gives decent detail and is fairly big. Though, limiting myself to those dimensions means I throw away a lot of shots, so for comps, I try to just go with whatever aspect ratio the image calls for to look its best. Remember, you're the judge though.

These are just a few ideas that popped into my head. Also, a very light soft focus effect can go a long way, but some people aren't fans. I personally think it helps, but provided it's subtle.

Anyways, sorry for the length. I like your shot, love the car; the STi's my favourite and I always seem to forget to do a shot with it. Since you've covered it for this comp, I'm going to look for something a bit unexpected ;)

-Kyle
 
PR, he said "New car smell" not "the smell of burnt brakes in the evening" :lol:

Nice shot 👍
 
Well, you got to test drive them proper, no? :lol:

I'm not sure yellow's the way to go, though...
 
Updated My shot click the pic to go to the post :)

 
I don't want to complain or anything, but there are so many 'updated final entries' lately that these threads are becoming a bit diffucult to read (if you want to keep track of what peoples entries actually are and see all the latest goodnes that is, like Sprites C3 (C2?) above, very nice :) ). I have done many updates myself so this is not an accusation in any way. But I would suggest we have a common policy how we handle this; either we all post a preview in the post where we tell about the update, or then nobody does it. Or any other suggestions that would improve the situation?

Peace,

atlop
 
atlop
I don't want to complain or anything, but there are so many 'updated final entries' lately that these threads are becoming a bit diffucult to read (if you want to keep track of what peoples entries actually are that is). I have done many updates myself so this is not an accusation in any way. But I would suggest we have a common policy how we handle this; either we all post a preview in the post where we tell about the update, or then nobody does it. Or any other suggestions that would improve the situation?

Peace,

atlop
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agreed, could this be added to the rules plz, as its easier to see when people are updating, i like to have my preview with it clickable if people want to go to my post but if not they can just look at the preview.
 
This looks a little gaudy to me, so I may change it later. But since Socom 3 is out, it may just have to remain my:

FINAL ENTRY!



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PERFECT BALANCE
NIce shot 440charger, I like the look of the front lights, with that star looking thing coming off of it.
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Beleive it or not, I actually did not put that in! I may have accentuated it a bit, but I was surprised myself when it showed up in the shot.
 
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