CLOSED: 2.0 Advanced Competition 77

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Further explanation of the theme, provided by your's truly:

"Family bloodlines - our ancestry - has a definite impact on our lives, there's no argument.
The same can be said for cars, and this week, I want to see these generations together. Show
off the old '70 Challenger driving along with its new SRT8 grandchild. Show old and new Fiat 500's,
frollicking. As long as it's the same basic model name, just make sure the pair look good together!

Poll selections will be based on artistic merit as well as cars chosen; an '02 and '06 Viper,
for example, is hardly a diverse pairing!"



CARS: Any two cars (or more) sharing the same nameplate.
LOCATIONS: Any
PHOTOTRAVEL: Nope
UNIQUE RESTRICTIONS: See above!


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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 questions, send me a Private Message.
This Thread will answer many possible questions you may have.

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  • Winner gets to choose the following week's theme, as well as the Top 15. Every fourth
    week, the poll will be H2H style: entries must choose a "team", leading to two 8-picture,
    4-day polls. The winners from each faces off in a final 48 hour poll.
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Failure to follow these rules will result in ignored entries and/or disqualification!

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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.

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.
  • Add a personal signature.
  • Clean up or fix jaggies, texture pixelation, or colour separation.
  • Add a vignette effect.
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20.05.12
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Would the Toyota Sprinter Trueno and the Toyota 86, for example, be allowed then, even if they don't technically share the same nameplate (or, for a more extreme example, a 2000GT and a Supra)?
 
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Not much time for me this week, so this Tournament reject (lucky me:sly:) must do it.

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So a R32 and two R35 in the same picture could be entered in this competition?
 
Not much time for me this week, so this Tournament reject (lucky me:sly:) must do it.

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500: Past & Present


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I've got a few ideas for this already. Now to get my girlfriend to drive one of the cars :)
 
^^ I would go with an older Skyline if I were you like the R30 or R31 or maybe even the Hakosuka


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Click ^^

Might change this
 
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Say hypothetically, I would want to utilize the '73 BMW 2002 Turbo in my shot. :sly:
Now my question is would I want to go about using the M3 or 135i in addition to the 'Turbo?
 
Michelin? You kinda gave it away with having the name of your Flickr account... :p
 
SVX
Michelin? You kinda gave it away with having the name of your Flickr account... :p

Ok, I was dumb this time :lol:

Well, when I get home I'll pay you the e-cookie.
 
Hey guys i have a few questions on editing, I'm starting to get to grips with 'curves, saturation, contrast and hue' etc but are there any tools or filters i should be using? Also how do i add this effect (the circular ring on the outside)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alcylonesvx/6995035106/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmxmitch/7109036469/

PS:drool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmxmitch/6896878414/

Any tips mitch?:D

Vignetting (the darker shade around the periphery of the image)?

If you're on Photoshop, it's a simple case of clicking Filter > Lens Correction and then click the Custom tab. The "Vignette" setting should be right in the middle. I'm not so sure about other programs, but you can always paint it in.

Also (again, if you're on Photoshop), using the Burn and Dodge tools to enhance the shadows and highlights respectively can help.
 
jonjwlee
Would the Toyota Sprinter Trueno and the Toyota 86, for example, be allowed then, even if they don't technically share the same nameplate (or, for a more extreme example, a 2000GT and a Supra)?

For the purposes of the theme, the AE86 and new-age 86 will indeed be considered okay 👍

mattmflok
Slipz: are race cars OK?

I would prefer road cars, though in certain cases, like the GT40, it's understandable. So, yes, they're allowed, if you can't find a more suitable road car :)

McZachenF138
Say hypothetically, I would want to utilize the '73 BMW 2002 Turbo in my shot. :sly:
Now my question is would I want to go about using the M3 or 135i in addition to the 'Turbo?

For that, I'd say the 1'er: it's smaller and runs a turbo, so spiritually, it's closer :)

Sorry for the delay, guys: started a new job, but am juggling them both for this week and next!
 
I'm using GIMP:lol:

Can you do layers in GIMP? I've never used it before. What I've done, even in PS, is to create a top layer, fill with black, cut out the shape you are looking for (oval, circle, freeform, whatever), then blur the layer to get rid of the hard edge and drop the opacity as desired.

Simplistic and probably not as good as other methods but it works. :)

Or this: http://gimpguru.org/tutorials/vignetting/ 👍
 
I call it "Retro Future" and I know I know I know McLaren are working on an actual car to be successor to the F1, but that's not something we're going to see in GT5 anytime soon.

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