GT5 Photomode Competitions - Have arrived now!

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...coming on Sunday!

Brief History:
For those who are unaware; we had numerous competitions (quite successfully, I might add) that ran during GT4's long, long run on these forums. The two main ones, that ran most often and longest, were these two:

  • Photomode Competition (PMC) - A minimal-Photoshopping, easy-to-access competition meant with larger poll sizes. The main event!
  • 2.0 Advanced - I'll be your host! More freedom with post-GT editing, and a poll half the size of the PMC. Tougher competition!

Here are some examples to give you an idea (remember though, that GT4's community is very small compared to what we'll be seeing this week!):

PMC Week 196 Thread
PMC Week 196 Poll

I had been talking to Jordan a few months ago about bringing them back, bigger than before, and this is the culmination of that. So, what are the comps about?

Comp Explanations:
PMC
PMC will be ran by our good member Nicknamealguem. This competition will allow no editing outside of GT5's parameters other than a resize. This keeps everyone on the same page, and brings the focus to the artistic qualities of the images.

2.0
A full rule-set of 2.0 will be available once the competitions are posted. This is for more experienced Photoshop users, though people are free to enter with as little Photoshop work as they deem needed! The poll will be half the size, which means a lot more people may or may not make the cut each week. Give us your best work!

Shared Rules:
The two main comps will be sharing a fair bit of rules. Below is a brief run-down:

  • Poll Setup - A week's theme is decided by the two-weeks-prior's winner. For example, Week 3's theme will be chosen by the overall winner from Week 1. The theme-chooser cannot enter in their own theme, but they do get to pick the entries which move on to the voting poll :). We may be including other goodies/prizes down the road :D.
  • Weekly Schedule - Both competitions will be running on a weekly schedule. Competition threads will be posted on Sunday evenings, and will be closed one week later. The first two weeks, by dint of being "open" themes, will have unlimited-size polls. The poll will run until the Saturday evening, or thereabouts, afterwards. So now you see why Week 1's winner has to pick Week 3's theme: the poll voting period for Week 1 will be taking place while the open submission time for Week 2 is happening :).
  • One entry per person - This is a strict rule for these two comps. It only makes sense!
  • H2H Poll - Years ago, we had a "Head2Head" competition, that would require a two-sided theme. For example: Black/white photos vs colour photos, Japan vs the world, etc etc. PMC and 2.0 will be using this setup once every four weeks to inject some fun into proceedings. The poll setup will be different for these: there will be a poll for each faction; the winners from each then face off in a duel. Pick a side!
 
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Sorry if this is out of place, but I'm reserving mai photo space :sly:
Mk, and thaaanqs for the great contest! :D
Good times lie ahead!
 
I reserve a spot too! :) Can't wait. This photomode looks like the truest to real life photography in a game so far. Some fantastic photo's will come of this.
 
I will be more busy in the GT5 photomode contests, compared to the GT4 competitions.
 
Atlop! Funnily enough, I was looking at my very first PMC entries last week, and you were one of the first to ever comment. Am I glad to see you back around again!

No need to reserve, boys; this one's open to all :)
 
Atlop! Funnily enough, I was looking at my very first PMC entries last week, and you were one of the first to ever comment. Am I glad to see you back around again!
Thanks! Great to see you here, and thanks for starting things up! This sure brings back some memories, I hope we'll have a good run with GT5.

And cheers to TVR 👍! Let the old crew find their way to this place! :)
 
I havn't read anything since I gotta run but seem like people are reserving so I'll do the same too, looking forward to it.
 
Girlfriend or GT5 photomode? I haven't even pre ordered the game :lol:
 
Can't wait! Hopefully I can be a part of the festivities starting with week one! :)
 
I think I entered only one or two (I don't think I even got through to the poll on either of those occasions) photomode competitions in the GT4 days, even though I thoroughly enjoyed photomode. So I think I will try to get in on the competition a bit more often this time around. Should be fun! 👍
 
Mm. I can't wait for these to start. Loved competing in the GT4 competitions, even long after people had forgotten about them....
 
I can't wait to get back into the GT photo mode competitions!
 
I am expecting 30+ entries in Pmc for first two months :lol: Maybe we will meet some new members with some serious skills. It's gonna be fun.
 
I am expecting 30+ entries in Pmc for first two months :lol: Maybe we will meet some new members with some serious skills. It's gonna be fun.
This is what I'm looking forward to as well. Hope to see some new amazing photographers around here. Inspires us and makes us all better.
 
I'm planning on becoming a regular contributor to this section so I will try my best to put some decent photos into the photo competitions(will probably fail miserably for awhile though and will only be participating in the non-edited one as I fail at photoshop:guilty::lol:).


Thanks for running the competitions.👍
 
I didn't enter any GT4 PMCs, heck I didn't even start really posting around here at all until about 18 months ago and I've been a member almost 6 years. Definitely going to enter some for GT5 though.

I'm looking forward to interacting more with the community, entering comps and racing with people.
 
Ah crap. I'm leaving on Sunday to go to Brazil for work for 3 weeks, then going to Oregon for a week after that. Looks like I won't be able to participate until January, but I've been looking forward to this ever since the release date was announced. Too bad I can't get in on the ground floor, as recognition tends to make a difference in these competitions. Oh well, I'll just be relegated to voting until I get back home and can really participate :)
 
Thanks for starting up and running the comps Slip! I was wondering when I was finally going to see the GT5 Photomode section open up. Glad to see it has begun! Hopefully I will have the time to put towards an entry every week for both comps. I am really looking forward to the 2.0 regulars making their return and giving us some beautiful automobile artwork to feast on!

See you all soon! :)
 
Its great seeing so many veteran photomode users returning. Can't wait to enter the comps and see the galleries.
 
Looking forward to the competition should be fun, already some of the current photos made are stunning so interesting to see how photos for the competition will turn out. Just need enough time to play around with the photo options and play a bit less once the game is out :)
 
Damn me not having GT5 or a PS3 straight away....... I would be a tad rusty anyway!

Oh well, cant wait to see some of the entries that the comps produce!

(Gotta find $600 for a PS3 and GT5 here downunder...:ouch:)
 
I'm looking forward to this too. Should be really good with the quality of the game graphics in gt5.

I reckon I might find myself in the 2.0 comp more perhaps. I like me some photoshop! (if time permits.)
 
Wew, many an old face in this thread. My copy of GT5 is installing as we speak... hopefully I'll have time to put a photomode entry in every so often.
Given the extraordinary results we could get out of GT4 Photomode back in the day, I can't wait to see what will be possible with GT5!
 
Wow! :drool: There are shots in the photomode comp thread that are in many ways as good or even better than the best of photoshopped pics we had in the advanced comp in GT4 era. And those are shots straight from the game! I never thought photomode would improve this much! With GT4 most of the huge photoshop effort went into creating proper speed blur and polishing car details. And now!? The relation between our advanced and regular comp is going to be very different than it was before.

By the way I read somewhere there are other phototravel locations than just the four, they will be unlocked later in the game. I think it was the same with GT4, had completely forgotten about it.

There may be some problems with the game at the moment, but IMO the photomode is a huge win. 👍
 
^ Second that. Lots of real photographers dropped in to show off their skills. Like someone said before, the photomode and course maker alone worth the game price.
 
I'll probably enter once I get the game. Sounds exciting, I'm a little rusty though.

A question: Will there be other competitions such as CCCL, H2H, and Customized once we've gotten in the swing of things? If so, I'd be willing to host if someone would make banners and a setup for me.
 
I won't get GT5 'til Wednesday, but I'm already psyched! I've got some ideas brewing already and I don't even know what cars I'll have yet.
 
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