PMC Rules Revision

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Well, as the title says and has happened with the 2.0 competition, I want to do a PMC rules revision. Adding more things but not turning it into a 2.0.
The set of Photoshop rules I was thinking:



Image Enhancement Rules
Photoshop may be used to adjust:
  • Brightness, contrast, exposure and gamma values;
  • RGB Levels;
  • RGB Curves;
  • Saturation.
(When adjusting this, it has to be uniform throughout the whole image).

Photoshop may also be used to:
  • Rotate, crop and resize;
  • Add border and signature;
Photoshop may not be used to:
  • Use any plug-ins , filter or adjustments not mentioned above;
  • Add any exterior elements to the original photo.


I am thinking of adding this rule to the next PmC week 190. I don’t know if other competitions or if the next tournament rounds want to use it as well.

I also want to add that I want to test these new rules for the future GT5 Photomode Competition (PmC) and that I feel the PMC rules are somewhat outdated.


I would like to ear some input and suggestions.

Anything I would consider adding our taking out?
 
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I completely agree with you. I'm all for it, maybe a poll would help decide?

A little question though. Does "exposure" include curves, levels, etc.?
 
I forgot to add Curves.

Well, there is actually an option in Photoshop where you can adjust exposure and that is where it is located the gamma.

But yeah, brightness/contras, RGB Levels, RGB Curves, they are all used to adjust the brightness and contrast, in a better and more controlled way.

One thing I don't whant is to alter too much the colors of the image. The saturation is an exception, but I would like to keep away with things like selective color, channel mixer, Hue, not RGB Levels or Curves (only adjusting the red, green or blue), etc.
 
Scrath the curves option and go with color balance instead, or both of them. I've always thought color balance was a must in PMC.
 
I for one am not for it.We editing noobs need more competitions we can stand a chance at winning....Just my 2 cents
 
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Scrath the curves option and go with color balance instead, or both of them. I've always thought color balance was a must in PMC.
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You still use that? :p

My problem with colour balance is that it alters too much the colours in a picture. And to allow colour balance, I have to allow the selective colours, Full Mode Curves and Levels, Match Colour, Channel Mixer.

Though, and in the other hand, I can see it has a must in the Future GT5 PmC (as it will, or I hope it will resemble more real life photography).

But I am open to it's addition. I can test it for one or two weeks to see how it goes. 👍 I am still thinking on this, I may grab a GT5 Picture and try to use some adjustments and see how it goes.

@ GeeTeeR, You don't need to be an editing expert to adjust brightness and contrast, which is what this new applications do in a more controlled way. Is not that I am going to allow the use of filters like in the 2.0 competition.
Any program would do that, even the crappy Windows Photo Gallery would do the same job.
 
I think Color Balance would be a better rule adjustment than curves, if a change needs to be made. But I don't really think the the rules for pmc need to change much.

We have Unedited, which tends to favor the better photography aspects, and the raw ability to take a good shot. PMC mixes the photomode photograpy with only minor image tuning and adjustment, but still already favors those with photoshop knowledge and ability. [2.0] is for mass touch-up and extensive photmode knowledge and abilities.

The modes setup very well together how they are, adjusting pmc allowing more editing options will just weight the competitions toward adjusting the image with photoshop, rather than the happy medium that it's at now. It will make those with less photoshop knowledge or abilities seriously disadvantaged.

Also when GT5 is released and owned by many, it maybe a better time to review and adjust any rule changes. But I'm sure a within few months after the release, there will be a influx of new competitors, that maybe less PS savvy.
 
I never thought the PMC rules needed altering in the first place, I've always liked the way it was. I was just saying, if you do alter it, I want my damned colour balance! :p
 
^Uhhh...yeah.

Anyway, I'm all for the rules changing, but with GT5 coming up so soon (hopefully) and in the middle of the PmC tournament, I don't think this is a good time to change the rules. Possibly, when GT5 comes out, we can have PmC, 1.5, and 2.0 competitions (but this all depends on whether stock GT5 shots are washed-out like GT4's).
 
Sorry for the late response.

I read and searched about the early PmC (or Photomode Competition), and it seems it started as a photomode only competition. No Photomode adjustments were allowed (only resizing, adding border and text). As GT4 Photographs looked a little darker and washed out when viewed in the computer screen, a need for some minor adjustments was required. Those adjustments were to raise the brightness and contrast of the photographs and taking of the GT4 Watermark, raising a little bit the quality bar.

What I intend with these is to allow another adjustments that do the same thing as the simple brightness and contrast adjustments, but are easier to use to some of the users (like levels), and can deliver a more controlled way of adjusting that brightness and contrast deal.
Basically it consists in adding some adjustments while keeping the PMC rules (Brightness and contrast based) roots.
That's why I am not totally in favor of the color adjustments in PMC.

GT5 will be another thing. As I see some of the photographs in the news page (calculating that polyphony took them with GT5 Photomode) the PmC can maybe make a comeback to it's early first week were no Photoshop adjustments were allowed, or, if we want to take this more to a photographer side, adjusting some minor color adjustments..
 
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