KristiS opened this issue on Nov 16, 2016 · 14 posts
KristiS posted Wed, 16 November 2016 at 3:31 PM
Hi Everyone -
Our Annual Holiday contest is now up and waiting for entries 
The theme this year is "My Special Holiday".
I hope you all enjoy creating your images, animations, and stories as I certainly am looking forward to viewing and reading them.
You will find the link to each category below:
Photography: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1470
Writers: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1472
Animation: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1471
2D: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1469
3D: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1468
Kristi
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Boni posted Wed, 16 November 2016 at 3:39 PM
Good Luck Everyone!!!
Boni
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DarrenUK posted Wed, 16 November 2016 at 5:53 PM
Closing date on all the categories is listed as Thursday 17th December. The 17th is in fact a Saturday. So is the closing date Saturday 17th or Thursday 15th / 22nd?
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fantasybooks posted Thu, 17 November 2016 at 4:52 PM
Perhaps I'm just being dense but what is the difference between the 2D contest and the 3D contest? I went so far as to look at the Halloween contest winners to see if I could figure out the difference from there. Still not sure. I thought maybe the 2D was done without using a render engine to create an image to work on top of, or maybe the 3D isn't allowed to have post work.
Mythic3D posted Mon, 21 November 2016 at 6:17 AM
@fantasybooks - great question, I've wondered that for years and can't wait for someone who knows for sure to answer. 
I always thought the difference was that 3D meant it was mostly created in a 3D rendering program (DAZ Studio, Poser, Blender, etc...) and 2D meant it was mostly done in either a traditional two-dimensional medium (paint, pen and ink, etc.) or a digital version of one of those (painted in Photoshop, Krita, etc.). That's just my personal interpretation though and if you look at past contests it mostly seems to be true, but sometimes there are obvious 3D renders in the 2D category, so that doesn't seem to be an absolute rule. I still use that as my own rule for entries though. I personally would not enter a render in the 2D contest unless I had pretty much completely painted over it.
I think it is a matter of "what medium was most of the work done in." Just my guess though since no real guidelines have ever been posted that I can find.
Tracybee posted Wed, 23 November 2016 at 5:15 PM
Can you please give some details on the "Annual Holiday Contest" Animation segment. Are they to be posted on youtube but linked in the Contest Animation page? Is there a limit on size? The info appears to be sadly lacking or I'm missing it completely..Which is most likely knowing me :) But to clear things up could you post info here? Thanks
wheatpenny posted Wed, 23 November 2016 at 6:26 PM Site Admin
AFAIK, MDO2010 is right: the 2D part is for things like Photoshop, etc.and scanned paintings/drawings, etc.
As for the animation contest, I'm not sure. Maybe one of the contest managers can shed some light on this.
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Steve K. posted Wed, 23 November 2016 at 6:32 PM
Tracybee posted at 6:24PM Wed, 23 November 2016 - #4290748
Can you please give some details on the "Annual Holiday Contest" Animation segment. Are they to be posted on youtube but linked in the Contest Animation page? Is there a limit on size? The info appears to be sadly lacking or I'm missing it completely..Which is most likely knowing me :) But to clear things up could you post info here? Thanks
I'm not on staff, but I think these are the key items from the contest rules that answer your question:
So you upload three things (small image, large image and video file) plus fill out a description. This is the same as the Halloween Contest. The videos will not be streamed, but rather downloaded for viewing by voters. Don't upload to YouTube or any other site until after the contest.
Steve K.
Tracybee posted Thu, 24 November 2016 at 9:32 PM
Thanks, Be much better and helpful if this info was in the "View Details" page instead of hidden away somewhere ! Clicking on "View Details" gives very little info. Just loads of promos. But thankyou, SteveK for that
Steve K. posted Thu, 24 November 2016 at 10:29 PM
Tracybee posted at 10:28PM Thu, 24 November 2016 - #4290839
Thanks, Be much better and helpful if this info was in the "View Details" page instead of hidden away somewhere ! Clicking on "View Details" gives very little info. Just loads of promos. But thankyou, SteveK for that
I agree its kind of obscure, but it is on the "View Details" page, you have to scroll down past all the sponsor logos. I remember missing it for my first contest.
TMDesign posted Mon, 05 December 2016 at 4:47 AM
I found this in General Contest Rules: "For those members who submit an entry to two or more categories, only one (1) prize package is available per person across all Halloween Contest categories." :D
RAGraphicDesign posted Sat, 10 December 2016 at 6:56 AM
About the size of the final image, it always remains in doubt That it Should be square (1200x1200). Can someone clarify this? Thanks:)
Steve K. posted Sat, 10 December 2016 at 12:15 PM
RAGraphicDesign posted at 12:11PM Sat, 10 December 2016 - #4292281
About the size of the final image, it always remains in doubt That it Should be square (1200x1200). Can someone clarify this? Thanks:)
"Image size must be a maximum of 1200 pixels x 1200 pixels in .jpeg or .gif format (72 dpi)."
I'm not on staff, just a contest participant, but I interpret this as meaning either dimension can be 1200 pixels or less. But it doesn't have to be square. I think.
RAGraphicDesign posted Mon, 12 December 2016 at 6:38 AM