Hey guys!
We would like to invite everyone to our 2013 NWDA Contest. There are some great prizes to win, so read on!
In fact, you would be "
crazy" not to participate, as this is the most valuable collection of prizes we ever had! More on that further down...
Important is that this contest is open to everyone who's interested, regardless whether you are a registred "Deep" or "Deep + Animation" Terragen user, or a user of the Terragen 2 Free Edition.
Contest Theme/Goal:This year's contest theme is "
ROADSIDE"
The goal of this contest is that each contestant creates a scene of choice, in which a road is either the central element, or supporting element of the scene.
NWDA is excited to announce the following premier sponsors for this contest, who have agreed to support us with some awesome prizes:
- Planetside Software
- Xfrog, Inc.
- World-Machine
- Silva 3D
- 3D Art Direct
- Plugs'nPixels
FOLLOW us and the contest on FACEBOOK, too!!!
Read on for more details on the actual contest theme, rules and prizes!
These are the contest rules:
- Theme: "Roadside". This is a scene of your choice, in which a road is either the central element, or a supporting element of the scene. The road must be clearly visible and must take up a certain minimum of screen real estate. There has to be enough road in the scene to count. This example is not enough road to qualify. And this example doesn't count as a road. In this example, the road is not the only main element of the image, but it would count as eligible. If in doubt, you can always submit a draft work to nwdacontest at hotmail dot com and ask to verify for eligibility.
- Each submission must strive for photorealism as best as possible. "Photorealism" means that the submitted render should look, at close as you can get it, like a photograph made of the scene by any modern camera with a general purpose lens. Submissions that attempt to emulate vintage photo realism, or the look of worn and bleached photographs do not qualify. (Rule amended March 7th)"
- Submissions: one submission per person.
- Submissions must be natively rendered within TG2.
- Image format and size: Image width must been between 0.8k and 2k pixel. Format as you prefer.
- Images below a certain minimum quality threshold will be rejected. We only accept submissions of finished work.
- Postwork: allowed, but as minimal as possible; levels, color-corrections and the like are all allowed, except for adding elements to the image. When in doubt, the contestant must submit the raw render for NWDA to verify that nothing has been added in post. Post processing that simulates imperfections of a camera lens are explicitly allowed. For example, that includes depth of field simulation, chromatic aberration, vignette and the like. Image filters which strongly alter the image are not allowed, such as vintage filters, textures, grunge etc.
- Contest Start: Sunday, February 23rd
- Deadline for submission: Sunday, April 14th, but you can submit whenever your work is finished.
Contest-rules may be subject to modification
How to submit and submission conditions:Please send your finished work through email to: nwdacontest at
hotmail.comInformation needed with submission:
- Image title
- Your real name and forum name
Please be aware that by submitting an image to this email address, you agree that the image can be posted in the contest gallery on NWDA along with your name.
A link to the contest gallery will be shared soon. Entries will be added to the contest gallery as soon as they are being submitted.
Finding the winners:- At this point the voting process isn't finally decided. It will either be a public voting or jury voting process. The final decision will be announced soon.
The contest prizes: COMBINED MONEY VALUE NORTH OF $3000 USD !!!1st Place Winner Prizes: Become the content overlord with weapons of mass rendering and fame!
Terragen 2 Deep + Animation
World Machine 2 Professional Edition
Xfrog Plants Volume Bundle, all 3000 (!) plants in .TGO-format
Silva3D Mega Bundle Vol.1
Silva3D Balcony Plants Vol.1
Feature interview and publication with 3D Art Direct Magazine
Back Issue Access Subscription at
3dartdirect.com PlugNPixels magazine, "making of" coverage
2nd Place Winner Prizes: Xfrog Plants Vol.1 (1300 plants) or Vol 2. (1600 plants), all plants in .TGO-format
Silva3D Mega Bundle Vol.1
Feature interview and publication with 3D Art Direct Magazine
Back Issue Access Subscription at
3dartdirect.com PlugNPixels magazine, "making of" coverage
3rd Place Winner Prizes: Xfrog Plants Europe 3, all 180 plants in .TGO-format
Silva3D Choice (pick 2 from either Grasses, Balcony, Wildflower, or Shrubs)
Feature interview and publication with 3D Art Direct Magazine
Back Issue Access Subscription at
3dartdirect.com PlugNPixels magazine, "making of" coverage
4th - 10th Place Winners: NWDA Road and Tarmac Pack Commercial Use License
We strongly recommend to create a Work In Progress (WIP) thread of your project at
http://forums.planetside.co.uk/This way everybody can keep track of each others progress and also exchange ideas/tips/tricks and other useful discussion.
We are looking forward to seeing your submissions. Game on!
Good luck!!!
Your NWDA team
