Rules are simple:
Camera movement is allowed
Use whatever materials/lighting you want
The only be 1 rendered object in your scene
The video codec that you use must be playable in VLC
All post proccessing must be done in blender and must be noted in entry
Entries should not be over 5 minutes (though around 30 seconds is ok, whatever you want less than 5 minutes) and an sd file should not be over 30mb
Final date: To be determined
I’ll probably set a deadline once this gets some more entries/interest. You can have as many array modiferiers on an object as you want/your pc can handle.
You could compensate by making a file so huge it would crash everyone’s computer. But seriously you need some skill. In a contest like this your pc will give you some advantage, if you want to make some massive array with nice materials.
so we are allowed multiple objects but only one array modifier applied to it as if thats the case and the DivX is playable then i already have one done but i may need to re render it though due to lighting
No, as many array modifiers as you want on one object.
I would rather have the entries no postpro at all. If you do use postpro you should mention it with your entry and should be done withing in blender ie: compositor, vector blur, etc. Since the contest is still young, the rules are a bit flexible, so let me know what you have in mind for post processing and that could be added to being ok in the rules. Music is ok and file size should not be over 30megs for sd. If you have a large file please post a lower quality one also.
flib - quad opteron workstation custom built by monarchcomputers.com - pretty cheap considering what a beast it is - 4 gb ram, 1 tb hd, ATI radeon x850 XT. it’s really dual dual-core opteron chips. and I’m not even running any 64bit apps yet… quite a shame. too lazy to reformat for ubuntu, I’ve got everything set up just the way I want it. are there any useful 64bit live installations I could dl?
NodeRanger, your comp is almost the same as mine. I have 2 Dual Core Opterons also, you have more RAM though… I have the same HDD sapce too, but I haven’t found a use for a TB. I’m dual booting off of ubuntu right now.
I completely agree about 64 bit. It’s great and all, but theres nothing out there that takes advantage of it without having drawbacks… I do like running 4 threads of yafray though!!! hahaha.
Anyway, Just a heads up, I have a 2000 frame array demo test that I just finished today. Gonna render another 3000 frames. All synced with music!!! GONNA BE SCHWEEEET!!
