VFX005 Voting HERE

[Paul Moran]

Well, as some of you may have read over in the Pad...i have been changing rooms ...and some 'less than popular' sibling kicked the freaking DSL connection out of the wall...destroying a vital piece of hardware...anyways...i have just had it fixed ...so all is well...

Sorry for the delay All!!!!

Thanks to everyone who took part in VFX005 - We have 17 fantastic entries and im very very happy with this turn out (albeit at the LAST moment :p)!! I am still trying to contact CVP to email their entry ...but so far...no luck ...If i do get it..ill link it up !!

OK...here we go...

"The nominees for best VFX005Challenge entries are...."

snarkle (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5390)
SirEdric (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5814)
jkentro (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5824)
Dreggsy (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5834)
kilometer (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5845)
CVP - ENTRY NOW IN (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5857)
rohit (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5860)
Bischofftep (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5862)
T_R (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5864)
Damo (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5867)
Sagroth (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5880)
TrenZ62 (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5887)
SalaTar (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5891)
es-diar (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5895)
SdFX (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5896)
raeshao (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5899)
pixeldaddy (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5901)
David Wyand (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5902)


"And the winner is....."

Well, that's for you to decide, so get on and vote!

Cheers ALL!!!! VFX006 Details will be posted VERY shortly!!!

[Paul Moran]

i havn't voted yet...i just cant decide!!! I have to say that there are some fantastic entries this month!!! Very Very happy!! :D

Hope this is a sign of things to come ;)

Cheers to all who entered!! and remember to VOTE!!!!

Paul

[rohit]

Are all those like me who have submitted their work also allowed to vote?

Secondly, i feel that you should choose judges who have done substantial work in this field of compositing because only they should have right to vote as they are experts. And also, it's not necessary that everyone who vote has a good eye for choosing the best.

I believe in meritocracy instead of mobocracy.

What do you say?

thanks,
Rohit

[TrenZ62]

Nice entries this month I already voted for who I think should win. Nice job sdfx on thats surprise i had it playing on my tv with the volume blasting and it scared the shyt out of my son and fiance. Es-diar I would love to see a break down of your scene I think it looked very real.
Good job to all and good luck may the best man win!

[Bischofftep]

Hey, all!

Amazing stuff! I'm thrilled to be in the company of folks with this kind of talent! (Though I do admit we seem to enjoy blowing things up most of all...)

SirEdric and SdFX, us poor Mac folks can't play your entries! Micro$oft stopped supporting WMP for MacOS X at version 7, so WMP 9 (SirEdric) plain won't play... and SdFX I got your audio track (woo!) but no video (argh!).

Any way to get a DiVX 5.0.7 or earlier or other (QuickTime?) format file so I can see your masterpieces?

Thanks!!

[konrad_haenel]

Selecting one of those was really tough, the contest entries keep getting better. I can't wait for the next challenge.

My sidenotes:

- stick to Quicktime or DivX/XviD, these are supported on most platforms. I had to go to some length to watch the WMVs. And I couldn't watch salatar's entry at all because "it is not a file that QuickTime understands".

- A complete bundle for download would have been nice.

[SdFX]

Bischofftep, check under the wip-section (vfx005 - sdfx) for a quicktime version...nice job, btw!
Trenz, we're glad it had the desired effect...and scaring women and children is always the most fun! ;)

[SalaTar]

Thats odd cause its sorenson vid 3 that comes standard in a qtime

[konrad_haenel]

And I couldn't watch salatar's entry at all because "it is not a file that QuickTime understands".
Downloading it again helped. It didn't change my vote, though.

[dreggsy]

Congrats to all who finished their work.
amazing stuff out there.
Im still looking to find the best one without any 3D elements in it.

BTW
the big white plume in my entry is supposed to be a tornado.
unfortunatly it doesnt look like on lol : ).

ill put up a totally finished version of mine soon

[Paul Moran]

http://www.vfxtalk.com/newsimages/VFX005_Winner.jpg

With 18 FANTASTIC entries this month, we have our VFX005 Master: SirEdric !! :D

View the VFX005 Winning Entry HERE (http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1187#post5814)

First Prize for VFX005:

A 6 month web hosting account on the VFXTalk.com server with the following specifications:

- 200 Mg HDD
- 5 Gig bandwidth transfer / month
- cPanel Control Panel
- 5 sub domains
- 5 MySQL databases
- 2 FTP accounts
- 25 email accounts
- 5 email forwarders

All you need is your own domain name!!!

Our joint runners up: SdFX & es-diar will both receive the fantastic 6 month subscriptions to Digital Media World Magazine!

Congrats again guys!!!, and im sure all the VFXTalk gang wish you a big congrats too.

A MASSIVE thanks goes out to Digital Media World (http://www.dmw.com.au) (as always!!) for sponsoring the challenges :D

http://www.dmw.com.au/Library/Latest%20cover.jpg

Off course, as always, lets not lose sight of the bigger picture... DF4!!! ... much thanks again to eyeon being our MAJOR VFXChallenge sponsor!!

http://www.vfxtalk.com/challenges/DFMajorPrize.jpg (http://www.eyeonline.com/)

Here are the points allocations for VFX005:

1st: SirEdric - 10 points
2nd: SdFX & es-diar - 7 points
3rd: jkentro - 5 points
4th: raeshao - 3 points
5th: T_R - 2 points
6th: David Wyand - 1 point

The VFXChallenge Leader-Board (http://www.vfxtalk.com/challenge.php#DFLeaderBoard) will be updated very shortly.

Cheers :thumbsup: looking forward to VFX006 with LOTS MORE ENTRIES & VOTING!!

Paul

[Hugh]

I'm just updating the leaderboard at the moment - if anyone's wondering why some people are going up by more than they should this time - it's cos I didn't update it last month, so I'm putting VFX004 and VFX005 results in at the same time here....

[Bischofftep]

Hey, Congratulations SirEdric!

Um... could someone convert this winning entry to something us non-Windows users can SEE?

I'd love to see the winning entry!

-Bischofftep

[bipedstudios]

mac osx now has windows mdeia 9
and if you use version tracker you can get a divx codec