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GLBHalloween Horrific Render Contest (CLOSED)
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Foxy 3DWed, Nov 30, 2022
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Welcome to the RenderHub Horrific Render Contest
It's time for some Halloween fun!
Submit the creepiest, most horrific renders you can dream up, and take spooky to another level.
Official Rules for the contest can be found here:
https://www.renderhub.com/3d-contests/horrific-render-contest
Submit your entries here:
https://www.renderhub.com/forum/horrific-render-contest
If you have any questions about the contest, feel free to ask them here in this thread.
It's time for some Halloween fun!
Submit the creepiest, most horrific renders you can dream up, and take spooky to another level.
Official Rules for the contest can be found here:
https://www.renderhub.com/3d-contests/horrific-render-contest
Submit your entries here:
https://www.renderhub.com/forum/horrific-render-contest
If you have any questions about the contest, feel free to ask them here in this thread.
Shouldn't have never offered this up Foxy...lol I am the Dark Arts master and I enjoy the dark elements,
you should know better not to host such a content with me around -Shao Khan Laugh-
It Has Begun
you should know better not to host such a content with me around -Shao Khan Laugh-
It Has Begun
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Foxy 3D
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Mon, Oct 03, 2022LOL - Well, that's great!
We want to have contests of all kinds, so I'm glad to hear this one's for you.
We want to have contests of all kinds, so I'm glad to hear this one's for you.
Undercity4
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Mon, Oct 03, 2022It is, Thriller, Horror erotic, and action thriller is all mine. Now then to figure out what to create for this.
Another contest, this is super great! Thank you RenderHub for making this 
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Foxy 3D
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Mon, Oct 03, 2022Yes! The owner wanted to surprise people with back to back contests and keep the fun times and momentum going.
korpinsulat
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Mon, Oct 03, 2022I'm super stoked. Tell owner-person we say thanks!
Foxy 3D, I have a question! Are we allowed to go all out with blood and gore in this contest? I have something gruesome in my mind for this contest. It's going to be really horrific.
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Undercity4
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Tue, Oct 04, 2022I wanted to know that too, what about sex? lol of course I don't have to go that route XD. Just figured I'd put it out there for those who aren't brave enough to ask.
Foxy 3D
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Tue, Oct 04, 2022@FIRA - The owner wrote the rules, and it does say "the creepiest, most horrific renders you can possibly dream up".
Blood and gore is pretty horrific - so I think that's OK.
@Undercity4 - LOL - Yeah, that's a good question. Although not explicitly forbidden by the rules, I think it would be best to keep it Rated R and not X.
Blood and gore is pretty horrific - so I think that's OK.
@Undercity4 - LOL - Yeah, that's a good question. Although not explicitly forbidden by the rules, I think it would be best to keep it Rated R and not X.
Undercity4
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Tue, Oct 04, 2022lol I always found that disturbing how gore is more acceptable over sexual content.
Especially since I read how violence was making the guys that created Mortal Kombat very sick.
They had to look up real mutilations just to develop fatalities. At any rate, I don't have to do anything sexual.
I'll figure out something with this.
Especially since I read how violence was making the guys that created Mortal Kombat very sick.
They had to look up real mutilations just to develop fatalities. At any rate, I don't have to do anything sexual.
I'll figure out something with this.
Undercity4
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Tue, Oct 04, 2022I will just show you what I have before posting it. I've always been capable of doing extreme material even without high levels of gore. I take the psychological approach over the slasher approach. Not sure if you've heard of a comic series called CROSSED, lol but after reading so many of their books and looking at the art, I came to the realization they relied so heavily on extreme intense levels of violence that it was the only way they were able to garner a lot of attention. Plus no other comic series exist like it besides the STITCHED series, but that was also created by the same people that did CROSSED. It's just less gory, so a lot more people have read the CROSSED books. I think it would tough to match that level of horror and impress people if they've read those books before.
Official Rules for this contest don't specify if we are allowed to apply with multiple artworks?
There is one more thing. In the text of the rules, it reads that render is ''image''. Does that mean that animation renders are not eligible for the contest?
There is one more thing. In the text of the rules, it reads that render is ''image''. Does that mean that animation renders are not eligible for the contest?
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Foxy 3D
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Tue, Oct 04, 2022Yes - You may submit more than one entry, but you can only win once. Just start a new thread for each entry.
You can certainly include an animation or video in your entry thread, but the judging will be based upon the single "final image" submission.
For the Graffiti Contest, we had some people include videos, and that was pretty cool.
You can certainly include an animation or video in your entry thread, but the judging will be based upon the single "final image" submission.
For the Graffiti Contest, we had some people include videos, and that was pretty cool.
Are there limitations for the type of 3D contestants can do (3D modeling from scratch, low poly, Daz Studio, etc.)?
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Foxy 3D
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Tue, Oct 04, 2022You can use any 3D software you want, including Daz Studio.
You can model from scratch, or use existing assets. High or low poly does not matter.
You can even use Photoshop in your workflow, as long as the image is a 3D render.
You can model from scratch, or use existing assets. High or low poly does not matter.
You can even use Photoshop in your workflow, as long as the image is a 3D render.
Foxy 3D
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Tue, Oct 04, 2022You can certainly include an animation or video in your entry thread, but the judging will be based upon the single "final image" submission.
For the Graffiti Contest, we had some people include videos, and that was pretty cool.
For the Graffiti Contest, we had some people include videos, and that was pretty cool.
I might have missed it somewhere in the text, but who is the judges?
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Foxy 3D
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Fri, Oct 07, 2022This contest will have judges that are involved in horror film production.
The owner has a few lined up, but he is waiting on final confirmation of their involvement before announcing them.
The owner has a few lined up, but he is waiting on final confirmation of their involvement before announcing them.
esapesa
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Sat, Oct 08, 2022Isn't that a bit premature?
I mean, stipulating the criteria for being judged without confirmed judges?
I feel the judges would need to be confirmed and announced at least at the same time the contest is announced. Especially when there is quite a lot of money involved.
Also, would one of the criteria be a popularity criteria? I.e. the more people vote for one contribution the better rank it gets, as is so common among 3D contests?
I mean, stipulating the criteria for being judged without confirmed judges?
I feel the judges would need to be confirmed and announced at least at the same time the contest is announced. Especially when there is quite a lot of money involved.
Also, would one of the criteria be a popularity criteria? I.e. the more people vote for one contribution the better rank it gets, as is so common among 3D contests?
Foxy 3D
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Mon, Oct 10, 2022@esapesa - Since this is a Halloween themed contest, the owner didn't want to delay the start of the contest while confirming the participation of the judges.
The other option would have been for RenderHub staff to judge the contest. None of us like that idea because it just wouldn't seem fair.
Selecting judges outside of the RenderHub community, but related to the theme, seems like the most fair and fun way to do it.
"...would one of the criteria be a popularity criteria?"
Definitely not. The owner wants the contests here to be "talent contests" and not "popularity contests" for sure.
It wouldn't be fair for someone with a lot of followers on social media to win simply because they can send a lot of people to their submission to vote on it.
The other option would have been for RenderHub staff to judge the contest. None of us like that idea because it just wouldn't seem fair.
Selecting judges outside of the RenderHub community, but related to the theme, seems like the most fair and fun way to do it.
"...would one of the criteria be a popularity criteria?"
Definitely not. The owner wants the contests here to be "talent contests" and not "popularity contests" for sure.
It wouldn't be fair for someone with a lot of followers on social media to win simply because they can send a lot of people to their submission to vote on it.
korpinsulat
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Tue, Oct 11, 2022The whole text of "Submissions will be judged on creativity, originality and technical ability. Judging will also take into consideration the difficulty and complexity of the overall execution of work" implies that there will be at least one person on the panel that has a working knowledge of 3D software, not a panel made up entirely of people who don't. For this contest, if it's guys involved in horror films as you say, I imagine they might. But so far in between the lines it reads like "the owner has some buddies," and they're the only ones who get a say.
With neither staff nor community carrying weight, stuff slips through like blatant copies of others' work or someone takes home money for plugging a few words into an app who does it for them. Recently on another site that judged similarly, one of the winning entries still had the stock-image watermark. Nothing in contests is entirely fair. But some are far more so than others. These things are about community engagement. Alienation has the opposite effect.
With neither staff nor community carrying weight, stuff slips through like blatant copies of others' work or someone takes home money for plugging a few words into an app who does it for them. Recently on another site that judged similarly, one of the winning entries still had the stock-image watermark. Nothing in contests is entirely fair. But some are far more so than others. These things are about community engagement. Alienation has the opposite effect.
Foxy 3D
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Tue, Oct 11, 2022@korpinsulat - "...for plugging a few words into an app who does it for them..."
I see in the other forum post that you already noticed the announcement of the amended winner's list.
I talked to the owner today, and we have a simple solution to the potential problems caused by AI generated images.
Moving forward, all contests are going to require a gray-shaded or wireframe image to go along with their final render.
That requirement should take care of that.
The owner wants to have more regular contests here now, so he'll implement things as necessary to keep them in the spirit of the 3D community they are intended for.
Thank you for your feedback.
I see in the other forum post that you already noticed the announcement of the amended winner's list.
I talked to the owner today, and we have a simple solution to the potential problems caused by AI generated images.
Moving forward, all contests are going to require a gray-shaded or wireframe image to go along with their final render.
That requirement should take care of that.
The owner wants to have more regular contests here now, so he'll implement things as necessary to keep them in the spirit of the 3D community they are intended for.
Thank you for your feedback.
korpinsulat
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Tue, Oct 11, 2022I could hug you. That restores a bit of faith.
korpinsulat
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Tue, Oct 11, 2022D'awwwww gawrsh.
I am new to this site. I understand that the characters and props should be from Daz/Renderhub marketplace and bringing to PS for post processing like LUT etc are allowed.
What are the criteria for the final render file specification for upload.
Image type ------ png / jpg
Image size ------- e.g. under 10 mb
Image dimension -- max resolution ??
Multiple images --- ??
Rendering engine - iray or any other (e.g. bring to Blender/maya etc and use its rendering engine)
What are the criteria for the final render file specification for upload.
Image type ------ png / jpg
Image size ------- e.g. under 10 mb
Image dimension -- max resolution ??
Multiple images --- ??
Rendering engine - iray or any other (e.g. bring to Blender/maya etc and use its rendering engine)
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Foxy 3D
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Mon, Oct 10, 2022"I understand that the characters and props should be from Daz/Renderhub marketplace"
Actually, that's not true at all. It doesn't matter where the content items come from.
Some people even model scene elements themselves, but you don't have to.
"...bringing to PS for post processing..."
Yes, that is certainly allowed - as long as the image itself is a render created with 3D software.
This particular contest has no minimum requirements for image size, type, or dimension.
You are allowed to post multiple images in your contest entry thread, but you must designate one as the "Final Submission".
Some people post WIP images so we can see their progress along the way, but you are not required to do so.
Your choice of rendering engine does not matter for this contest. You can use whatever works best for you.
As far as multiple images go - you are also allowed multiple entries.
You can enter the contest with more than one submission, but you can only win once per contest.
Just create a separate thread for each entry.
Actually, that's not true at all. It doesn't matter where the content items come from.
Some people even model scene elements themselves, but you don't have to.
"...bringing to PS for post processing..."
Yes, that is certainly allowed - as long as the image itself is a render created with 3D software.
This particular contest has no minimum requirements for image size, type, or dimension.
You are allowed to post multiple images in your contest entry thread, but you must designate one as the "Final Submission".
Some people post WIP images so we can see their progress along the way, but you are not required to do so.
Your choice of rendering engine does not matter for this contest. You can use whatever works best for you.
As far as multiple images go - you are also allowed multiple entries.
You can enter the contest with more than one submission, but you can only win once per contest.
Just create a separate thread for each entry.
Also what are the restrictions on using AI platforms and SW ??
The Daz contest which ended last month had one of the winner using some AI platform to generate the final image, but was picked up by
community and his entry was invalidated.
I think a thread listing these could be useful for new users at RenderHub.
The Daz contest which ended last month had one of the winner using some AI platform to generate the final image, but was picked up by
community and his entry was invalidated.
I think a thread listing these could be useful for new users at RenderHub.
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MidnightWatcher
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Sun, Oct 09, 2022I just got back in country and couldn't respond all week to this but was seething to weight in. First, I thought it very telling that the judges for the Daz contest showed how the judges there do not appreciate, understand or know jack about anything Daz technically. First place yes I can see that one, but not to take away from the work of the others, but common, there was many other more highly technical and beautiful and skilled artworks. I didn't expect MINE to win, I knew it was not up to par for many of the talented images, but none of those I put before mine except the 1st place actually did. And the fact that they picked an AI piece for 2nd place that was so obvious AI generated was mind boggling. Sorry waited days to rant :b
MidnightWatcher
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Sun, Oct 09, 2022Even in this contest we have seen many AI generated pieces submitted, none of them could actually "originally" put the text "Renderhub" on them except in one case where one at least did photoshop it in after Foxy mentioned the contest required it.
I suspect this is going to be the trend for all online art contests moving forward. At least with the Graffiti the AI artist had to still go in and do SOME photoshop post work. But what about these others? With no limit to submission, you can easily have a few spam dozens or hundreds of submissions in fairly short order. deviantart has already become a cesspool of flooded AI generation with autopilot keyword stuffing and auto submission.
So yes obviously rules should be put into place.
I suspect this is going to be the trend for all online art contests moving forward. At least with the Graffiti the AI artist had to still go in and do SOME photoshop post work. But what about these others? With no limit to submission, you can easily have a few spam dozens or hundreds of submissions in fairly short order. deviantart has already become a cesspool of flooded AI generation with autopilot keyword stuffing and auto submission.
So yes obviously rules should be put into place.
olAna
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Sun, Oct 09, 2022Agree, having a set of rules would at least make the game a little fair for all. Already the odds are stacked with those not having the very best HW or owing hundreds of assets. Few set of rules or guidelines will not constrain creativity.
Foxy 3D
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Mon, Oct 10, 2022"Also what are the restrictions on using AI platforms and SW ?"
The image must be a 3D render, but your choice of software does not matter for this contest.
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Thank you, both, for your feedback regarding AI generated content. It certainly is concerning.
I had a conversation about this topic with the owner this morning.
Issues like this will definitely be considered for future contests here on RenderHub.
Since this is a 3D community, the owner wants the contests to be as "3D" as possible.
The image must be a 3D render, but your choice of software does not matter for this contest.
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Thank you, both, for your feedback regarding AI generated content. It certainly is concerning.
I had a conversation about this topic with the owner this morning.
Issues like this will definitely be considered for future contests here on RenderHub.
Since this is a 3D community, the owner wants the contests to be as "3D" as possible.
korpinsulat
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Tue, Oct 11, 2022Yeah, the prospect of having those validated and not expressly ruled out definitely kills my will to participate in this or any future contests until it is.
Foxy 3D
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Tue, Oct 11, 2022--- UPDATE TO MY LAST REPLY ---
I talked to the owner today, and we have a simple solution to the potential problems caused by AI generated images.
Moving forward, all contests are going to require a gray-shaded or wireframe image to go along with their final render.
That requirement should take care of that.
The owner wants to have more regular contests here now, so he'll implement things as necessary to keep them in the spirit of the 3D community they are intended for.
Thank you for your feedback.
I talked to the owner today, and we have a simple solution to the potential problems caused by AI generated images.
Moving forward, all contests are going to require a gray-shaded or wireframe image to go along with their final render.
That requirement should take care of that.
The owner wants to have more regular contests here now, so he'll implement things as necessary to keep them in the spirit of the 3D community they are intended for.
Thank you for your feedback.
Foxy3d Thanks for correcting the issue. There're dozens of AI platforms out there now and most can create images in a lot of different styles, there's even styles for mimicing Blender Cycles and Daz Iray to the style of Van Gogh. Currently they still have issues with making a lot of sloppy artifacts or making things that just don't make sense. However, these are continuing to improve, and newer generations are a buzz with work and activity in those communities, so in the next few years it may be completely impossible to tell. What they won't be able to ever do (might eat my words in 10 years on that) is to supply proof such as a viewport screen capture or the like in wireframe or just texture mode. When working in Photorealism we often have to show these to prove that the final image actually isn't a photograph.
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Foxy 3D
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Tue, Oct 11, 2022Well, it seems we're on the same page here. I just posted this message above, but I'll copy and paste it here in case you don't see it:
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I talked to the owner today, and we have a simple solution to the potential problems caused by AI generated images.
Moving forward, all contests are going to require a gray-shaded or wireframe image to go along with their final render.
That requirement should take care of that.
The owner wants to have more regular contests here now, so he'll implement things as necessary to keep them in the spirit of the 3D community they are intended for.
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Thank you very much for your feedback and thoughtful participation in the community.
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I talked to the owner today, and we have a simple solution to the potential problems caused by AI generated images.
Moving forward, all contests are going to require a gray-shaded or wireframe image to go along with their final render.
That requirement should take care of that.
The owner wants to have more regular contests here now, so he'll implement things as necessary to keep them in the spirit of the 3D community they are intended for.
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Thank you very much for your feedback and thoughtful participation in the community.
Most images have a contest entry text in front of the title, mine does not. Did I do something wrong?
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Foxy 3D
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Thu, Oct 13, 2022No, you didn't do anything wrong. The owner will come through and apply the Contest Entry tags.
Thanks for participating!
Thanks for participating!
Why does my entry not have contest entry marked in red next to it.
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Foxy 3D
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Fri, Oct 14, 2022You didn't do anything wrong. The owner will come through and apply the Contest Entry tags.
Thanks for participating!
Thanks for participating!
Is sexual content acceptable and to what level please?
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Foxy 3D
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Sat, Oct 15, 2022The RenderHub forum does not have the SafeSite content filter, and contest entries are shared on social media.
So please keep contest entries "social media friendly". Thanks for asking, and for your interest in the contest.
So please keep contest entries "social media friendly". Thanks for asking, and for your interest in the contest.
Can i publish my contest in other sites now? like artstation, devianart... etc...
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Foxy 3D
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Sun, Oct 16, 2022Absolutely! Other people are doing that for sure.
And you can link to your entry thread here so people can come and comment on it.
And you can link to your entry thread here so people can come and comment on it.
Perhaps I missed it, but how many entries are we allowed?
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Foxy 3D
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Thu, Oct 27, 2022Sorry for the late reply.
You are allowed to have multiple submissions, but you can only win once per contest.
You are allowed to have multiple submissions, but you can only win once per contest.
I have already posted my image, but then made some adjustments, and would like to re-submit my image.
Is that possible?
Is that possible?
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Foxy 3D
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Sat, Oct 29, 2022Sorry, but it's not possible to edit an image after it's been posted - but there's a reason for that.
If people had left comments on that image, and the image was changed substantially, the comments might now not make sense - and it could be confusing for others reading them.
What you can do is just submit a new image in your thread. People do that frequently, sometimes to add WIP images along the way.
If people had left comments on that image, and the image was changed substantially, the comments might now not make sense - and it could be confusing for others reading them.
What you can do is just submit a new image in your thread. People do that frequently, sometimes to add WIP images along the way.
The jpg dimension for the contest I uploaded was around 4000x5000 px.
It seems to be resized into a smaller one.
I did not find any info max image dimensions.
Hope now that is not an issue.
Also the orange "Contest Entry" tag is missing.
Thanks
It seems to be resized into a smaller one.
I did not find any info max image dimensions.
Hope now that is not an issue.
Also the orange "Contest Entry" tag is missing.
Thanks
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Foxy 3D
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Sat, Oct 29, 2022Yes, the system will re-size uploaded images. And when you click on them, they'll be re-sized to fit the user's browser window.
But no - there is no problem with that at all.
As far as the Contest Entry tag - the owner comes by and tags them. No worries there.
Thanks for participating in the contest.
But no - there is no problem with that at all.
As far as the Contest Entry tag - the owner comes by and tags them. No worries there.
Thanks for participating in the contest.
I thought the deadline was today meaning today would be the last day to submit. Is there any way I can create a thread?
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Foxy 3D
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Wed, Nov 02, 2022I'm sorry, but "Ends Halloween" meant when it became November.
The system was set to automatically turn off submissions at midnight, New York City time.
The owner is already in the process of finalizing all of the entries to submit to the judges.
Sorry about that.
The system was set to automatically turn off submissions at midnight, New York City time.
The owner is already in the process of finalizing all of the entries to submit to the judges.
Sorry about that.
Most late October entries, including mine does not seem to be in the gallery view listing and neither is tagged.
Hope all these works are still in the reckoning for the prize.
Hope all these works are still in the reckoning for the prize.
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Foxy 3D
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Wed, Nov 02, 2022The owner comes through and tags all of the submissions as official entries, which also makes them visible in the gallery view.
I talked to him earlier, and he said he was working on finalizing all of them to get ready for the judges.
I talked to him earlier, and he said he was working on finalizing all of them to get ready for the judges.
korpinsulatWed, Nov 09, 2022
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What's the news?
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Foxy 3D
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Wed, Nov 09, 2022The owner just posted the winners:
https://www.renderhub.com/3d-contests/horrific-render-contest
At least this time we only had to wait one extra day for a conclusion to be reached.
https://www.renderhub.com/3d-contests/horrific-render-contest
At least this time we only had to wait one extra day for a conclusion to be reached.
Foxy 3D
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Wed, Nov 09, 2022The owner just posted the winners:
https://www.renderhub.com/3d-contests/horrific-render-contest
I'm not going to spoil the surprise in my reply here.
https://www.renderhub.com/3d-contests/horrific-render-contest
I'm not going to spoil the surprise in my reply here.
I don't know whether to be excited for the results or be afraid about them, lol.
It's strange.
I could call this feeling... hm... exraid? :'
It's strange.
I could call this feeling... hm... exraid? :'
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midgard229
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Wed, Nov 09, 2022considering how late the results are lol; i'm going to guess it's a close one
The results are in, and the winners are...
RIGHT HERE
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated.
There were so many amazing submissions, and it was really fun (and horrific) to see what everyone came up with.
The owner of RenderHub be in contact with the winners so he can send out the prizes.
Stay tuned for the next contest. It will be announced very soon.
The next one will last a little bit longer, and take us through the end of the year.
Thank you all for participating in the RenderHub community.
RIGHT HERE
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated.
There were so many amazing submissions, and it was really fun (and horrific) to see what everyone came up with.
The owner of RenderHub be in contact with the winners so he can send out the prizes.
Stay tuned for the next contest. It will be announced very soon.
The next one will last a little bit longer, and take us through the end of the year.
Thank you all for participating in the RenderHub community.
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Hey Foxy, any word on anything for winners? it's been a while
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Foxy 3D
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Wed, Nov 30, 2022Sorry for my late reply here. I know we've already chatted, and you received your prize.
Congratulations, again - and thanks for participating in the contests!
Congratulations, again - and thanks for participating in the contests!
