Jeff Mottle

I've been starting to think about how to format the competition for next year's AVC 2008 and seeing some images on the forum lately got me thinking it might be pretty cool to have a series of compositing challenges this year, both still image and perhaps even animation. For example competitors would be given a raw render right out of the rendering engine and then it's up to the competitor to make the necessary color grading, compositing etc. Then they would be asked to write a short tutorial on how they did it.

What do you guys think?

I'm also thinking of debating whether or not we even have pro judges this year. It seems that the majority don't have the time to spend to make the critiques I had hoped for, so it may simply be public voting and crits. Maybe the very final challenge will somehow have selected judges to do some analysis or something.

Any other suggestions or ideas for the overall format would also be greatly appreciated. The goal must be to keep the competition difficult otherwise the results will be mediocre, but I recognize we've not quite figured out the best flow yet. It's getting better each year I think.

Also, I'd like to hear from past competitors. How much did the prizes affect your willingness to participate in the competition vs the recognition. Organizing that many prizes both before and after the competition is a small job in and of itself.

Thanks for your feedback.

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Jeff Mottle
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